A July 12, 2011 memo from Alameda Hospital Chief Executive Officer Deborah Stebbins, obtained by Action Alameda News through a public records request, explains that former Hospital Chief Financial Officer (CFO) David Neapolitan left his role at the Hospital “by mutual agreement,” effective July 15th. The departure has cause the Hospital to seek a [...]
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Yesterday, Action Alameda News published a letter regarding allegations against Alameda Hospital’s Dr. Robert Deutsch. By press time, Dr. Deutsch had not responded to a request for comment on the allegations. However, after publication, we received a response from Dr. Deutsch. [...] Allegations of Abuse of Power and Conflict of Interest Against Alameda Hospital’s Dr. Robert DeutschLast week, Action Alameda News received a copy, for publication, of a letter, below, addressed to the Alameda Health Care District Board of Directors. Action Alameda News tried to reach Dr. Robert Deutsch of Alameda Hospital for comment but we’ve not yet received a response. [...] Documents provided to Action Alameda News indicate that the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) is investigating Alameda Hospital doctor and Alameda Health Care District Board Member Dr. Robert Deutsch following citizen allegations of conflict of interest. [...] Dear Editor, Although I exposed the substandard 2007 Alameda County Emergency Medical Services stroke transport protocol in an October letter in your publication, kudos go to Mayor Johnson, Interim City Manager Anne Marie Gallant, and the Alameda County Emergency Medical Services (ACEMS) Director Dale Fanning who all worked quickly – overriding the hospital’s protest – [...] Dr. Robert Deutsch, M.D., a member of the Alameda Health Care District Board of Directors, which oversees Alameda Hospital, has denied that his presence on the board of the District which has oversight over the Hospital with whom he contracts to provide services to represents a conflict of interest. [...] Documents obtained by Action Alameda News indicate that, effective Wednesday, December 1, 2010, Alameda County will terminate an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) policy that called for paramedics to take stroke victims in the city of Alameda to Alameda Hospital, even though the Hospital is not a certified stroke center. The change in policy has been [...] Correspondence between Alameda Hospital, and the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, obtained by Action Alameda News, shows that Alameda Hospital CEO Deborah Stebbins is fighting back Alameda County’s attempts to remove a preference to route stroke victims to Alameda Hospital from County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) procedures. [...] The Emergency Medical Services Division of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency Public Health Department is looking to review a three-old preference for Alameda Hospital in County Emergency Medical Services practice, as the current practice is “not in the best interests of patient care.” [...] Dear Editor, On October 27th you published a commentary by Jordan Battani, President of the City of Alameda Health Care District. Ostensibly it was a reply to Denise Lai’s earlier commentary regarding the systemic failure of Alameda Hospital. Ms. Battani’s reply was cleverly constructed to dodge the issue which is that Alameda Hospital, as presently [...] |
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