It is unfortunate that the Los Angeles Times’ investigation of the tragic deaths of patients awaiting specialty care disparaged the work of some of those heroes. The county’s revolutionary eConsult system, which was portrayed unflatteringly by The Times, enables specialty care answers in hours or days rather than weeks. Our community, our patients and the heroes who work for DHS deserve better than the coverage provided by The Times. AdvertisementJorge Orozco and Brad Spellberg, MD, Los AngelesThe writers are, respectively, chief executive and chief medical officer of the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. AdvertisementThere are few specialists who accept managed care Medi-Cal patients, and even fewer in the community who accept unassigned Medi-Cal patients.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 10, 2020 10:03 UTC