California Right Care Initiative
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The California Right Care Initiative’s goal is to apply scientific evidence and outcomes improvement strategies to reduce preventable morbidity and mortality among Californians. The effort started with a focus on California’s 25 million managed health plan enrollees, and has now opened up its efforts to spread best practices to all California medical directors, pharmacy directors and quality impro
04/16/2020
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?
04/13/2020
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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