Search Results for: "Infectious Diseases"

Showing 81 - 90 of 99 results

2024 Disaster Planning Conference

This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.

The 2024 Disaster Planning Conference will be in Pasadena this year. It’s sure to be as spectacular as ever.

CEO Message: 2020 Legislative Finish Line Is in Sight

This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.

Through all of it – COVID-19, work/home adjustments, a brief sense of hope in June that this would be short-lived – the 2020 legislative session has slogged on. Now, there are just a couple of weeks left, and two of the most important issues for California’s hospitals remain in play: 

2022 Disaster Planning Conference

This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.

REMEMBER, RECHARGE, and RECONNECT

“Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.”

-Thomas Monson

What health care workers experienced over the last two years will be talked about for generations to come. We suffered professional and personal losses, pushed ourselves beyond our limits, and learned more than we ever expected. Fortunately, one of our greatest strengths is resiliency. Through it all, we strengthened ties with our colleagues, communities, and families.

CDPH Releases California Health Advisory Update on Ebola

This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.

On July 18, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released a California Health Advisory Update on Ebola — one day after the World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to be a public health emergency of international concern.

2021 Disaster Planning Virtual Conference

COVID-19 brought about unforeseen challenges and solutions, forever changing the face of emergency readiness. With gritty determination and endless perseverance, you demonstrated day in and day out how valuable you are to keeping our communities safe and healthy.

HQI Conference Session to Focus on Infection Prevention’s Changing Role

This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.

The 2019 Hospital Quality Institute Conference — themed Respect, Reliability, Resilience — features sessions on the most pressing issues facing quality and patient safety leaders and professionals. This year, the conference will be held Oct. 14-15 in Sacramento at the Golden One Center and The Kimpton Sawyer Hotel.

Health Care Surge Crisis Care Guidelines Webinar

“Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures…” – Benet Wilson

COVID-19 is challenging America’s health care providers in ways we never imagined. To support them in making difficult decisions during times of scarce medical supplies, California’s health care leadership has been developing guidance that will help frontline health care workers make some of the hardest decisions of their lives.

A Shining Example of National Ideals

This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.

While much of the nation prepares this week for the July 4 summer holiday, hospitals and their dedicated employees will continue their 24/7 work to care for any and all who need them, at any moment.

In California, the Independence Day weekend isn’t just a beginning-of-summer holiday — it also marks a few days of heightened risk at the start of a perilous fire season. One thing Californians have learned over the past several years of wildfires: hospitals and the people who work in them are ready, willing, and able to do what’s needed when disaster strikes.

Yes, there are the hospital emergency operations plans; the standards, regulations, and statutes; the staff training and education; and everything else hospitals do in case of an emergency. But there are also the people who dedicate themselves to their communities and their neighbors in need, no matter the strained circumstances or personal difficulty.