All hospitals with emergency departments must submit their ambulance patient offload time (APOT) reduction protocol to the Emergency Medical Services Authority by Sept. 1 under Assembly Bill (AB) 40 (2023). The law requires hospitals to include mechanisms in the protocol that will improve hospital operations and reduce APOT.
CHA has made available a members-only on-demand presentation to support hospitals as they work to develop their APOT reduction protocol; the presentation covers best practices, key deadlines, and requirements for hospitals.