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Pages in category "Medical and health organizations based in California" The following 184 pages are in this category, out of 184 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) is a professional association for medical communicators, with more than 4,000 members in the United States, Canada, and 30 other countries. [1] AMWA is governed by a board of directors composed of the elected officers, 6–8 at-large directors, and the chapter advisory council chair.
The organization was established in 1953 and was founded by Jerry Lyle Pettis. It currently employs 70 full-time staff members and is based in Glendale, California. [15] [18] [19] The organization produces continuing medical education/continuing education (CME/CE) audio programs for physicians and health care professionals who subscribe. [20]
Medical Code of Ethics is a document that establishes the ethical rules of behaviour of all healthcare professionals, such as registered medical practitioners, physicians, dental practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, defining the priorities of their professional work, showing the principles in the relations with patients, other physicians and the rest of community.
California: 1980s Eugene Ellsworth Landy was an American psychologist and psychotherapist best known for his unconventional 24-hour therapy as well as ethical violations concerning his treatment of Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson in the 1980s. In 2015, Landy's relationship with Wilson was dramatized in the biographical film Love & Mercy
In 2010, Gentiva Home Health paid $1 billion to purchase Odyssey Healthcare. It was the largest hospice acquisition in U.S. history, according to the company . The reason for this expansion partially reflects a decades-long shift in attitude among terminally ill patients, who increasingly prefer to spend their final weeks at home instead of in ...
In Division 2, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 in Division 2. Chapter 2.2., 1340 - 1399.864, [13] which is enforced by the California Department of Managed Health Care and regulates most health insurance in California, although some plans are regulated by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) with sometimes similar "companion" statutes in the California Insurance ...
Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) [3] Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) Community Health Accreditation Program(CHAP) DNV GL Healthcare; Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) [4] Global Healthcare Accreditation (GHA) [5] Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)