Many Southern California hospitals near the San Andreas Fault aren't prepared for the Big One, according to an investigation by the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting. more ›

Thousands of hospital workers for Kaiser Permanente walked off the job today to protest short staffing and proposed cuts in their health care coverage and retirement benefits. The workers complain that Kaiser is trying to stiff them, at a time when the health care company, like others in the health care industry, is faring pretty well during the recession. more ›

The state has fined a dozen hospitals in the state for making mistakes that killed or injured patients. The mistakes run the gamut from giving methadone to the wrong patient to leaving a sponge inside a patient after surgery, because a nurse wanted to hurry off to her lunch break. State officials say these fines focus attention on preventable medical errors. more ›

An estimated 2,500 Kaiser Permanente nurses and staff began a 24-hour strike demanding safe staffing levels for nurses and consequentially better care for patients. The protest began at 6 a.m. Wednesday outside Kaiser L.A. Medical Center on Sunset Boulevard. more ›

A new state study shows that the lucky folks living in Glendale and Burbank are less likely to be admitted to hospitals for preventable medical problems than other California residents, according to Glendale News-Press. more ›

Four Los Angeles healthcare facilities earned top ratings when it comes policies for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, according to a Human Rights Campaign report that was released today. But the study found that several local hospitals still do not include policies that deal with gender identity. more ›

After a two-year investigation into alleged Medicare fraud involving homeless patients, federal agents raided three hospitals this morning: City of Angels Medical Center, Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center and Tustin Hospital and Medical Center. The schemes involved defrauding the state and federal governments out of millions of dollars by using homeless skid row residents. A top executive at City of Angels was arrested as well as one other person, according to the LA Times. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo plans to announce civil litigation this morning. Earlier this year: FBI raids LACMA. more ›