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Currently browsing tag: Health Care LegislationHealth Care in the NewsThursday, January 20th, 2011 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Health Care Reform, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
"Hot Spotters" Help Lower Heathcare Costs
We are often asked about the impact of healthcare reform on hospitals, businesses and individuals. This week, NPR interviewed surgeon and journalist Atul Gawande following his recent article in New Yorker. This is a fascinating story about controlling health care costs by focusing on the "hot spots" in health care use and spending. We're sharing the interview with you here, courtesy of NPR.
We welcome your feedback. If you are having trouble with the audio above, ...
Read more.. Health Care Reform Welcomed and FearedFriday, November 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Posted in Budget, CEO, Community, George Bischalaney, Health Care Legislation, Health Care Reform, Hospital CEO, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Medicare, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
by George Bischalaney
President & CEO, Eden Medical Center
National health care reform is now apparently right around the corner. After years of discussion, and more recently, weeks of debate in the House of Representatives, legislative action is now in the hands of the Senate. If enacted, it will be the most significant health care legislation in decades.
As a provider, it is both welcomed and feared. Welcomed in that it will help bring insurance to millions of people for whom it is ...
Read more.. What Works in Health CareTuesday, September 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment
Posted in Business Partners, CEO, Eden Medical Center, Employees, George Bischalaney, Health Care Reform, Hospital CEO, Nursing care, Patient Safety, Patients, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
By George Bischalaney, President & CEO
Among my mail is an envelope addressed to the CEO and marked "confidential." It is handwritten, obviously not from a business partner or one who hopes to be. Someone has taken the time to write and make sure it gets read by me and not screened or redirected. It has my attention.
As I expected, it is a letter from an individual who wants to tell me about the care delivered to a family member. As ...
Read more.. Union Lawsuit Threatens Future of New HospitalFriday, July 17th, 2009 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Alameda County, CEQA, Community, Construction, Eden Hospital, Eden Medical Center, Employees, Facility Planning & Design, George Bischalaney, Governmental approvals, Hospital CEO, News Room, Nurses, OSPHD, Patient Safety, Patients, Physicians, Project Management, SB 1953, State of California, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
Sutter Medical Center Faces Costly Delay, Loss of Construction Jobs as State Deadline Looms
The California Nurses Association (CNA) has filed a lawsuit that threatens the future of the new Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley now under construction.
“That the nurses union would sue to stop us from building our new hospital after a decade of planning is extremely frustrating to our employees, physicians, volunteers and patients who have worked so hard and so long for this,” said Eden Medical Center President ...
Read more.. Straight Talk with the CEO: Let’s Hope Health Care Reform Doesn’t Sacrifice Quality of Care While Cutting Costs on CoverageFriday, June 26th, 2009 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Architecture, Budget, California Environmental Quality Act, Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council, CEO, CEQA, Community, Construction, Design Innovation, Eden Hospital, Eden Medical Center, Emergency and Trauma Center, Emergency Preparedness, Employees, Facility Planning & Design, George Bischalaney, Governmental approvals, Health 2.0 Technologies, Health Care Legislation, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Innovation, Hospital CEO, Hospital Innovation, Land Use Planning, Legislation, Nurses, Nursing care, Patient Safety, Patients, Physicians, Project Management, SB 1953, Schedule, Scope, Seismic safety, State of California, Straight Talk with the CEO, Structural Design, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley, Universal Care Center
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By George Bischalaney, President & CEO, Eden Medical Center
Health care reform is on the agenda, again. The stakes are high, but our President is determined to make some significant changes. As the discussion moves from general to specifics, special interests are staking out their positions. None of the stakeholders—hospitals included—wants to feel the impact or be at a disadvantage.
Amidst the demand for cost reduction and health care coverage ...
Read more.. Straight Talk with the CEO: Will More Health Care Legislation Ultimately Improve Customer Satisfaction?Monday, January 19th, 2009 | No Comment Yet
Posted in CEO, Eden Hospital, Eden Medical Center, Emergency and Trauma Center, George Bischalaney, Health Care Legislation, HIPAA-compliant systems, Hospital CEO, Inpatient Psychiatry Services, Legislation, Nurses, Nursing care, Obstetrics, Obstetrics Services, Outpatient Services, Patients, Physicians, State of California, Straight Talk with the CEO, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
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By George Bischalaney, President & CEO, Eden Medical Center
This past year was another busy year for our elected representatives, passing another bevy of bills that will impact hospitals and other health care providers. In every case, I have no doubt, each bill was written with some positive motive; to provide better access to health care services, to help control or reduce costs, to protect confidentiality or a patient’s ...
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