For a trip to the ER, some are opting for Uber over an ambulance READ Millions of Americans take an ambulance trip every year; others get rides from willing friends or, tempting fate, drive themselves. But in recent years a new trend has arisen: Instead of an ambulance, some sick people are hailing an emergency Uber. […]
March Healthcare News
Judge, Citing Harm to Customers, Blocks $48 Billion Anthem-Cigna Merger READ A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a proposed $48 billion merger of Anthem and Cigna, derailing another effort by top health insurers to reshape the industry by combining. The ruling, by Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the Federal District Court for the District of […]
Harding Community Service Project
On Monday January 16th employees of MedBridge honored the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. by volunteering their time and resources to Harding Elementary School in Santa Barbara, CA. Harding Elementary is in the Westside neighborhood which has been identified as a “high poverty tract” where there is a child poverty rate of about 38 percent. […]
December Healthcare News
Here’s what happening in the healthcare industry this month: Pop-up pill could stay in stomach to release drugs for days READ A meeting between Bill Gates and Boston researchers four years ago has led to the development of a multi-dose capsule that, researchers said, could solve one of medicine’s more vexing problems: delivering oral drugs […]
Thoughts on Healthcare Post Election
I must admit, I was so wrong on my prediction of yesterday’s election outcome that I was woefully unprepared to be asked the question, “What does a Trump Presidency mean to the healthcare industry and surgery centers in particular?” At about 11PM PST last night, when the result became inevitable, I started diving into everything […]
November Healthcare News Update
Here’s what happening in the healthcare industry this month: Pediatricians weigh in on a fraught issue facing parents today: How much screen time is OK? READ On one hand, you know that capturing monsters in Pokemon Go or taking a portal to the Nether in Minecraft is probably not the healthiest way for your kids […]
October Healthcare News Update
Raising an alarm, doctors fight to yank hospital ICUs into the modern era READ ICUs are one of the most crucial departments of any hospital — heroic places with devoted staff who pull the sickest of patients from death. But many ICU physicians say they’re also woefully — and often dangerously — out of date. […]
Summit Surgery Center Recieves First Ever Total Joint Replacement Patient
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., September 1, 2016 — Dr. Graham Hurvitz of the Ryu Hurvitz Orthopedic Clinic in Santa Barbara has successfully piloted the first total joint replacement surgery, a reverse total shoulder replacement arthoplasty, at Summit Surgery Center in Santa Barbara. Summit Surgery Center is a multi-specialty outpatient surgical facility specializing in orthopedics. Total joint […]