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Emergency & Public Health

Our emergency and public health initiative focuses on readiness and engagement to help ensure every hospital has an improving level of preparedness for health and medical emergencies. By providing linkages to local emergency medical services and public health agencies as well as access to services like ReddiNet®, our emergency communications network, HASC is building an integrated emergency response system to enhance your capacity to prepare for and respond to emergencies.

 

General Information

Hospital Emergency Code Standardization Survey
September 2011

This report provides analysis of a 2011 survey conducted by the California Hospital Association (in partnership with the regional hospital associations) to assess statewide hospital emergency code usage. The survey was a followup to one conducted in 2009. The final results illustrate ongoing progress in hospital emergency code implementation among California healthcare facilities.

Briefs Focus

Community Corrections Partnership
AB 109/117 Implementation Plan

In April 2011, the California Legislature passed the Public Safety Realignment Act (Assembly Bills 109 and 117), which transfers responsibility for supervising specific low-level inmates and parolees from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to counties. In addition, it tasked the local Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) with recommending a plan to the County Board of Supervisors (Section 1230.1 California Penal Code) which shall be deemed accepted by the County Board of Supervisors unless rejected by a 4/5th vote. Download the County of Los Angeles’ plan for implementing AB 109/117. 

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California Hospital Association’s Hospital Preparedness Program

The California Hospital Association’s Hospital Preparedness Program (CHA HPP) provides ongoing support to California hospitals and health systems in all-hazard’s disaster planning and response. To find out more about the program, visit www.calhospitalprepare.org.

ReddiNet Salutes EMS Workers In Video
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ReddiNet Salutes EMS Workers In Video

The nation celebrated National Emergency Medical Services Week May 16-20. To help honor the dedication of those who provide day-to-day lifesaving services on the front line, ReddiNet, HASC’s emergency medical communications system, created a short video.
 

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2011 Emergency Codes
Standardized health care emergency codes for California

The Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) Safety and Security Committee and AllHealth Security Services helped define Health Care Emergency Codes for the state of California. Download the latest codes as well as implementation guides, checklists and other materials to assist you with implementing uniform emergency codes for your facility.

Pat Wall
(213) 538-0715
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ReddiNet Emergency Medical Communications System
Helping save lives through emergency communications

ReddiNet® facilitates information exchange among hospitals, EMS, paramedics, law enforcement and other healthcare system professionals over a reliable and secure network.

ReddiNet captures the essentials of data management for high performing emergency response. It incorporates versatile, established satellite technology to exchange real-time information among hospitals, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Public Health agencies, fire, ambulance, clinics, long-term care facilities and law enforcement.

CONTACT:
Soraya Peters
(213) 538-0790
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Critical Care
Daily News

Critical Care

KCET, Los Angeles

Downey Regional Medical Center is a stand-alone, medium-sized, non-profit community facility. What’s happening to Downey is typical of health care facilities throughout our region: 10 years ago they were one of seven hospitals on what’s called “the 105 Freeway axis,” but today, that number’s down to three. That means that more and more patients are streaming in their doors needing medical care, brought in by ambulance or walking into the ER. And that’s not the worst of it.