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How will kids react to COVID-19 vaccines? These NorCal teens are finding out
Sawsan Morrar, The Sacramento Bee
May 10, 2021
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FILE A 15-year-old participating in Moderna’s teen COVID-19 vaccine trial receives a shot in Houston of Feb. 5, 2021. Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines on children 12 and older and hope to have results by the summer. Of the 2,000 young people involved in the Kaiser Pfizer trial across the country, about 139 live in Northern California. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times)Brandon Thibodeaux/NYT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. When will my kids get a vaccine?
It’s the question that is top of mind for millions of parents now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds.
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Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center honored for patient safety by Leapfrog, a national insurance buyers group; 15 other Kaiser Permanente Hospitals also rated with A grade
The Leapfrog Group recognized Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara along with 15 other Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals with a top score of A in its biannual Hospital Safety Grades report, which examined and graded approximately 2,700 hospitals throughout the United States.
Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California with A scores include: Fremont, Fresno, Manteca, Modesto, Oakland, Redwood City, Richmond, Roseville, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, South San Francisco, Vacaville, and Vallejo. Additionally, Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Antioch, San Jose, South Sacramento, and Walnut Creek received B scores.
Apr 30, 2021 12:19pm
Researchers at Kaiser Permanente wanted to study the predictors of valvular heart disease and looked at whether they could train AI software to spot which patients have valvular heart disease by studying echocardiogram reports. (Kaiser Permanente)(Ted Eytan/CC BY-SA 2.0)
Kaiser Permanente is exploring the use of artificial intelligence to cull through doctors’ medical reports and help identify patients with aortic stenosis, a common heart valve disease, and other chronic health conditions.
As part of ongoing research into the predictors of valvular heart disease, researchers looked at whether they could train AI software to spot which patients have valvular heart disease by studying echocardiogram reports, according to Matthew Solomon, M.D., Ph.D., a physician researcher with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and a cardiologist.
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The Leapfrog Group recognized Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara along with 15 other Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals with a top score of A in its biannual Hospital Safety Grades report, which examined and graded approximately 2,700 hospitals throughout the United States.
Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California with A scores include: Fremont, Fresno, Manteca, Modesto, Oakland, Redwood City, Richmond, Roseville, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, South San Francisco, Vacaville, and Vallejo. Additionally, Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Antioch, San Jose, South Sacramento, and Walnut Creek received B scores. Patient safety is at the center of all our work here at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, said Eric Williams, interim senior vice president and area manager at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara. Our patient care and clinical outcomes continue to soar despite the challenges of the last year.