Behavioral health is a public policy priority with a significant
impact on other policy priorities: access, financial challenges,
emergency services, governmental mandates, and workforce.
Community health is impacted by myriad policy issues including
access to care, care coordination, pre- and post-acute service
availability, community support service availability, as well as
the social determinants of health status such as poverty, housing
instability/affordability, food insecurity, lack of physical
activity, race/ethnicity, education, health literacy and
documentation status.
Many of the barriers to effective emergency care systems are also
barriers to effective population health management and the
Associations’ vision of an optimally healthy society.
Pre-hospital care and services, emergency department crowding,
alternate destinations and treatment sites as well as post-acute
transfer options impact the effectiveness of emergency
departments and the ability of residents to receive the right
care, at the right time, in the right place.
Secure, effective exchange of patient health information is
critical to increase coordination of care and decrease costly
duplication of services. Issues involved include: data
ownership; privacy; connectivity; access; and local vs. statewide
HIEs.
Without sufficient, well-trained health care professionals at all
levels of the care continuum, access, quality, timeliness and
safety for patients and staff is compromised. Shortages include
specialty nurses, clinical lab scientists, respiratory and
physical therapists, radiology technologists and more.
Trauma survivors met and thanked those who saved their lives at
Mercy Medical Center in Redding during the first ever Trauma
Survivor Luncheon on Monday.
Emergency room doctors, nurses, surgeons and paramedics all
showed up to interact and meet some of the people who’s lives
they’ve saved over the years. (7 KRCR News)
Balloons adorned the newly installed signs at Adventist Health
Tulare.
Parking lots were nearly full Wednesday morning as the hospital
officially welcomed its new name and a new era for the Tulare
Local Health Care District.
A ceremony celebrated the finalization of the lease to
Adventist Health and the approval of the name switch to Adventist
Health Tulare. (Visalia Times Delta)
Who needs a dog when you can pet a 12-foot Burmese python?
About 50 young patients at the Sutter Medical Center children’s
center in Sacramento got an up-close look at the snake, an adult
alligator, a porcupine, a penguin and other critters Thursday
morning, when “animal ambassadors” from SeaWorld San Diego came
for a visit. (The Sacramento Bee)
Eastern Plumas Healthcare in Portola has a new CEO on board as of
Jan. 3, and Todd Plimpton took a moment recently to introduce
himself to the community. (Plumas News)
Marshall Medical Center’s longtime CEO James Whipple is
set to depart after nearly four decades with the hospital.
Whipple has led Placerville-based Marshall Medical for the last
16 years, and has spent 38 years with the hospital across his
career. Previous to becoming CEO, he was the chief financial
officer of the medical center. (Sacramento Business
Journal)
The Hospital Council of Northern and Central California is the
unified voice of our members, acting as a catalyst to empower
hospitals to act together on issues affecting patient care and
the health status of communities. We are dedicated to advocating
for our member hospitals at the
local and regional level and in support of California
Hospital Association (CHA) at the State and Federal level.
We strive to be an invaluable partner, convening groups across
multiple sectors to address health and quality of life challenges
within our communities.
