Who Coalition of state associations, local emergency medical services authorities (LEMSAs), ambulance providers, and county supervisors What Hospital Council efforts to sustain rural ambulance services continue. The newly formed coalition of state associations, LEMSAs, ambulance providers, county supervisors, and other entities will move next to do an analysis. While all members of the coalition are...
Who Sacramento Fire Department (SFD) Sacramento County Jail Health Sacramento County Emergency Medical Services Agency (SCEMSA) What At a meeting convened by Hospital Council on March 20, SFD shared concerns about communication and protocols on when the county jail uses emergency medical services (EMS) providers to transport inmates to community hospitals. In 2023, SFD transported...
Who Hospital leaders from Hospital Council North Bay Section (Adventist, Kaiser, Providence, Santa Rosa Behavioral Health, Sonoma Valley, and Sutter) Partnership HealthPlan (PHP) representatives Cal Poly Humboldt representatives What The North Bay Section gathered in person on March 13 to hear an overview of Hospital Council and CHA’s 2024 priorities and discuss health care workforce...
Who Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Merced) and staff Hospital CEOs within and near Sen. Caballero’s district in the Central Valley What On March 18, Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Merced) met with hospital CEOs in the Central Valley portions of her district. The CEOs thanked the senator for her authorship of the California Hospital Association’s (CHA) current seismic...
Who Elected officials from northern California Emergency medical professionals County government representatives What A new coalition of legislators, emergency medical professionals, county representatives, and Hospital Council staff met to discuss the prevention of more closures and reduction of rural ambulance services in California. Ambulance providers closing or reducing services has become commonplace in rural areas,...
Who University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health Dignity Health (Saint Mary’s Medical Center & Saint Francis Memorial Hospital) San Francisco Health Commission San Francisco Department of Health What Recently, the San Francisco Health Commission concluded the second of two Proposition Q (Community Health Care Planning Ordinance) hearings related to UCSF Health’s acquisition of Dignity...
Who Partnership HealthPlan of California Representatives from hospitals and health care partners in partnership counties California Health Care Foundation CHA and Hospital Council staff What Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC) held a one-day symposium on Feb. 12 about the lack of maternity services in rural areas and the threat of additional closures. Hospitals face...
Who Santa Cruz Health Improvement Partnership California State University (CSU), Monterey Bay Community groups and stakeholders in Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties What Several efforts are underway in Monterey Bay to help build the health care workforce pipeline. In Santa Cruz County, the Health Improvement Partnership is developing listening tours — also called...
Who Regional Medical Center of San Jose Santa Clara County Emergency Medical Services Agency (EMSA) What The Regional Medical Center of San Jose has notified the Santa Clara County EMSA it plans to close and modify certain service lines: Trauma and STEMI services will close on Aug. 12. Comprehensive stroke service will downgrade to primary...
Who Be Well Orange County Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Partnership HealthPlan of California Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital Members of Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Sonoma County leaders What Sonoma County is progressing toward better serving the behavioral health needs of its community. Continuing a...
