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.
Sacramento Hospitals Reduce APOT, Push for Further Reduction
Who Sacramento area hospitals, fire departments, and private emergency medical services providers Sacramento County Emergency Medical Services Agency (SCEMSA) What Hospitals have worked diligently, innovatively, and collaboratively to improve ambulance patient offload times (APOT) in 2024. With a state-highest collective APOT of 73 minutes in December 2023, area hospitals achieved a remarkable 29 minutes in […]
Sacramento County Adopts Jan. 1, 2025, as SB 43 Implementation Date
Who Health care facilities and partners in and around Sacramento County What When Senate Bill (SB) 43 was signed on Oct. 10, 2023, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, along with all but two counties in the state, chose to postpone the Jan. 1, 2024, implementation date — this way, the counties could assess their […]
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 […]