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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Increased COVID-19 Case Rates, ED Volumes, Ambulance Diversion Hours, and Ambulance Patient Offload Times Stretching Sacramento County EMS System
Supervisors Allocate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding
Hospital CEOs Discuss Rural Challenges to Delivering Care
San Francisco Issues COVID-19 Testing Health Order
CHA’s Coyle Joins Statewide HIE Stakeholder Advisory Group
CHA President & CEO Carmela Coyle has joined the HIE Stakeholder Advisory Group — building California’s first-ever, statewide Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework — as the hospital representative.
Alameda and Contra Costa Counties Allocate ARPA Funding to COVID-19 Expenditures
New HQI Program Inspires Culture Change, Drives Patient Safety
CHA, the Hospital Quality Institute (HQI), and CHA’s three Regional Associations have launched a new program called HQI Cares: Implementing BETA HEART® to Build a Culture of Safety. This fee-for-service program is the result of a partnership with BETA Healthcare Group and is designed to create a foundational shift in supporting health care workers on their journey to establishing a culture of safety. It works by helping hospitals implement:
PSPS Webinar Available as On-Demand Recording
Last week’s webinar on public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) and how to make the 2021 PSPS season as safe as possible is now available as an on-demand recording from CHA and Hospital Council. Topics that were covered include: