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 the Hospital Association of Oregon on implementation. CDPH remains committed to completing the system and plans to re-engage hospitals later this year.
5 Things To Know: CHA Releases Summary of New Hospital Bed Tracking System
Through Assembly Bill 177 (2024), the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) received the authority and funding to implement a real-time hospital bed capacity system and has selected the Apprise Healthcare Capacity System. The state’s goal is to use this data to monitor hospital surge and system capacity, understand regional needs, develop policies, and position […]
HQI Quality Quarterly Highlights Data-Driven Patient Safety Strategies
The July edition of Quality Quarterly explores why effective patient safety strategies are grounded in the timely collection and analysis of data and examines the rise in sepsis mortality rates in hospitals.
HQI Releases CHPSO Annual Report
The Hospital Quality Institute (HQI) has released its CHPSO Annual Report, an overview of the most significant work done on behalf of hospitals in 2023. HQI is dedicated to improving the quality and safety of patient care in hospitals and health care systems and oversees the Collaborative Health Care Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO). The focus of CHPSO is on improving patient safety and quality of care by collecting, analyzing, and sharing data on adverse events and near misses in health care.