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5 Things To Know: Overdose to Action Grant, Behavioral Health Workforce Development, Patient Safety Webinars, Medi-Cal RX Update, Equity Working Group Webinar

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OVERDOSE TO ACTION GRANT: San Diego County is a recipient of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) grant, which focuses on overdose surveillance and prevention. Along with community-focused overdose prevention activities, a key strategy of OD2A is supporting San Diego licensed prescribers (i.e., physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists). The county’s OD2A team has also developed an OD2A quarterly newsletter specifically for licensed prescribers. Since 2016, opioid-related drug deaths in the San Diego region have been on the increase. Overdose deaths attributed to fentanyl almost tripled from 2019 to 2020 and accounted for 77% of opioid-related deaths in 2020, compared to 45% in 2019. The highest rate of opioid overdose deaths, in 2020, was in the Central region, followed by the East and North Coastal regions. These data are used by the county to guide overdose prevention activities.  

Specialty Help for Pediatric ED Patients with Autism

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At Rady Children’s Hospital, behavioral health specialists provide proactive behavior support throughout each step of the visit to help patients, their families and health care staff work together for a successful emergency department experience.

5 Things To Know: COVID-19 in Nursing Homes, CHA Alert, Behavioral Health Initiative Grant Funding, Expiration of Temporary Waivers, Waivers for Justice-Involved Individuals

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COVID-19 IN NURSING HOMES: People living in nursing homes continue to be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

  • At least 50% of San Diego County’s nursing homes are in outbreak. This not only limits nursing home bed availability/barriers to hospital discharge, but also increases morbidity, mortality, and severe lockdown-induced social isolation of people living in nursing homes.    
  • Only 50% of people living in nursing homes have received the bivalent COVID-19 booster. That rate has not budged since September 2022. High-quality evidence shows that the bivalent COVID-19 booster reduces nursing home readmissions and mortality compared to the monovalent COVID-19 booster.   
  • To protect the most vulnerable older people and reduce barriers to hospital discharge caused by COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes, the county’s Health & Human Services Agency urges all San Diego County hospitals to develop discharge protocols that include bivalent COVID-19 booster administration for eligible consenting patients.   
  • Given the success of required hospital influenza vaccinations, hospitals may want to consider coupling the COVID-19 vaccination with their pre-existing influenza protocols (evidence is clear that it is safe to do this).  

    • If hospitals have questions or want to discuss strategies, please contact Lindsey C. Yourman, MD, chief geriatric officer, San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency, at LindseyC.Yourman@sdcounty.ca.gov.  

    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 […]

    HASD&IC Board Meeting Highlights

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    This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.The HASD&IC Board of Directors convened on Jan. 18. Board Chair Patrick Frias, MD, President & CEO of Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego, officiated. The other 2023 officers are as follows:  Tom Gammiere, FACHE, Corporate SVP/Regional Chief Executive – South, Scripps […]

    Welcome to VA San Diego Healthcare System Director Frank Pearson, DPT, PA-C   

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    This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Frank P. Pearson, DPT, PA-C, who was recently appointed director of VA San Diego Healthcare System, has also been appointed as a representative on the HASD&IC Board of Directors.  Dr. Pearson served as a director at the VA Syracuse Healthcare System from […]

    Steve Dietlin of Tri-City Healthcare District Announces Retirement  

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    This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Tri-City Healthcare District (TCHD) President and CEO Steve Dietlin has announced his retirement effective in late March 2023, following 10 years of executive leadership with the health care district.  Dietlin joined TCHD in 2013 as the chief financial officer and was instrumental […]

    5 Things To Know: Office of Health Care Affordability, Medi-Cal Budget Request, Veterans in Suicidal Crisis, Empath Unit Deadline Extended, Behavioral Health Playbook

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    OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY: The California Hospital Association (CHA) has developed a web page for the new Office of Health Care Affordability. The web page contains background information on the office’s main responsibilities and implementation timelines. It will be updated as new information becomes available. Contact Ben Johnson at bjohnson@calhospital.org with any questions.  

    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. 

    Finding Healing Through Art

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    During the pandemic, Keziah “Kezzy” Olivar started painting portraits of her Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center co-workers as a way to heal. Her project has been so successful that she now has her own gallery on the ED walls.