State humanitarian award goes to UCD physician
Dr. Richard Pan, a UC Davis medical school professor, has received a statewide humanitarian award from the Medical Board of California.
The board awarded Pan the 2010 Physician Humanitarian Award for his efforts to improve health care access, especially for children.
The board is the state regulatory agency responsible for licensing and regulating doctors.
Pan is an associate clinical professor of pediatrics. He’s also in the race for the state Assembly’s District 5 seat, which covers parts of Sacramento and Placer Counties.
At UC Davis, Pan established a residency training program called Communities and Physicians Together, which places physicians in disadvantaged communities, so they can work with advocacy groups to promote healthy lifestyles.
Calif. sets new time limits to see doctors
California is set to become the first state to limit the time patients must wait to see a doctor.
The Department of Managed Health Care plans to announce Wednesday there will soon be a limit of 10 business days on the appointment time to see a family practitioner. The deadline is 15 days to see a specialist and 48 hours for people seeking urgent care.
In addition, doctors’ offices must return telephone calls within 30 minutes.
The time limits apply only to doctors in health maintenance organizations but officials say that will cover some 21 million Californians.
A 2002 state law mandated timely access to medical care, and the specifics were worked out in years of negotiations with doctors, hospitals, HMOs and consumer groups.
The rules will take effect next year.
Placer plans free clinics to give H1N1 vaccinations
Placer County will hold free H1N1 vaccine clinics starting Dec. 2, county officials announced Wednesday.
The county began vaccinating children in schools this week after receiving a shipment of 22,000 flu mist and injectable vaccines. The county will also distribute the vaccine to doctors who serve high-risk patients.
The county clinics will be open to anybody and will administer the vaccine for free.
Last week Sacramento County announced that it would sponsor free vaccine clinics starting Nov. 16, but county officials have since said the vaccine’s spotty availability means the clinics may have to be rescheduled.
Yolo County and El Dorado County have not announced their H1N1 vaccine clinic schedules yet.
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