About Health Care Partnerships
California’s hospitals are struggling. Many only remain operating because they’ve partnered with a system.
Partnerships — when two or more system join together — have saved many hospitals from failing and leaving communities without necessary services. They’ve created efficiencies, increased quality, and improved service.
These relationships are essential in keeping hospitals, and the jobs that come with them, in smaller communities. Seventy-seven percent of California hospitals have partnered with a larger health care system. That number likely will grow over the next few years as hospitals work to recover from the effects of the pandemic.
The past three years of COVID-19 response go to the heart of what partnerships can achieve — the rapid transfer of necessary resources among partnered facilities like personal protective equipment, ventilators, and staff to treat patients, to name a few.
CHA to Host Webinar on Implementing Age-Friendly Care Throughout the Health Care System
Older adults who experience acute health events are regularly managed through services provided in multiple settings – emergency departments, inpatient care, and post-acute care settings – and require several risky care transitions. These episodes are among the top drivers of health care costs and poor outcomes for aging populations. Hospitals have responded by implementing cross-continuum strategies to increase understanding of the unique needs of older adults and establish “age-friendly care.” On June 20, CHA will host a webinar where members can hear from West Health, a leader in the development of health care delivery models that improve care and access while reducing costs for the fast-growing, diverse population of older adults.
Transforming to Age-Friendly Health Care
Join us to hear from West Health, a leader in the development of health care delivery models that improve care and access while reducing costs for our fast-growing, diverse population of seniors. Presenters will share proven research, effective organizational and community collaborations, and strategies for financial sustainability for implementing age-friendly care throughout the health care system.
Valley Children’s Healthcare CEO Todd Suntrapak Elected 2023 Chair of California Hospital Association’s Board of Trustees
SACRAMENTO (January 12, 2023) — Todd Suntrapak, President and CEO of Valley Children’s Healthcare in Madera, has been elected 2023 chair of the California Hospital Association’s Board of Trustees. Suntrapak, who has been with Valley Children’s for more than 25 years, was named CEO in 2012 after serving in various leadership positions. He has championed the organization’s commitment to providing highly specialized and comprehensive pediatric care to 1.3 million children throughout California’s Central Valley.
Defeat of Two Bad Bills Critical to a Better Environment for Hospitals
As COVID-19 trudges along in its third year, the daunting financial pressures facing hospitals have created perhaps the greatest challenge for health care leaders in memory.
Act Now — Time Running Short to Engage on Key Legislative Issues
The next two weeks are pivotal for three bills that could have a significant impact on hospitals’ ability to serve their patients and communities, depending on their outcome.
Two Bills in Play Threaten Health Care Access and Affordability
With less than a month for the Legislature to advance bills out of policy committees, two pieces of legislation that present significant concerns for patients and communities remain in play.
2022: A Year for Opportunity and Progress
On Monday, the 120 members of the state Legislature — 40 senators and 80 Assembly members — reconvened in Sacramento to begin the second term of this two-year legislative session.
New Study Highlights Benefits of Hospital, Health System Partnerships to Patients, Communities
CHA held a statewide media briefing Oct. 26 on the release of new research showing the value of integration in health care delivery in California.
In Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic, New Study Highlights Benefits of Hospital, Health System Partnerships to Patients, Communities
SACRAMENTO (October 27, 2021) — In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and other “transformative forces” reshaping the delivery of health care, a new report by the national consulting firm Kaufman Hall sheds light on the importance and value of hospital and health system partnerships in protecting access and improving the quality of patient care in communities across California.
Health Care Partnerships in Action
“Our affiliation with an academic medical center allowed us to bring nationally ranked programs to our South Bay community. Our patients have benefited from our ability to offer a spectrum of advanced procedures that were never previously available in our market and to provide a more advanced level of care within the community.”
– Craig Leach, President & CEO, Torrance Memorial Medical Center