hospital, weekend hospital and holiday hospital. i can just imagine how many different versions there are in veterans hospitals too today. the ability to reduce that variance, standardize those practices. when identified as a true vetted best practice, the ability to move very quickly across the system to implement those best practices. >> okay. dr. mccaughey. >> yes. let me point out, and i'm very grateful to be here today. that your time is valuable. but time is also extremely valuable for these vets who are waiting, who are stuck in these waiting lists. 3 63,000 who waited a decade and never got a first appointment. now 57,000 currently waits for their first appointment over 90 days. i would point out that this bill that you will be considering establishes two commissions. one, to study the issue of v.a. construction. what's gone wrong, the delays, the cost overruns and where construction is needed. >> i don't want to talk about -- >> i wanted to make this point. don't waste your time with another commission. in 2012, you had a c

how hard is it to get a hospital bed is a one star hospital to become a three-star hospital? don't know. if you have chronic infections from intravenous fluids, is that something you send someone in who is an expert to fix it? i don't get is that easy to do. some of these hospitals have been five years, the lowest rated that you can be. it will take more changes than they are currently doing to change that. host: l.a. up next, from new york. democrats line. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i have been listening since the v.a. scandal started. i want to know why we don't hold our congressmen and our senators responsible for their states? how may people in those states of called the senators? what are they done? john mccain has been in the senate for 40 years, he is a war hero. everyone respects that. what has he done? for phoenix? they talk a good story, but it's all about money. it's all about power. they really are so full of themselves. they do nothing, and they blame everything on president obama. i have been interviewing members of congress for about 10

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the hospital has say new detailed and complex process. it cost money to move from one hospital to the other and ensure all the process and delivery systems are intact. we are also looking at an additional $27 million of operating cost for our new hospital in 15-16 and looking for furniture and fixtures for the next two 2 years budget. one of the responsibilities that we have in a new network is to ensure that we have a strong infrastructure for our hr and rt process. i spoke a little bit about increase of human resources staffing, but also critical is the hiring of and basically building our core infrastructure for our rf and 14-16 budget for it structure security enhancement which is a very important component and we did also have a breach in our department from a third party vendor. security enhancement is a very important process to ensure the safety of our information of public information as well as private health information. we are working towards an electronic medical records and we are in the process of developing a telehealth pr

that will be the order madam clerk number 2. >> the hospitality employees to retain employees. >> and supervisor kim and supervisor cowen are the lead supervisors on item 2. supervisor kim >> thank you so it's also exciting to be here for the lack of foundation before us i'm sure you're aware of it establishes security for grocery stores workers and janitors the first legislation was spearheaded by you by the a supervisor and the service employees for grocery store workings there's no law for the growing industry the hospitality industry even though there are over 4 thousand jobs and support $10 billion no spending every year the food large services and arenas are subtract to rapid turning around that means that many of our workers survivor job security. i want to share stories from our folks about the importance of this legislation and talk about one worker who worked at a hotel for over two decades because there was a change no property manager he lost his job and became noted in travel guys as a san francisco treasurer and another worker worked from unloading supplies to busing and

and i say rural hospitals, these are critical access hospitals. critical is a word that is used because -- it, it needs to be used for these situations. if the hospitals go down. you have people having to drive extraordinary distances to get emergency care. a big deal. people die. >> my understanding, sir, this is a jobs issue. for the small hospital in your town that you talked about that it is at risk of closing without medicaid expansion. there are jobs attached to it. how many jobs, stand to beep lost if that hospital closes. >> the hospital had 129 employees a year ago. off to right size the hospital, we would have about 55 employees. so we would have some job loss any way, right size in our hospital. the economic impact to our town has been figured around $50 million over the next ten years. it is a terrific if pact to us. because not only do we not have employees coming to town in the hospital. people in the hospital. families. visiting. we are losing all that in this little town. it will devastate our community. we have waterfront prompt.

my guess is your hospital is exempt because critical access hospitals, rural hospitals mostly, the hospitalsnly game in town have been excluded from the programs we have been discussing. they probably are not being affected at all. regarding responsibility, my understanding is up position has to be -- decision has to be credentialed. so the hospital has the overall legal responsibility for what goes in, and it there is a risk -- problem with regard to admissions, that is something they need to address. what about the statement you can only stay in the hospital so many days under medicare? quite right.s not medicare plays -- pays a flat fee. hospitals have a financial incentive to get you out. paid 20,000. so that has always been around for several decades and has a weight -- always been a concern. on the other hand, there are reasons you want to recuperate. kathy from delaware. caller: i have two questions. on the state -- are there state or federal laws to look at health care changes. six second question, are there limits about how many hours similar to violence and truck drivers? thank you

