The Sacramento Regional Behavioral Health Task Force established a workgroup to develop a conservatorship protocol for conserved patients in emergency departments. The workgroup consisted of general acute care and psychiatric hospital social work managers, clinical psychologists, county behavioral health, county counsel-probate, public guardians, and public conservators. Over a period of three months, they refined their...
Who SacValley MedShareHealth care providers and plansHospital Council What SacValley MedShare (SVMS) is the largest health information exchange (HIE) in the far north state, serving many hospitals, clinics, counties, ambulances, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, health plans, labs, imaging centers, and independent practice physicians. In June, thanks to continued growth in health care organizations...
Who Assembly Member Lori WilsonHospital CouncilHospitals and health systems in Assembly District 11 What On May 27, Hospital Council hosted an introductory meeting with Assembly Member Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) and hospitals in her district. The Assembly member ran unopposed in a special election for the District 11 Assembly seat in April and was sworn...
Who Hospital CouncilChief nursing executivesNursing school administrators and professors What On June 16, chief nursing executives from across San Francisco met with administrators and professors from nursing schools throughout the Bay Area, including University of San Francisco, City College of San Francisco, College of San Mateo, Gurnick, and others. The purpose of this summit was...
Who Hospital CouncilSan Mateo Section hospital CEOs What San Mateo held its first section meeting of the year in late May. It was a quick meeting to discuss current legislation and what types of activities the CEOs believe make a successful regional association. The health care leaders agreed that having a strong relationship with the...
Who Santa Clara County hospital government relations officersSanta Clara County Board of Supervisors district candidates What Government relations officers from several hospitals in Santa Clara County met with Sylvia Arenas and Johnny Khamis, the two leading candidates for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 1 seat. Both candidates shared their priorities if they...
Who San Mateo Section government relations officersAssembly District 28 candidate Gail Pellerin What Hospital Council’s San Mateo Section invited the candidates running to represent Assembly District 28 to meet with the government relations officers from the district’s hospitals. This was an opportunity for the candidates to get to know the hospitals from their district and...
Who Hospital Council and CHA Hospital executives Local health officialsAmerican Hospital Management Corporation What Gathering for the first in-person section meeting of Hospital Council’s Redwood Coast Section in over two years, attendees enjoyed a lively discussion spanning California public policy related to health care, staffing challenges, and behavioral health and substance use disorder. The evening section meeting...
Who • Hospital Council and CHA• Hospital executives• Local health officials• Verily Life Sciences What Following a successful behavioral health collaborative, Meghan Hardin (Hospital Council), Kirsten Barlow (CHA), and Verily’s Rebecca Messing Haigler visited the four general acute care hospitals (GACH) and the lone psychiatric health facility, Sempervirens, in Humboldt County. While they varied in the...
Who Hospital Council and CHAHospital executivesCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Local health officials Community safety leaders Emergency medical services personnel Verily Life Sciences What Behavioral health care and substance abuse treatment stakeholders in Humboldt County met with Hospital Council and CHA leadership on June 1 at The Historic Eagle House in downtown Eureka to discuss behavioral health and substance...
