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.
Newsroom
Monterey Bay Section CEOs Meet for First Time in 2022
Who Hospital Council Monterey 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 […]
Sonoma County Appoints New Director of Health Services
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 […]
In Wake Of Supervisor Recall, Shasta County HHS Director Resigns
Who Shasta County What While COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are trending downward, the impacts of the pandemic will be felt for some time. Most notable are workforce challenges, both in the short and long term, and for both clinical and non-clinical positions. Another impact has been the recall of a county supervisor in Shasta County, […]
SMARTER Plan Shows Path Forward, But COVID-19 Challenges Remain
The governor’s announcement last week of his SMARTER plan marks yet another turning point in the fight against COVID-19, as we transition from a pandemic to an endemic. The SMARTER plan uses the lessons of the past two years to prepare for future COVID-19 surges or variants.
Executive Leadership Changes In The Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, And Merced Areas
Who Adventist Health Dignity Health Kaiser Permanente Sutter Health Tenet Health What Changes that have taken place over the past few months include: Adventist Health Chris Champlin was appointed president of Adventist Health and Rideout Hospital, replacing Rick Rawson, who retired. Dignity Health Edmundo Castañeda, former president and CEO of Mercy General Hospital and Woodland […]
Hospital Council Responds To Proposed Policy On ‘Hard Offloads’ And Hospital Billing From Falck Ambulance
Who Alameda County Hospitals Falck Ambulance Hospital Council What In January, Falck Ambulance — the 911 ambulance provider for Alameda County — informed hospitals that it would be implementing a new policy in response to extended ambulance patient offload times (APOT). Under the new policy, Falck intends to leave patients in the emergency department on […]
Reviewing the Findings of the 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment
Who Hospital Council Fresno, Madera, Tulare, and Kings counties public health departments Hospitals What On Feb. 2, Hospital Council convened members and public health departments from the four-county area to review the findings of the 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). The CHNA was the largest collaboration to date to look at the needs of […]
Vaccinate All 58 Issues Booster Resource Toolkit
Vaccinate All 58, a program of the California Department of Public Health designed to promote and inform Californians about COVID-19 vaccines, has developed new communications materials on COVID-19 boosters.
Hospitals Eligible to Apply for State Behavioral Health Infrastructure Grants
On Jan. 31, Gov. Newsom announced the availability of over $1 billion in infrastructure funds to help California fill gaps in behavioral health services and housing.
As COVID-19 Numbers Decline, Many Critical Areas of Focus Remain
Nearly two years into the pandemic, and on the heels of a fourth COVID-19 wave that rivaled the past three, it appears that there may be some good news on the horizon. COVID-19 positivity rates are dropping, and hospitalizations seem to have levelled off or are slightly decreasing, an early sign that perhaps the unprecedented surge brought on by the omicron variant is slowing.
