The newsroom includes access to Council Connect, our twice-monthly newsletter on Hospital Council’s work. Key articles and issues of interest, along with the President’s Message, are included below.
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Priorities Roundup
Seismic
The California Hospital Association’s (CHA’s) bill to provide relief from the 2030 seismic construction mandate is on the Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file, which will be taken up on May 16. Senate Bill 1432 passed the Senate Health Committee last month on an 11-0 vote.
Information and resources are available on CHA’s seismic information page.
Associate Member | CareRev
Hospital Council is pleased to introduce our newest Associate Member CareRev. CareRev, the on-demand workforce platform for acute care nursing, improves nurse well-being and reduces costs for hospitals and health care systems nationwide by providing easy access to a flexible workforce. More than 22,000 (and growing) highly qualified nurses use the CareRev app to take control of their careers, working when and where they want.
HQI to Host Hospital Workplace Violence Regional Roundtable
Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) will host the Hospital Workplace Violence Regional Roundtable in Redding on May 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participation is free.
CHA Convenes Hospital Leaders to Share Need for Legislative Support to Preserve Vital Services
On April 9, the California Hospital Association (CHA) convened a gathering in Sacramento of critical access hospital (CAH) leaders, legislators, and staff in support of Senate Bill (SB) 1423, which aims to stabilize health care services in rural, remote communities.
Projects Launch in Central Valley
This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Central California Emergency Medical Services Agency (EMSA) Public health and nonprofit health care organizations in the Central Valley What Hospital Council is partnering with hospitals, public health, and nonprofits to conduct analyses of the health landscape of the Central California EMSA […]
Redwood Coast Hospitals Discuss Pressing Issues
This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Hospital leaders from Redwood Coast Section (Jerold Phelps Community Hospital, Mad River Community Hospital, Providence-St. Joseph Hospital Eureka, Sutter Coast Hospital) Cal Poly Humboldt What The leaders of the five hospitals representing Del Norte and Humboldt counties gathered in person […]
Community Responds to Service Line Adjustments in Santa Clara
This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Coalition of state associations, local emergency medical services authorities (LEMSAs), ambulance providers, and county supervisors What In February, Regional Medical Center of San Jose, an HCA hospital, announced plans to close its level two trauma, ST-elevation myocardial infarction program, and […]
Next Gen Workforce Pipeline Talks Begin in Santa Clara
This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Who Santa Clara County health care leaders What Thirteen health care leaders from hospitals, community clinics, skilled-nursing facilities, and behavioral health facilities joined a conversation on health care workforce challenges. They discussed a framework to address the challenges using a collaboration […]