Who Hospital CouncilSanta Clara County COOs What Hospital COOs in Santa Clara County met recently to share how they are trying to move their organizations and staff from a pandemic mindset to an endemic mindset. The meeting was separated into three categories: patients, visitors, and staff. Many of their policies around break rooms, not being...
Who Hospital CouncilSanta Clara County What The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has directed the Public Health Department to work with providers and stakeholders throughout the county to address perinatal equity and black infant health. The Public Health Department asked Hospital Council to help bring hospitals together to create a Hospital Task Force focused...
Who Dan Peterson, CEO, Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital What Sutter Santa Rosa’s new 60,000-square-foot tower expansion will start seeing patients on May 3. A recent Press Democrat article featured photographs of the nearly complete project, most of which was under construction during the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO Dan Peterson is rightfully proud that the tower...
Who David Neil, Chief Executive, Mad River Community HospitalDouglas Shaw, CEO, Mad River Community HospitalPamela Floyd, Chief Compliance Officer, Mad River Community HospitalMatt Rees, CEO/Administrator, Jerold Phelps Community HospitalMitch Hanna, CEO, Sutter Coast HospitalRoberta Luskin-Hawk, MD, Chief Executive, Providence St. Joseph Hospital EurekaKirsten Barlow, Vice President, Policy, CHAGideon Baum, Vice President, Policy, CHAMeghan Hardin, Regional...
Who John Hennelly, CEO, Sonoma Valley HospitalJudson Howe, President, Adventist Health Howard MemorialScott Knight, CEO, Sutter Lakeside HospitalSteve Herber, MD, President, Adventist Health St. HelenaTarek Salaway, Senior Vice President and Area Manager, Marin-Sonoma, Kaiser Permanente Santa RosaBryan J. Bucklew, President & CEO, Hospital Council – Northern & Central CaliforniaKirsten Barlow, Vice President, Policy, California Hospital...
Who Alameda County hospitalsFalck AmbulanceHospital 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 30 minutes....
Who Hospital CouncilLeaders of:General acute care hospitalsStand-alone psychiatric hospitalsCounty behavioral health departmentsNon-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 group was established to develop...
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 CouncilMonterey 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 (CCAH),...
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...
