Exploring the Future of AI in Health Care: Insights from the 2024 HQI and Hospital Council Conference
This year’s Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) and Hospital Council Conference brought together thought leaders and cutting-edge practitioners for conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) in health care and how it may evolve in the future.
Nursing Education Needs Are a Critical Concern
Who Hospitals in the Northern Sierra section What In their ongoing efforts to identify increasingly prevalent workforce challenges, hospitals across the Northern Sierra section have determined there is a critical need for licensed vocational nurse (LVN) to registered nurse (RN) education. In addition, new RN staffing ratios for skilled-nursing facilities are on the horizon, meaning […]
Hospitals Meet with HHS Secretary in the South Bay
Who Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra What On Sept. 16, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford hosted a roundtable meeting with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. This event was convened by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and attended by Hospital Council RVP Jo Coffaro, several […]
Northern Sierra CEOs Share Challenges and Opportunities
Who CEOs and other hospital leadership in the Northern Sierra Section What At a section meeting in late August, Northern Sierra CEOs discussed a wide range of critical issues including the continued increase of patients being held on 5150s in the emergency departments (EDs), as well as shortages of behavioral health workforce across the region. […]