the hospital cafeteria. relative of charles augustine was quoted as saying he thought it was odd, that kathy and the nurse were spending so much time together. >> charles augustine died in the hospital. kathy married chaz just three weeks later. >> it was a relationship that developed very quickly and certainly took all of kathy's friends and family members off guard. >> it just seemed very naive, and of course, we didn't express that to her. i mean, we wished her well and hoped for the best. >> kathy was the beneficiary of charles augustine's $1 million life insurance policy. investigators learned that kathy and charles were talking about a divorce before he suffered the stroke. it's unclear whether kathy would have remained the beneficiary, had the two divorced. investigators now wondered if charles augustine had been a victim of foul play, but their immediate concern was the investigation of kathy's death. >> very early in my career, a very seasoned homicide detective shared with me something that's alway

calling on senator hager, bird, the hospital like pango hospital should be an example of rural hospitals in appropriate vieding health care to rural communities. it should not be -- should not be dying because they're so extreme they would not accept expansion. >> let me play a little bit for state house leader, larry hall. this is from today's event. and here is a local democrat making the point on dollars and cents. take a listen. >> in north carolina by the year, 2022, it's estimated our citizens will be paying $2.6 billion to fund medicaid expansion in other states. look at this. we have north carolinians that need help. we have the funding mechanism and are paying into the system to provide that help. but by our refusal to expand, we are paying for the help and the health and the jobs to go to other states. >> jonathan, you hear it there. we talked about why this is immoral. talk about why it is unfair. and there the argument it is stupid. >> stupid and malicious. basically what you are saying is the federal government is offering to redirect other states' doll lrz ars to help yo po

he'd die later at the hospital. 16-year-old was already dead behind the house facedown in the grass. police couldn't find any lead. no witnesses, no weapon. so a double murder investigation went nowhere. but four years later, a new detective named carlos nunez was assigned to the case. he got a tip that a local rapper named antwan stewart, seen in this video, was the shooter and that steward who uses the stage name twan gotti had written a rap song bragging about the murder. at the time, steward was an up-and-coming rapper with a charge for gun possession. he sang what some call gangsta rap. focusing on violence, drug dealing, and gang life. one song caught the detective's eye. when nunez heard it, he believed steward was bragging about the murder. listen -- ♪ everybody saw [ bleep ] nobody saw when [ bleep ] ♪ ♪ i poked him .357 ♪ >> reporter: some of the details match, the shooting happened on a porch, no witnesses immediately came forward. others don't -- time of day is wrong, there wasn't a stabbing, the caliber

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cincinnati childrens hospital and texas childrens hospital and childrens hospital of los angeles and childrens hospital in colorado round out the top five. >>> now lets go to alicia vitarelli with a look ahead. >> coming up at 4:00, it's a commercial that is set to begin airing across the country and it's taking aim at a specific target. it will air during it's nba final today that is trying to force the washington red skins to change their name. plus, almost every big cell phone provider offers a big contract but that is not always the best deal, find out which plans saves you the most cash. if you haven't already downloaded the free 6 abc news app. you can watch it live on your smart phone streaming live. >>> another check of th every saturday, mrs. tanner connects with her free transit ride at 10am which takes her to storytime at the library across town, where she connects with some of her biggest fans. when older pennsylvanians make the most of programs supported by the pennsylvania lottery, like free and reduced-fare shared rides, we all benefit. learn more at palottery.com. the

hospital, weekend hospital and holiday hospital. i can just imagine how many different versions there are in veterans hospitals too today. the ability to reduce that variance, standardize those practices. when identified as a true vetted best practice, the ability to move very quickly across the system to implement those best practices. >> okay. dr. mccaughey. >> yes. let me point out, and i'm very grateful to be here today. that your time is valuable. but time is also extremely valuable for these vets who are waiting, who are stuck in these waiting lists. 3 63,000 who waited a decade and never got a first appointment. now 57,000 currently waits for their first appointment over 90 days. i would point out that this bill that you will be considering establishes two commissions. one, to study the issue of v.a. construction. what's gone wrong, the delays, the cost overruns and where construction is needed. >> i don't want to talk about -- >> i wanted to make this point. don't waste your time with another commission. in 2012, you had a c

