2023 Behavioral Health Care Symposium Resources
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Kimpton Sawyer Hotel 500 J StreetSacramento, CA 95814
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Maui’s on Fire! The Coalition’s Emergency Response
2024 Disaster Conference
This presentation explores the response of Hawaii Healthcare Emergency Management to the catastrophic Maui wildfire. The session outlines strategies and actions implemented to manage the crisis, including coordination efforts and resource deployment, highlighting the importance of preparedness and effective emergency management in mitigating the impact of natural disasters on health care systems.
Immediate Compliance with New Acute Psychiatric Hospital Staff Ratios Would Close Patient Beds, CHA Argues
What’s happening: Last week, CHA submitted a letter to the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) Center for Health Care Quality to recommend several changes to the draft regulations on acute psychiatric hospital staffing, which are proposed to take effect on Jan. 31.
2025 Emergency Services Forum Is Fast Approaching
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What’s happening: In just over two weeks, the 2025 Emergency Services Forum will take place in Newport Beach, where emergency services professionals will gather for a day of learning, discussion, and networking. Registration is open.
CHA Encourages OHCA to More Comprehensively Capture Behavioral Health Spending
What’s happening: CHA has submitted comments on the Office of Heath Care Affordability’s (OHCA’s) proposed methodology for determining California’s behavioral health spending, encouraging the office to ensure its data collection accurately reflects the volume of services provided to patients across the state.
United Through Crisis
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Crisis has a way of reminding us of our commonalities.
Take, for instance, Hurricane Helene. Though California is far from the storm’s devastation, its effects have rippled all the way to our coast due to the temporary closure of Baxter International’s North Carolina plant, which supplies 60% of the nation’s IV fluids. Hospitals across the country are working to ensure continued patient care despite a shortage of supplies critical to emergency care, trauma, oncology, surgery, and other lifesaving services.
Burnout in Healthcare Workers: Reverse the Crisis, Break the Stigma
2023 Disaster Conference – Best Practice Showcase
Developed by Redlands Community Hospital, this resource details symptoms of burnout and demonstrates the impacts it can have on decision-making and care quality. Addressing burnout helps improve job satisfaction, reduce turnover, and prevent compassion fatigue, fostering a supportive work culture. By prioritizing employee well-being, hospitals not only enhance patient outcomes and organizational efficiency but also create a healthier, more sustainable workforce, ultimately benefiting both healthcare providers and the people they serve.
Health Care System Emergency Response and Recovery Competencies
Developed by the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management at George Washington University, these comprehensive guidelines are specific to health care emergency management and detail the roles and responsibilities of all personnel — including health care leaders, emergency management program managers, and patient care providers — during emergency response and recovery.
What Kind of Health Care System Will We Have Left?
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Health care — one of our most fundamental needs as human beings — is at an inflection point.
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Californians should be able to count on their insurance companies to cover medically necessary, appropriate health care services without delays or improper denials. Yet too many patients are facing a grave and growing threat to their ability to access critical health care services due to the harmful business practices of insurers that focus on their […]