About Sacramento Valley
Hospital Council’s Sacramento Valley presence includes:
- The Sacramento / Sierra Section, comprised of 25 hospitals representing over 4,500 licensed beds in El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
- The San Joaquin / Mother Lode Section, comprised of 12 hospitals that represent over 1,300 licensed beds in Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, and Tuolumne counties.
- The Stanislaus / Merced Section, composed of 10 hospitals that represent 1,578 licensed beds in Mariposa, Merced, and Stanislaus counties.
- Hospital Council’s Sacramento Section also collaborates with a broad coalition – including hospitals and first responders – on a web page encouraging appropriate emergency department use. Learn more at Right Care, Right Place, Right Time.
Hospitals Reduce APOT in Sacramento Area
Who Sacramento area hospitals Sacramento County Emergency Medical Services Agency (SCEMSA) Sacramento area fire departments and private emergency medical services providers What On Oct. 10, SCEMSA held the second Ambulance Patient Offload Time (APOT) Summit of 2024, celebrating significant progress in reducing APOT in Sacramento. At the first event, held in February, SCEMSA focused on […]
Alternate Destination Strategy Approved in Sacramento
Who Sacramento County Emergency Medical Services Agency (SCEMSA) Behavioral health facilities in Sacramento County 911/Emergency medical service providers in the SCEMSA territory What SCEMSA’s medical director recently reported that the California Emergency Medical Services Authority approved the agency’s application for a triage-to-alternate-destination policy. Three facilities are now contracted to serve as receiving sites for mental […]
Nursing Assistant Receives Lifesaving Treatments & Double-Lung Transplant
From a Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis to acute respiratory distress syndrome, Marche Sheppard experienced an array of medical issues before Sutter Roseville and Cedars-Sinai saved her life.
Sacramento County Rethinks Blue Zones Initiative
Who Sacramento County Public Health, health plans, health systems, community health organization What Sacramento County will not proceed with a multi-year Blue Zones initiative, which aims to build a dementia-friendly community and overall healthier environment. After launching the effort last fall and contracting Blue Zones to perform an intensive six-month analysis through data review and […]
Sacramento County APOT Improvement Planning Begins
Who Sacramento County Emergency Services Agency (SCEMSA) staff Hospital executives and emergency department directors in the SCEMSA service area Senior fire department leaders in the SCEMSA service area What On June 26, SCEMSA convened 18 hospital and fire department leaders to tackle a systemic ambulance patient offload time (APOT) improvement process. Dale Ainsworth, PhD, a […]
Health Leaders Share Perspectives at Modesto Chamber Reception
Who Modesto Chamber of Commerce members Hospital Council hospital leaders and staff Elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels representing Stanislaus County What Hospital leaders in Modesto and Hospital Council staff attended the chamber’s second annual Legislative Reception on May 28. It was an opportunity to build and renew relationships with public officials, […]
Sacramento Hospitals Engage in Annual Cap-to-Cap
Who Leaders from Sutter Health, Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health, UC Davis Health, and other health care organizations from the Sacramento region What On April 14-17, a strong contingent from the hospital community was among the 425 business, civic, and local government leaders who participated in the 52nd annual Capitol-to-Capitol (Cap-to-Cap) advocacy trip hosted by the […]
SB 43 Implementation Collaborative Forms in Sacramento Region
Who Emergency department and social work leaders from Sacramento region’s Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, Dignity Health, UC Davis Health, Adventist Health, and Marshall hospitals County behavioral health department leaders from Sacramento, San Joaquin, Placer, El Dorado, Yolo, Sutter, and Yuba counties Sacramento region community-based providers What Forty hospital, county, and community leaders in behavioral health […]
Addressing Inmate Emergency Department Transport Protocols
Who Sacramento Fire Department (SFD) Sacramento County Jail Health Sacramento County Emergency Medical Services Agency (SCEMSA) What At a meeting convened by Hospital Council on March 20, SFD shared concerns about communication and protocols on when the county jail uses emergency medical services (EMS) providers to transport inmates to community hospitals. In 2023, SFD transported […]
APOT Time Discussions Continue in Sacramento Area
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 hospitals for missing ambulance patient offload time (APOT) targets. This is to ensure […]