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View Post What’s happening: CHA has created a new web page that houses all resources related to ambulance patient offload time (APOT) to assist hospitals with Assembly Bill (AB) 40 compliance. What else to know: CHA plans to regularly update the web page with AB 40 regulation developments, news, advocacy materials, and information on educational...
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What’s happening: All hospitals with emergency departments must submit an ambulance patient offload time (APOT) reduction protocol to the Emergency Medical Services Authority to be compliant under Assembly Bill (AB) 40 (2023).
What else to know: CHA recommends submitting the protocol by Sept. 1 directly through email to APOT@emsa.ca.gov.
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What’s happening: CHA will host a members-only webinar on The Buffer Zone: A Novel Approach to Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Surge in the Era of Hospital Crowding on Aug. 26 from 10-11 a.m. (PT). Registration is open. What else to know: In this session, Scott Goldberg, MD, MPH, medical director of emergency preparedness at Brigham...
When patients arrive at hospitals via ambulance, the goal is to transfer them to hospital care as quickly as possible. But that process can be slowed by several factors: the physical layout of a hospital, current unprecedented patient volume, increased acuity of patients’ illness or injury, and more.
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What’s happening: All hospitals with emergency departments must submit ambulance patient offload time (APOT) reduction protocols to the Emergency Medical Services Authority by Sept. 1. What else to know: To help members meet this requirement, CHA recently held a webinar sharing best practices and guidance from other hospitals that have developed protocols. This new...
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Creating immediate surge capacity for critically injured patients in a mass casualty incident (MCI) is critical in MCI response. However, the current era of hospital overcrowding and emergency department (ED) boarding has undermined the ability of the ED to create surge capacity. […]
As mandated by Assembly Bill 40 (2023), California hospitals must submit Ambulance Patient Offload Time (APOT) Reduction Protocols by September 1, 2024. This Educational Brief will provide you with some best practices from your peers. This presentation reviews key deadlines and requirements and shares Sutter Health’s approach to incorporating APOT protocols into existing procedures.
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What’s happening: CHA hosted the 2024 Emergency Services Forum on May 6 in Newport Beach, California. The forum covered an array of topics, including compliance with legislation, regulating ambulance patient offload time, the impact of recent changes in the behavioral health system on emergency departments (EDs), and a keynote address by RaDonda Vaught, a nurse...
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What’s happening: CHA will host the 2024 Emergency Services Forum on May 6 from 7 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in Newport Beach.
What else to know: RaDonda Vaught, the first nurse ever criminally charged in a medication error resulting in injury or death, will be the closing keynote speaker. Registration is open.
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What’s happening: CHA developed a detailed analysis of how insurance company practices negatively affect patients, which is a key proof point supporting a comprehensive strategy to hold insurers accountable for patient care in California. What else to know: One of CHA’s priorities this year is to create greater accountability (network adequacy, prior authorization, medical necessity, payment...