Three Calif. health care centers cited after patient deaths

3 hospitals in Northern California..the State of California continues to assign fines, these occurring after deaths at each facility. Fines ranged from $60 to 100k. Not too long ago, there were several citations issued in southern California. Technology can stand to help some of these situations with adequate monitoring of patients when a human can’t be present at all times and issue alerts. With electronic monitoring systems issuing alerts that need to be addressed, perhaps down the road incidents like these will become a thing of the past. BD

One woman died of dehydration, one patient fell 14 times, and the last was due to properly help a comatose patient breath after replacing his tracheostomy tube.

SACRAMENTO—The state has cited and fined health care centers in Contra Costa, Sacramento and San Mateo counties after patient deaths.

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