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CENTRAL VALLEY: Hospitals are working collaboratively with the Kern County Public Health Department to address the region’s ambulance patient offload time (APOT), which was 50:32 according to the Emergency Medical Services Authority’s (EMSA’s) latest report. To help reduce APOTs, hospitals with emergency departments are encouraged to register for EMSA’s “APOT Audit Tool” and begin conducting...

CENTRAL VALLEY: In late August, Hospital Council met with Rep. Adam Gray (D-Merced) to discuss hospitals and health care in the Central Valley, including the ongoing Central Valley Health Care Landscape Analysis. Rep. Gray expressed a desire to host follow-up meetings with state health leaders focusing specifically on the Central Valley’s health needs.