i have been hospitalized in four different hospitals in four different states. i have had psychotic episodes. i have experienced the mental health care system and the effects of it. thank you for having me. how old are you? host: aream 44 years old, i ony there others in your family who have had mental illness? at your level? caller: yes. and what led your diagnosis? i woke upe day thinking i was osama bin laden, and that the fbi and cia were after me. iran outside half naked, when i woke up, i was laid out in the middle of the street, surrounded by cops. ever since then, my life has .een turned upside down during host: do the question? caller: i have a comment. i see a people's input on the mentally ill, the issue for me and a lot of us is the stigma that society continues to place on us. lunaticst all deranged , plotting shooting sprees. what a tragedy happens, it is lamed on a person with mental illness. this is the core, we are continually being perceived as being out of touch with reality. are everydayou, we people dealing with a lot of emotional challenges

in terms of an update on where that process is, the sheriff's department and the hospital created what we call a code green, which is a policy that deals with at risk patients who go missing or absent from their units. that program was initiated in november and completed in january and the code green process is ongoing at sfgh and has been triggered from time to time and the appropriate response has been given by all parties involved. another key finding was the involvement of the sheriff's department staff in assisting staff at sfgh who were trying to prevent at risk patients from leaving. much progress has been made collaboratively by the staff and sheriff's department and the legal counsel for both the sheriff and department of public health worked together to come up with legally sufficient and defendable processes that have allowed for the sheriff's department to actively assist staff at the hospital for at risk patients and staff indicate they are quite satisfied with that involvement. under the area of contracted services, the finding was that the memorandum of understanding bet

the hospital will be a seismically safe hospital that will provide better access for health care services to the community and particularly our chinese community in chinatown. we did present our project to you back in july of 2012, and have been working closely with the planning department to identify some enhancements and make some modifications to the facade and some of the areas around the hospital building to better meet expectations and create -- and create a facility that will blend in better with the community. with that, i would like to introduce david wilson who is the architect who will now present the more detail of the enhancements for you. >> thank you, commissioner wu and commissioners, president wu and commissioners, what we have here is a series of enhancements from the last previous design and let me just put these guys down. and what we have on the -- as conner indicated, we have enhancement tos the terrace on the north elevation, we have some stairs in there, we took that out to give more access to the public for seeding in there, the old xhien naoez hospital had a lot

so, after the new hospital is completed, then we'll be looking at work in that current hospital building. >> thank you, i would encourage you to do whatever you can with this one so it can work out better with the new one. >> absolutely. >> thank you for the presentation. >> commissioners, that will place us on general public comment not to exceed a period of 15 minutes, at this time, members of the public may address the commission of items that are of interest in the public that are not with respect to agenda items, with respect to the agenda, you will be afforded time to address that item during the meeting. i have no speaker cards. >> there any general public comment? >> i was waiting for your comments first. i am thrilled about the chinese hospital design because i am so disgusted about the design that the mta is doing on stockton street. this has nothing to do with complimenting the buildings on that street and have very little to say about the community it's serving, and i think this is something we're going to have to look into throughout the city because that design is sad, and

hospital -- v.a. hospital then go down the street to get the help that you need. >> that is a great idea for those who need urgent care it should be that they don't have to wait at all. we have the veterans administration that doesn't even understand its own problems. keep in mind all these issues are driven by whistleblowers. when the chairman of veterans affairs committee subpoenaed people to come forth you know, you have a culture that does not know enough to know when enough that they have problems. i recommend a few things it is extremely important whoever the president chooses this summer with the competence and knowledge of how to read the largest health care system. no more people that have greater military or business credentials bin zero hospital credentials. hire other people thought to run the hospital to rub off hospital it is amazing those who have no training with hospital administration and i would suggest to a pilot study where they can tap into a local network of pittsburg v.a. is su

meetings including the cpa meeting and others evictions on market street they've partnered with hospitality house to help to support vitals that live on the streets to create their artwork i'm pleased to recognize this architecture significance and hosted >> lunge to store company among other small businesses in san francisco we have the preservation staff michael and others and lisa project manager is here to talk about the historical significance of this building. >> good afternoon, supervisors jonathan planning department staff i'm here to 0 talk about the market street otherwise the john walker building it's the stabilization trust it was constructed in 1911 it has a 2 story commercial lost located in the downtown zoning district and a trishth to the market street theatre in the historic district it's authorized in section 11 under the planning code for factual information supports the conclusion that the building is to be rated individual significance or conceptual importance this knowledge case it's from category 5 to 3 based on the designation report prepared by michael corbett the b

kasem was taken to the hospital sunday, with what hospital officials say were wounds and blood pressuret happened as he and his wife were staying at the home of some friends. a judge holds another hearing this afternoon, on the petition of kasem's daughter to have more access to her father, and more control over his healthcare. >> what happened to you happened to me. you have to die every day. keep coming here and i will train you. >> in "edge of tomorrow", tom cruise plays a reluctant army officer who is assigned to the front line of the fight against an alien race that's wiping out all of earth. he has the ability to re-live the same day over and over every time he's killed. dean calls it another "near perfect" action movie of 20-14. he gives a rare day.a. >> let's go watch a movie. >>also, this week there's "the fault in our stars" starring "divergent" stars shailene woodley and angel elgort as a pair of teenage cancer patients who meets at a support group and form a bond learning about life, love even sex, as they struggle to enjoy every minute that they have alive...rather than mou

well, shots were fired, two teens were hit, and a 16 year-old was taken to the hospital, temple hospital where he was pronounced dead, a 19 year-old is at temple in stable condition. then around 11:30 police were on the scene of the 5500 block of north american street where three people were shot all three were taken to the hospital, shortly after there was another shooting on the 1300 block of mckenly street, one person shot. that person is listed in stable condition. and, the second fatality happened on germantown avenue at rising sun, a 24 year-old man was shot after getting into a confrontation with somebody who was shot twice in the torso, he was taken to temple where he was pronounced dead. so right now a lot of details, going on, with five shootings that happened since last night, and philadelphia police are working to get more information but we know right now that no arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified. we are live at police headquarters, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> syma, thank you. >>> and new this morning philadelphia police released s

the victim died at the hospital.far no arrest has been made but police do have a description of a possible suspect. >>> and turning now to your fox 29 weather authority. it is the first day of summer but instead of heating up, we're cooling down a bit from hot conditions we've had. here's a live look at center city on a dry day. perfect forgetting on outside. and the weather is going to get even better. let's send it on over to fox 29 meteorologist caitlin roth. it's a beauty out there now. >> it is joyce. happy first day of summer to y you. and everyone else. as it officially began earlier today. tomorrow is the first full day. it will feel little bit more like summer especially those of us towards the south trapped under the clouds all day otherwise it's been mostly sunshine from philadelphia points north and west. a couple of showers showing up down the shore. they've moved out of atlantic and cape may county right now pushing offshore but it was little drizzly, wet, cloudy and cool at the beaches over the past co

it connects hospitals and medical practices directly with suppliers. general manager joins me now in our studio along with our editor at large, cory johnson. the amazon of medical devices, what does that mean, exactly? >> of business marketplace -- >> it is a business to business marketplace focused on helping hospitals suppliers come together to do contracts for health care supplies. hospitals have to source tens of thousands of different products in support of patient care. to manage the costs associated with these products, they use purchasing contracts. the process of bidding for those contracts can take anywhere from six months to nine months. aptitude takes a market driven approach to inform hospitals where the supply cost have changed based on the, markets and give them the opportunity to automate the bids and measure the performance of the contracts over time. >> is the process so long because there are so few major suppliers? striker with $9 billion per year? that they want to get everything under one umbrella? >> obviously, the clinical perfo

one teen was treated at the hospital for anxiety. sea world says nobody was ever in danger and employees supplied them with snacks and drinks. >>> union leaders say they will present a tentative agreement to its members. the two sides came to an agreement on a labor contract late friday night. so far, no comment from muni and terms of the deal have not been released. any agreement would need to be ratified. last month, hundreds of muni drivers called in sick, as you recall, as a form of protest causing major headaches for san francisco commuters. >>> a record number of people are expected to hit the road this fourth of july weekend. most of them will face near record prices for gas. californians are paying an average of $4.13 for a gallon of gas. the higher prices are due, in large part, to the unrest in iraq. >> this is unexpected. the second largest oil producer to opec and the fear that the rebels could take over is what is driving up the cost of oil and gasoline prices here at home. >> prices of hotels are also up. people will pa

that hospital is about to close. an independent analysis says the law comes at no cost to the state but there are no promises to save the hospital and reopen it. >> that is a decision for the mcindustry to make sfloo before bringing healthcare for medical emergencies, they have to focus on the money emergency. that is no easy task. in sacramento. >> whether the hospital reopens or not, nearby home owners are on the hook for a partial tax until 2035. >>> we're constantly hearing about security breaches and identity theft and today, san jose gave a lesson on how to prevent it and what to look out for. police admit with so much of our personal information floating around it is easy to become a victim. >> there is a lot of information out there with all of the social media that we have, with all of the debit cards and mail that you get through the postal service, all of that is information that is flooding out there. if they're technologically savvy or not, they can access the information. >>> friends family and former c

