JoAnne Obata

Preparing for the End of the Public Health Emergency and Title 42 

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Come May 11, your hospitals could have fewer tools to manage increasing volumes. That’s because May 11 is the date the federal public health emergency expires, and likely along with it — Title 42. This pandemic-era policy was put in place under […]

State of Emergency May Be Ending, But Pandemic’s Impacts Will Linger 

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When California’s state of emergency ends on Feb. 28 after three years and nearly 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, it will — in essence — mark a new chapter for the pandemic. While the end of the state of emergency doesn’t necessarily mean the pandemic is over, the governor’s office believes it has the measures in place that will allow California to phase out this tool. 

A New Year with Similar Challenges   

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The calendar may read January 2023, but in many ways, it feels like January 2022. Many hospitals are overwhelmed with patients — although, unlike in 2022 it’s not just COVID-19 but flu, RSV, and those with months of delayed care.

Member Spotlight: Best Wishes to Tim Smith of Sharp Memorial Hospital

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Tim Smith, who has served admirably as senior vice president and chief executive officer of Sharp Memorial Hospital since 2007, will be retiring from his 40-year career in health care on Jan. 20. During his tenure at Sharp Memorial, Tim played a […]