What’s happening: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is temporarily pausing implementation of its real-time hospital bed capacity system — named the Hospital Bed and Emergency Medical Services Data System — as it works to finalize operational details.
What else to know: CDPH received the authority to implement a real-time hospital bed capacity system through Assembly Bill 177 (2024). The department has been working with the Hospital Association of Oregon on implementation, which it remains committed to completing. CDPH plans to re-engage hospitals later this year.
