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 Task Force to Address Perinatal Equity and Black Infant Health
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Who Hospital CouncilSanta Clara County What The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has directed the Public Health Department to work with providers and stakeholders throughout the county to address perinatal equity and black infant health. The Public Health Department asked Hospital Council to help bring hospitals together to create a Hospital Task Force focused...
Sutter Santa Rosa’s 60,000-Square-Foot Expansion Tower Nears Completion
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Who Dan Peterson, CEO, Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital What Sutter Santa Rosa’s new 60,000-square-foot tower expansion will start seeing patients on May 3. A recent Press Democrat article featured photographs of the nearly complete project, most of which was under construction during the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO Dan Peterson is rightfully proud that the tower...
Hospital Council Holds Redwood Coast CEO Section Meeting
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Who David Neil, Chief Executive, Mad River Community HospitalDouglas Shaw, CEO, Mad River Community HospitalPamela Floyd, Chief Compliance Officer, Mad River Community HospitalMatt Rees, CEO/Administrator, Jerold Phelps Community HospitalMitch Hanna, CEO, Sutter Coast HospitalRoberta Luskin-Hawk, MD, Chief Executive, Providence St. Joseph Hospital EurekaKirsten Barlow, Vice President, Policy, CHAGideon Baum, Vice President, Policy, CHAMeghan Hardin, Regional...
Hospital Council Holds North Bay CEO Section Meeting
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Who John Hennelly, CEO, Sonoma Valley HospitalJudson Howe, President, Adventist Health Howard MemorialScott Knight, CEO, Sutter Lakeside HospitalSteve Herber, MD, President, Adventist Health St. HelenaTarek Salaway, Senior Vice President and Area Manager, Marin-Sonoma, Kaiser Permanente Santa RosaBryan J. Bucklew, President & CEO, Hospital Council – Northern & Central CaliforniaKirsten Barlow, Vice President, Policy, California Hospital...
NAMI California Toolkit Designed to Raise Awareness of Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) California is asking for support in promoting the Mental Health Crisis Prevention Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund on California tax returns.
New APOT Materials Available for Hospitals
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As CHA and Hospital Council continue to work on hospitals’ behalf to help educate about ambulance patient offload times (APOT), we have developed materials that members can use when talking with the public, media, lawmakers, or other key stakeholders about this issue.
PG&E to Give PSPS Updates on Webinar
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As Hospital Council and CHA continue to work with PG&E to address the challenges our members and communities face with planned and unplanned power outages, a complimentary, members-only webinar is planned for March 29 from 10 to 11 a.m. (PT).
March Madness is EVERYWHERE!
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For any college basketball fan, there’s no time like late March. The NCAA Tournament is in full swing, and with any luck your team is still in the hunt — and at the very least your bracket is still relatively intact.
Update on New APOT Policy from Falck Ambulance in Alameda County
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Who Alameda County hospitalsFalck AmbulanceHospital Council What On March 1, Falck Ambulance (Alameda County’s 911 provider) implemented a new ambulance patient offload time (APOT) policy for a 60-day trial period. In response to concerns raised by Hospital Council, the policy was revised to drop the provision to bill hospitals for offloads that exceed 30 minutes....
Sacramento Region Behavioral Health Task Force Collaborating on New Communication Tool
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Who Hospital CouncilLeaders of:General acute care hospitalsStand-alone psychiatric hospitalsCounty behavioral health departmentsNon-hospital outpatient behavioral health programs What The task force was presented with a pamphlet developed in the state of Nevada that includes education and resources for families whose youth are experiencing a mental health crisis. Takeaway/Next Steps A work group was established to develop...
