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DPH director highlights new commissioner, homeless outreach transition, Ebola readiness and a new warm line
Summary
Director Garcia announced Dr. David Pating as incoming Health Commissioner, described a temporary scale-back while the homeless outreach team transitions to a new contractor (Public Health Foundation Enterprises) and detailed preparedness steps after a recent earthquake. She also announced a 24/7 mental-health warm line funded with a $1.2 million state grant and a managed-care arrangement with Northeast Medical Services (enrollment target Nov. 1, 2014).
Director Garcia opened the director's report by announcing Dr. David Pating (also transcribed as Padian/Paden) as the city'appointed health commissioner; Garcia said Dr. Pating is a psychiatrist specializing in addiction medicine with a background at Kaiser and as an assistant clinical professor at UCSF and is expected to attend the commission's next meeting.
Garcia reviewed recent operational matters: an RFP awarded operation of the homeless outreach team to a different entity (Public Health Foundation Enterprises). To manage the organizational…
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