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Four hours a day. Three days a week. Every single week of the year. That’s how long Steve Brown of Ocean Beach spends in a UCSD Medical Center basement with a plastic tube tethering him to a machine. He’s been doing this without exception for the last nine years. No days off. No time out. “I asked one of the ... Read More »
Two San Diego hospitals have highest rates of death for emergency hip fracture patients in California. Faster care and more teamwork needed. Read More »
Most experts agree that for specific procedures such as lung, pancreas, esophageal or rectal cancer surgeries, higher volume hospitals have better outcomes and lower mortality. Read More »