he was pronounced dead at the hospital. police say the suspects took off down erie avenue.you have any information, please contact police. >>> also this man is wanted for robbing three southwest philadelphia businesses in six days. in each of these cases, the suspect enters alone, he talks to a worker and then suddenly pulls a gun from his right hip and demands cash. this surveillance video was taken inside the 56th street food market on thursday afternoon. no injuries have been reported. but police are worried about what will happen if his next victim resists. >>> and police are now looking for two men in connection with a deadly shooting in the northeast. a man in his 20's was pronounced dead just before 2:00 this morning at colgate and rosalie streets in lawncrest. his name has not yet been released and it's still unclear exactly what sparked this shooting. >>> and it's a beautiful night for a stroll. "eyewitness news" in rittenhouse square on a very cool evening. people just kind of hanging out tonight. not very summer like though on the first day of the season none com

the hospital is closed. ambulances lined up to take them to the new hospital in san leandro. the 450 nurses that worked in hayward are following the patients to the new hospital, among them is robert, he's been a registered nurse at kaiser for 32 years but he's not ready to hit the ground learning. >> there's a lot of procedure changes and i don't think we've had enough time to work those out to be able to safe guard the patients. >> the new hospital has new equipment, but noshes received three days of -- nurses received three days of training and some of that was online. >> this icu nurse said one of her training days didn't go well. half of the time the equipment was not working. >> a vice president with kaiser said the staff has been trained. >> we have gone through surveys and license with the state and we have all the appropriate training to provide safe and effective care. >> we have numerous resources on-site after we open to provide ongoing training to staff if they feel they need it. >> it's a learning curve, that learning curve needs to be done before you hit the fa

what happens, many of these kids end up visiting one of 250 children's hospitals. tests that are repeated, procedures that are unnecessary and all of this can be a drain on families, both in terms of time and money. >> the doctor's going to do tomorrow, see if you have a heart rate there. >> it doesn't have to be like this. you may know her as half of tlc's the little couple. >> how are you? >> she takes care of premature babies at texas children's hospital. >> how did henry do overnight. >> not only that, she spent much of her own childhood going to doctor after doctor after being born with a form of dwarfism. her surgery for cancer was complicated because of her dw f dwarfism. but today she's in remission. this week she went to capitol hill to lobby for a bill that would better coordinate medical care for children. >> and dr. arnold joins me now from capitol hill, welcome to the program, doctor. >> thank you so much. >> you're making rounds on your patients and capitol hill. talking to lawmakers. what are you telling them? how are you presenting the case he here.

kathy with san francisco general hospital has worked closely with the captain in coming up with a new security structure. we may not be fully prepared to give you all the positions today, it depends on what the sheriff is going to present, but i can tell you that our security manager is in the budget. it's effective as of july 1 so we're actively beginning the recruitment of that process for that position. we also have worked -- there have been two structures in terms of security for the hospital and this is -- the security manager is not just going to be for san francisco general. this is a security manager for the entire department, but we are focused of course on san francisco general. the big change that -- i hopefully [inaudible] sheriff today is the fact that we are looking at adding a security component to our legal component of security law enforcement so if you want to acknowledge the sheriffs and also the work he's done, roland's going to give a little introduction and then we'll turn over to the sheriff. >> thank you and thank you for coming. >> thank you director garcia. r

>> on the professional component at the hospital, those rates are determined and billed by the university of california so i'm not sure -- i can check with them and find out exactly kind of what the latest analysis they have about where they are, but that would not be included in the document that you have in front of you. >> so these are actually clinic rates for use of the xhinic and not the professional rates? >> correct. >> okay. so under -- just to clarify then, the differential between -- your difference between general clinic, which i know is at san francisco, but what about the primary cares that are community clinics and are we charging a facility charge on top of the professional charge? >> so for the primary care clinics, the difference is less significant than it is for the hospital because we set our rate so that we can show what our comparison is and we can build that into our cost calculations for medical and others. so we do have rates for those clinics, but in terms of professional fees for our own doctors >> yes, that's correct. >> okay. so on the primary care side for o

hospital. james dennis was pronounced at the scene. the two were among the four thrown from a pick up truck when it hit a guardrail. the driver is in critical condition. three others suffered serious injuries. >>> the graterford road bridge in perkiomen township montgomery county is shut down and it will be for a while. just last month inspectors found damage on the beam and the concrete reinforcement bars. benefit dot closed the -- penndot closed the bridge as a precaution. repairing replacing the bridge may take a year or more. drivers will face a 2 1/2 mile detour. >> that bridge is out. >> that's bad news. >> it's going to be a mess and nightmare for commuters. >> reporter: last year penndot change the the weight on the bridge. >>> tracy morgan is out of the hospital and has been moved to a rehab facility where he will continue his recovery. a spokesperson for the actor said he is showing signs of improvement, but has a long recovery ahead. morgan broke his legs and ribs, his friend james m