California Right Care Initiative

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Tomorrow, Tues. 9.27.22, 4-6 pm, learn about evolving heart health innovations for elders. Register at RighCare.Berkeley.edu

Comprehensive Medication Management by clinical pharmacists saves lives and $, while improving provider satisfaction. Leaders from UC Davis, Blue Shield, the VA and USC share the facts during our Right Care Virtual University of Best Practices. To your Health! Enjoy this video & share please.

Right Care University of Best Practices 4.26.22 On Tuesday, April 26th, we learned about the power of adding clinical pharmacists to the care team for both significantly enhancing patient outcomes and redu...

Please get vaccinated to stop dangerous variants from killing more people. Our health workers & their families are put at grave risk from the unvaccinated & are overwhelmed & exhausted.

Experts stress testing and vaccination amid delta surge Experts stress testing, vaccination amid delta surge

Surgeon General VADM Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., issued a Call to Action urging Americans to recognize and address hypertension control as a national public health priority. The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Control Hypertension provides strategies for those on the frontlines of health care and public health to address this costly, dangerous and far too common chronic health condition.

Link:https://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/docs/SG-CTA-HTN-Control-Report.pdf

Patients with pre-existing CVD who have contracted COVID-19 are about 10% more likely to die, compared to only 1% of otherwise healthy patients. Currently, there are no special protocols for higher-risk cardiac patients to prevent COVID-19 exposure. These individuals should be especially careful to follow the CDC recommendations, including frequent hand washing and social distancing!

How does cardiovascular disease increase the risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19? - Harvard Health Blog Initial investigation into COVID-19 focused on its respiratory effects, but a more recent report describes serious cardiovascular complications in people with pre-existing heart disease. How does this underlying condition increase risk for these people?

Please join us at 12PM today for our Virtual University of Best Practices. We will have healthcare leaders across California present on the Cardiovascular Aspects of COVID-19 & Including Pharmacist on the Care Team. We will conclude our meeting with Health System Perspectives on COVID-19.

You can view the live stream here:

Right Care Initiative - Virtual University of Best Practices 4.13.2020

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COVID-19 Antibody Testing

Without social distancing, one infected person can infect 20,000 people within 4 to 6 weeks. If we stop interacting, the virus cannot spread person to person and we have a chance to stop it according to the physician leadership of Sutter Health, one of the largest and most sophisticated health systems in the country. Please take the time to watch this video filled with helpful tips for you, your family, and friends.

An Open Letter from M.D.s | Newsroom | Sutter Health An Open Letter from M.D.s By: Warren Browner, M.D., MPH and Stephen Lockhart, M.D., PhDAs physicians, we want you to know why we are so concerned about the novel coronavirus/COVID-19. Some of you may have heard that it’s a minor inconvenience, like a bad cold. So far, that’s true for the majorit...

Let's take care of our hearts this Valentine's Day by taking the Valentine's Pledge to make healthy changes in our daily lives! Check out this article we published today in the San Jose Mercury News!

Opinion: 2020 brings new era of heart attack and stroke prevention A Valentine’s Day pledge: Let’s all work to prevent heart attacks and strokes starting at home.