March Madness is EVERYWHERE!
For any college basketball fan, there’s no time like late March. The NCAA Tournament is in full swing, and with any luck your team is still in the hunt — and at the very least your bracket is still relatively intact.
Who Alameda County hospitals Falck Ambulance Hospital Council What On March 1, Falck Ambulance (Alameda County’s 911 provider) implemented a new ambulance patient offload time (APOT) policy for a 60-day trial period. In response to concerns raised by Hospital Council, the policy was revised to drop the provision to bill hospitals for offloads that exceed […]
Who Hospital Council Leaders of: General acute care hospitals Stand-alone psychiatric hospitals County behavioral health departments Non-hospital outpatient behavioral health programs What The task force was presented with a pamphlet developed in the state of Nevada that includes education and resources for families whose youth are experiencing a mental health crisis. Takeaway/Next Steps A work […]
Attracting and retaining talented employees is a challenge at any time, and the disruption of the pandemic underscores the importance of staying up to date on compensation and human resources trends. To assist hospitals in making informed and strategic hiring decisions, Hospital Council members are asked to enroll in Salarity’s 2022 Allied for Health (AFH) Survey Program by April 1.
HQI is celebrating Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 14-18, by hosting a free webinar each day. Daily webinars include:
Hospital Council is hosting a webinar on March 22 from 1 to 2 p.m. (PT) to discuss XFERALL, a new tool designed to help hospitals reduce the strain on overcrowded emergency departments (EDs) and get behavioral health patients to appropriate behavioral health treatment facilities along the entire continuum of care more quickly.
Who • Hospital Council• Central Valley Workforce Development Agencies• Member hospitals What Hospital Council has been participating in the Good Jobs Challenge grant to fund more nursing education for the Central Valley. Hospital Council has helped the workforce agencies connect with members to provide feedback on what is needed in the future workforce and has […]
Who Hospital Council Monterey Bay Section CEOs What On March 2, the Monterey Bay Section held its first section meeting of the year. Although the meeting was short, it offered a good overview of the legislation being considered this year. The other topic discussed was the governance structure of the California Coast Alliance for Health […]
Who • Tina Rivera, director of health services• Members of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors• Crestwood Behavioral Health• Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa• Providence, Santa Rosa• Sutter Santa Rosa What Following nearly one year as interim director of health services, Tina Rivera was officially appointed to the position of director of health services by the […]