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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City of Berkeley Proposes Fair Workweek Ordinance
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Who Berkeley hospitals and health systemsHospital Council What The Berkeley City Council’s Health, Life Enrichment, Equity & Community Committee is holding a series of hearings to discuss a proposed fair workweek ordinance. The draft ordinance would require employers in the city of Berkeley with 50 or more employees globally to adhere to certain scheduling and...
Vigilance and Resilience for Hospitals
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After more than two-and-a-half years, I know we are all tired, exhausted, frustrated, and ready to put COVID-19 behind us. But although much of the public and many of our elected officials have moved on from the pandemic, choosing to get back to regularly scheduled activities and no longer considering this a health emergency, COVID-19 remains an issue that deeply impacts Californians and our hospitals. Nationwide, COVID-19 cases have been steadily rising over the past several weeks, and closer to home in the Bay Area is where you’ll find California’s worst case rate.
Enhanced Power Safety Shutoffs Program Provides Greater Certainty
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Who Member hospitalsHospital Council What For many hospitals in the north state, the threat of wildfires and the related power outages are a real threat to their ability to provide patient care and remain solvent. Most of them are served by PG&E and, thanks to improvements in weather modeling, vegetation reduction, grid hardening, and collaborative...
Exploring Ways to Support Broadband Access in the Central Valley
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Who Member hospitalsHospital CouncilCalifornia Association of Health Facilities What Hospital Council is engaging with member hospitals and other health care entities in the Central Valley to explore ways to support and expand equal broadband access throughout this portion of the state. Access to reliable, high-speed internet is critical to the facilitation of telehealth appointments, which...
Sutter Santa Rosa Opens New Tower
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Who Sutter Santa Rosa leadershipSanta Rosa community members What On April 29, Sutter Santa Rosa leadership and community members gathered for a ribbon cutting of Sutter’s new, 60,000-square-foot expansion tower. The tower adds 40 private patient rooms, two operating suites, an endoscopy room, 13 additional outpatient care beds, 11 post-acute bays, and nine emergency department...
Mad River Community Hospital Celebrates 50 Years, Addition of Three New Physicians
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Who Mad River Community Hospital What The struggles of recruiting physicians to rural health care are well documented, but in Arcata, Mad River Community Hospital is celebrating the addition of three new physicians along with its 50th anniversary and. General surgeons Dr. Bryan Freeman and Dr. Rakhee Shah, as well as orthopedist Dr. Andrew Kim,...
Stanislaus County Discussing New EMS Agency Designation Fees
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Who Hospital CouncilCalifornia Hospital AssociationStanislaus CountyMember hospital leaders What The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors voted earlier this year to withdraw from Mountain-Valley Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency — a Joint Powers Authority including four other counties — to create its own single-county local EMS agency to improve services, achieve greater regulatory compliance, and have...
Advisory Calls For Timely Patches to Avoid Top Cyber Risks
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Cybersecurity authorities in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and United Kingdom are advising organizations to apply timely patches and implement a centralized patch management system to reduce their risk of compromise from the most common cyber vulnerabilities exploited by malicious cyber actors in 2021.
Legislative Event an Important Opportunity for Crucial Conversations
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Earlier this week, the Hospital Council and CHA teams had the opportunity to connect with a number of members during a legislative event on the state Capitol grounds. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend — it was a rare opportunity to get members and legislators under one roof (in this case a tent) for a chance to discuss the challenges facing hospitals and hear from California’s senators and Assembly members. It’s been a long time since many of us have gathered together for an in-person event, and it couldn’t come at a more important time.
Register Now for HQI Annual Conference
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Registration is now open for the 2022 Hospital Quality Institute Annual Conference, set for Nov. 6-7 in Napa.
