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Children with disabilities may wait years for essential medical equipment
Many California children with serious healthcare needs often wait months, or even years, before they receive essential medical equipment.
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Children with disabilities may wait years for essential medical equipment
Spanish-speaking parents face language barrier at pediatrican’s office
The findings of a new analysis hint that a 2009 state law establishing the right to a medical interpreter is either not being fully enforced or is not being promoted widely enough.
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Spanish-speaking parents face language barrier at pediatrican’s office
Merger aims to create massive repository of medical records
A merger between nonprofit California Integrated Data Exchange and the Inland Empire Health Information Exchange could lead to the pooling of medical records of 16.7 million people in California.
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Merger aims to create massive repository of medical records
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