COVID-19 Vaccination Communications Toolkit Available
The Hospital Association of Southern California has released a COVID-19 Vaccination Communications Toolkit that contains customizable fliers, posters, and social media assets that hospitals can share via their own communications platforms.
What the Military Can Teach Us About Resiliency
The pandemic that has consumed the country — the world — for more than a year has come with a hefty psychological toll for many, especially hospital staff and front-line health care workers. They’ve been working non-stop to care for both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. Staff burnout is real, and it’s been the topic of many recent discussions with hospital leaders. As we inch toward the finish line and start to contemplate a post-pandemic landscape, we need to keep our health care workers top of mind.
Walmart Honors Health Care Heroes with Free Meals
Hospital Council and its foundation were honored to support a One Team opportunity for health care workers. Walmart, through CHA and Hospital Council, provided $200,000 toward appreciation meals for hospitals with ICUs in the Central Valley, one of the state’s most impacted areas.
RVP Roundup
As part of a North Bay Business Journal series looking at the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020 and how North Bay businesses are recovering, RVP Meghan Hardin had the opportunity to submit a column on what hospitals have learned from the pandemic.
RVP Roundup
The first Northern Sierra section meeting of the year was held in March and included the state’s expert on community paramedicine programs, which will go into place next year. He offered some examples, and the one of greatest interest had to do with getting behavioral health patients to treatment sites rather than being warehoused in emergency departments. While the […]
RVP Roundup
On April 5, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors held a special briefing with its federal lobbyist about the American Rescue Plan (Alameda County is expecting to receive $326 million in direct funding), followed by discussion of additional initiatives to watch for from the Biden administration.
RVP Roundup
On Feb. 24, Hospital Council participated in a meeting of north state CNOs to discuss the need for nurse educators and the bottleneck that presents for hiring nurses. Meghan Hardin was introduced as new RVP for Redwood Coast and North Bay counties. Hospital Council is working with the leaders of a number of Northern California community college nursing programs to find more nurse educators. New educators need to be found urgently to maintain and grow nursing programs. A meeting is planned with nurse leaders to request their help in identifying and reaching out to nurses who might be interested in becoming educators.
RVP Roundup
Hospital Council is actively engaged in meeting with supervisors in Kern and San Luis Obispo counties to provide updates on the progress made by their hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. These meetings are being held throughout March and are focused on highlighting hospital work, ongoing needs of the community, and strengthening ongoing relationships between the counties and Hospital […]
RVP Roundup
Throughout March, Hospital Council is meeting with Oakland city councilmembers and hospitals in Oakland to establish relationships and introduce Hospital Council as a resource and partner. Two councilmembers are new and were just elected in November. To date, dialogue has been positive and focused on mutual issues of concern, including the impacts of COVID-19, the […]
RVP Roundup
Here’s a look at how Hospital Council’s RVPs have been working on behalf of hospitals over the past few weeks.