The first 2014 meeting of the Patient Safety Phase 2 Collaborative Meeting took place March 11, with 186 attendees from 85 hospitals, 56 of which were Patient Safety First hospitals. The meeting, themed Culture Trumps Strategy, focused on six things hospitals must to do improve their culture of safety.

The CalOptima Board of Directors approved a staff recommendation this month to review and modify payments to hospitals to bring them more in line with Medi-Cal APR-DRG payments, which are acuity-based and closer to the actual cost of providing care.

HASC and Healthcare Executives of Southern California (HCE) introduce a new educational program titled Pathways: Health Care Policy in Action.

Geared specifically toward early careerists, Pathways is designed to advance knowledge on key health policy issues and prepare young professionals and emerging leaders for future roles in health care administration.