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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration for an additional 90 days, effective April 16.
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On Nov. 19, the California Occupational Safety and Health Board (Cal/OSHA) adopted an emergency temporary standard (ETS) focused on COVID-19 in the workplace. This new, extremely broad regulation is in addition to the employee notice requirements encompassed in Assembly Bill (AB) 685, COVID supplemental paid sick leave adopted in AB 1867, and Senate Bill 1159’s workers’ compensation presumption requirements.
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On Aug. 24, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released All Facilities Letter (AFL) 21-33, which requests that hospitals and other licensed facilities provide contact information for a designated emergency contact and, optionally, an alternate point of contact. CDPH requests these updates from time to time through an AFL.
2022 Disaster Conference
The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Pilot Program identifies opportunities to enhance partnerships between military and civilian health care systems to improve military-civilian interoperability and medical surge capabilities and capacity to care for combat casualties repatriated to the United States. This session provides an overview of the pilot program and activities completed to date, highlights medical surge readiness, and identifies opportunities for improvement in the Sacramento region based on stakeholder feedback.
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What’s happening: Following a precipitous decline in blood and platelet inventory, multiple organizations are asking for hospitals’ and health systems’ help in encouraging community members to donate blood or platelets. The most needed donations are platelets, O-positive blood, and O-negative blood.
What else to know: The shortage was caused by record temperatures during summer and recent disruptions in blood collections, which caused the national blood inventory to drop by more than 25% in July.
Actions taken by Governor Newsom during the 2023 legislative season will significantly impact California’s emergency departments. Many bills signed into law affect hospitals for years to come.
Hear from CHA experts as they focus on the implications of ambulance patient offload time requirements, behavioral health care laws, and discharge challenges.
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Two separate conferences set for Riverside in December will focus on behavioral health and emergency services.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a total of $110 million under its Emergency Rural Health Care Grants program to improve and expand health care in rural areas, of which California received over $6 million.
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The Biden administration plans to end the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, a month later than the current April 11 termination date.
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