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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Hospital Council Continues Efforts on Good Jobs Challenge
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. 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 […]
Monterey Bay Section CEOs Meet for First Time in 2022
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. 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 […]
Sonoma County Appoints New Director of Health Services
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. 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 […]
In Wake Of Supervisor Recall, Shasta County HHS Director Resigns
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. 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 […]
SMARTER Plan Shows Path Forward, But COVID-19 Challenges Remain
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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
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. 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. […]
Hospital Council Responds To Proposed Policy On ‘Hard Offloads’ And Hospital Billing From Falck Ambulance
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. 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). […]
Reviewing the Findings of the 2021 Community Health Needs Assessment
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. 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). […]
Vaccinate All 58 Issues Booster Resource Toolkit
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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
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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.
