Northern Sierra

About Northern Sierra

The Northern Sierra Section is comprised of 21 hospitals, representing 1,400 licensed beds in Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity counties.

 

 

 

 

Nursing Education Needs Are a Critical Concern

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Who Hospitals in the Northern Sierra section What In their ongoing efforts to identify increasingly prevalent workforce challenges, hospitals across the Northern Sierra section have determined there is a critical need for licensed vocational nurse (LVN) to registered nurse (RN) education. In […]

Northern Sierra CEOs Share Challenges and Opportunities 

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Who CEOs and other hospital leadership in the Northern Sierra Section What At a section meeting in late August, Northern Sierra CEOs discussed a wide range of critical issues including the continued increase of patients being held on 5150s in the emergency […]

Collaborating to Improve Behavioral Health 

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Who Shasta County hospital CEOs and leadership staff   Shasta County behavioral health director and leadership staff What On July 9, Hospital Council hosted a meeting in Shasta County of hospital and county behavioral health leaders. Kirsten Barlow, California Hospital Association vice president, […]

Healthcare Professional Shortage Area Designations Reviewed

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Who Department of Health and Human Services  Hospital Council What A Healthcare Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation is critical for many recruitment efforts in hospitals and clinics, as the designation brings with it access to some state and federal programs offering tuition […]

Rural Health Information Exchange Is Now Statewide

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Who SacValley MedShare (SVMS)  Dignity Health hospitals throughout California  What SVMS has announced its expansion from a regional to a statewide qualified health information organization by partnering with Dignity Health. SVMS is set to extend its health data exchange services to over […]

Northern Sierra Hospitals Advocate for Rural Health Access

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Who Northern Sierra Section hospital CEOs and leaders What The Northern Sierra Section met on April 10 at Sutter Health Park with an agenda focused on information sharing between and among hospitals, the California Hospital Association (CHA), and Hospital Council.    During the […]

Addressing Emergency Department Challenges in Northern Sierra

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Who Coalition of state associations, local emergency medical services authorities (LEMSAs), ambulance providers, and county supervisors  What Hospital Council efforts to sustain rural ambulance services continue. The newly formed coalition of state associations, LEMSAs, ambulance providers, county supervisors, and other entities will […]

Coalition Forms to Address Rural Ambulance Services

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Who Elected officials from northern California   Emergency medical professionals  County government representatives   What A new coalition of legislators, emergency medical professionals, county representatives, and Hospital Council staff met to discuss the prevention of more closures and reduction of rural ambulance services in […]

PHC Holds Symposium on Rural Maternity Care

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Who Partnership HealthPlan of California  Representatives from hospitals and health care partners in partnership counties  California Health Care Foundation   CHA and Hospital Council staff What Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC) held a one-day symposium on Feb. 12 about the lack of […]

Hospital Council Engages on Jobs and EMS Access

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Who Hospitals and emergency medical services (EMS) providers in Sacramento and Placer counties  Sacramento County Emergency Medical Services Agency (SCEMSA)  What At a public meeting on Feb. 8, the Sacramento County health officer committed the county to not pursuing financial penalties on […]