Health Information Management & Technology

About Health Information Management & Technology

California hospitals are committed to making health information easy to share so that patients and providers can make better informed decisions. This coordination leads to better health outcomes for patients and more efficient health care for all. CHA produces the California Health Information Privacy Manual to help hospitals ensure compliance with myriad state and federal laws.

5 Things To Know: CDPH Pauses Real-Time Bed Capacity System Implementation

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is temporarily pausing implementation of its real-time hospital bed capacity system — the Hospital Bed and Emergency Medical Services Data System — as it works to finalize operational details. After receiving authority to deploy such a system through Assembly Bill 177 (2024), the department has been working with...