Santa Cruz Sentinel Columns
Since November 2007, HIP's members have authored columns in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on a range of health care issues, from prevention and wellness to safety net clinic heroes and the need for policy and systems change.
2013 Columns
Battling Pneumonia with Teamwork
By: Julio Porro, MD and Nina Maisterra, MD
April 27, 2013
Santa Cruz County's low long-term acute care costs intrigue Medicare research team
By: Nicole Lezin, Andrea Silvey and Taylor Dalton
April 5, 2013
Bringing local partners together to expand health care capacity
By: Nicole Lezin and Claire Laughlin
February 16, 2013
2012 Columns
Share the Care: A Strategy for Closing the Gap in Primary Care
By: Nicole Lezin and Tom Bodeheimer MD
December 30, 2012
Health Care Coverage and Access: Separate but Linked Steps in Health Care Reform
By: Nicole Lezin and Alan McKay
November 25, 2012
Planning for the End of Life
September 30, 2012
Keeping Local Children Healthy: the Healthy Kids Program
By: Jordan Turetsky MPH
August 26, 2012
Next Steps for Health Care Reform
By: Linda Bergthold PhD and Eleanor Littman RN
July 29, 2012
What you should know about MediCruz
By: Leslie Goodfriend MPH, Laurie Mireles PhD, and Giang Nguyen MSN
June 24, 2012
Putting Patients Front and Center: The Patient Centered Medical Home
By: Barbara Palla MD and Carolyn Shepherd MD
May 27, 2012
The Skills to Become a Better Parent are Within Reach
By: Laurie Mireles PhD, Susan True and Nicole Young
April 29, 2012
Giving health care providers clues to improve
By: Richard Helmer MD and Barbara Palla MD
March 25, 2012
Women in County can get the health care they need
By: Laurie Mireles PhD, Leslie Conner, and Jennifer Hastings MD
February 26, 2012
Babies need a regular source of care
By: Barbara Palla MD and Maria Love
January 29, 2012
2011 Columns
Understanding the health gap between North and South County
By: Eleanor Littman and Kathleen King
November 27, 2011
A dangerous gamble with vaccinations
By: Eleanor Littman and Poki Namkung
October 30, 2011
Matchmaking between physical and mental health providers
By: James Bennett and Eleanor Littman
September 25, 2011
Partnership tackling childhood obesity
By: Eleanor Littman and Megan Joseph
August 28, 2011
Supporting health with housing
By: Leslie Conner and Christine Sippl
July 31, 2011
Prevention is the best medicine
By: Leslie Conner and Leslie Goodfriend
June 26, 2011
We could all use some 'health care' reform
By: Health Improvement Partnership
May 29, 2011
The government's role in health care
By: Leslie Conner and Robert Quinn MD
May 1, 2011
Life planning includes end-of-life planning
By: Ann Pomper and Eleanor Littman
March 27, 2011
Health care reform holds benefits for small businesses
By: Ceil Cirillo and Leslie Conner
February 27, 2011
Building a better, stronger health care system
By: Health Improvement Partnership
January 30, 2011
2010 Columns
Working together for a healthy community
By: Eleanor Littman
December 26, 2010
December 5, 2010
October 31, 2010
By: Poki Stewart Namkung MD
September 26, 2010
Children's health care requires more than check-ups and vaccinations
By: Susan True and Salem Magarian MD
July 25, 2010
If you need a lifeline, Call 211
By: Mary Lou Goeke
June 27, 2010
Community support brings oral hygiene to the classroom
By: Will Hahn, Laurie Mireles and Sara Clarenbach
May 30, 2010
Health leaders see significant benefits in health care reform
By: Health Improvement Partnership
April 25, 2010
'Health Literacy' vital to making the right choices
By: Raquel Ramirez Ruiz
March 28, 2010
Borderless medical information will improve our health care
By: Rama Khalsa
February 28, 2010
Healthy Kids is a local brand of health care reform
By: Christina Cuevas, Mary Lou Goeke, Kathleen King
January 31, 2010
2009 Columns
Local health-care needs can't wait for federal assistance
By: Eleanor Littman
December 27, 2009
Taking a broader view of health
By: Christina Cuevas, Leslie Goodfriend, Poki Namkung MD
December 6, 2009
Triple Aim Initiative Tackles Health Care Costs, Care, and Outcomes
By: Eleanor Littman and Christine Sippl
October 25, 2009
The need for end-of-life planning
By: Sharon Tapper MD and Julie Boudreau
September 27, 2009
A healthy diet pays off in many ways
By: Shebreh Kalantari & Leslie Goodfriend
August 30, 2009
The flu is nothing to sneeze at
By: Poki Namkung MD
July 26, 2009
Community TV Interview
State Budget and Healthcare
By: Leslie Conner & Kathleen King
June 29, 2009
Medicare costs can be cut
By: Larry deGhetaldi MD
June 28, 2009
Diabetes forum puts patients front and center
By: Kathleen King and Raquel Ramirez Ruiz
May 31, 2009
Loss of Medi-Cal 'optional benefits' will be devastating
By: Sara Clarenbach & Will Hahn
April 26, 2009
Local leaders offer suggestions on health care reform
By: Bill Tysseling, Poki Namkung MD, Debora Bone, Stan Hajduk MD, Jess Brown
March 29, 2009
Shortsighted budget proposals will threaten children's access to health care
By: Jim Bennett MD and Christina Cuevas
February 22, 2009
United Way Community Matters Imagine: Help as Easy as 2-1-1
By: Mary Lou Goeke
January 25, 2009
2008 Columns
Plenty of reasons to be optimistic about health care reform in ‘09
By: Alan McKay & Eleanor Littman
December 28, 2008
Future of health care reform as seen through a cloudy crystal ball
By: Larry Levitt
November 30, 2008
Groups working to keep the ER available for true emergencies
By: Nancy Greenstreet MD & Richard Helmer MD
October 26, 2008
Health groups take aim at ‘twin' epidemics
By: Raquel Ramirez Ruiz & Kathleen King
September 28, 2008
Protecting the Santa Cruz County ‘herd' through immunization
By: Dr. Poki Namkung MD
August 31, 2008
Controlling cost in health care
By: Jae Dale
August 10, 2008
A look at reeling in health care costs
By: Jae Dale
June 29, 2008
Bootstrap strategies for local health care reform
By: Eleanor Littman
May 25, 2008
Making your health care wishes known
By: George Wolfe MD & Ann Carney Pomper
April 27, 2008
Providing health care with a net
By: Jennifer Hastings MD, Julie Hyer and Patrick Meehan MD
March 30, 2008
Oral Health: Tackling hidden epidemic in kids
By: Laura Marcus & Salem Magarian MD
February 24, 2008
Plight of uninsured affects us all
By: Alan McKay
January 27, 2008
2007 Columns
A year of good health
By: Dr. Dean Kashino MD
December 30, 2007
A HIP Replacement to fix our broken health-care system
By: Eleanor Littman & Rama Khalsa
November 25, 2007
