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Currently browsing tag: State of CaliforniaOne Year and CountingWednesday, July 28th, 2010 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Community, Construction, Eden Hospital, Eden Medical Center, SB 1953, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
by George Bischalaney
President & CEO, Eden Medical Center
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The first of this month marked one year since the celebratory groundbreaking for construction of the new hospital in Castro Valley. Passing this one-year milestone is worthy of a little reflection on the long journey to get here.
The concept of a new hospital first surfaced in the late 1990s, brought about by legislation created as a result of the Northridge earthquake that ...
Read more.. Alameda County Court Dismisses LawsuitFriday, July 16th, 2010 | No Comment Yet
Posted in CEQA, Construction, Eden Medical Center, News Room, Nurses, SB 1953, Seismic safety, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
by George Bischalaney, President & CEO, Eden Medical Center
Nearly a year after the California Nurses Association filed a challenge to prevent Sutter Health from rebuilding Eden Medical Center, the petition has been denied. The judgment by Alameda County Superior Court was entered on July 7, 2010, and the Order Denying the Petition is now on the court’s website case # RG09462329. You can also view a PDF version of the judge's order.
For all of us at Eden Medical Center, and ...
Read more.. Tracking California QuakesWednesday, March 24th, 2010 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Construction, Earthquake, Eden Medical Center, Eden Medical Foundation, Health Care Legislation, News Room, OSPHD, SB 1953, Seismic safety, State of California, Structural Design, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
Cassandra Clark, Project Communications Director
While California earthquake safety legislation is the driving force behind new hospital construction such as ours, earthquake safety doesn’t begin or end with new construction. For many years, Eden Medical Center has participated in the California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (CSMIP) by placing seismic motion sensors in the building to gather vital information when an earthquake strikes.
Recently, the Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley project team reached agreement with the California Department of Conservation to place sensors ...
Read more.. New Helipad Marks Another Project MilestoneThursday, October 29th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Posted in Construction, Eden Medical Center, Eden Medical Foundation, Emergency and Trauma Center, Employees, Helipad, State of California, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
The Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley project reached another major milestone with the official opening of the newly relocated helicopter landing site today.The site received approval for use following the final state permit inspection earlier this week by the CalTrans Division of Aeronautics.
On Wednesday, October 28, a small group of staff, Foundation trustees and donors, board members, and contractors gathered to commemorate the milestone with a Dedication Ceremony conducted by Eden Medical Center chaplain, Rev. Al Valencia. Overlooking the site ...
Read more.. Straight Talk with the CEO: Health Care Reform: More Questions Than Answers…Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Posted in Budget, CEO, Eden Hospital, Eden Medical Center, Employees, George Bischalaney, Health Care Legislation, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Innovation, Hospital CEO, Legislation, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Medicare, Nurses, 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
Last week, the Obama Administration kicked off its efforts to address one the President’s stated priorities, health care reform. What does that mean, and what will be the result? I wish I really knew.
According to the President’s advisers—and Obama himself during the campaign—there is a need to extend health care coverage to millions of uninsured people across the country, while reducing ...
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 ...
Read more.. CEQA Is More Than A Four-Letter WordThursday, December 11th, 2008 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Alameda County, California Environmental Quality Act, Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council, CEQA, Community, Community meetings, DEIR, Eden Medical Center, EIR, Environmental Impact Report, FEIR, Governmental approvals, State of California, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
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By Jesús Armas, Government Affairs Liaison
In 1970, the State of California adopted landmark legislation known as the California Environmental Quality Act. The Act, often referred to by its four-letter acronym (CEQA), establishes a requirement that the potential environmental impacts associated with a proposed project be analyzed before a decision is made to approve or deny a project. If, as a result of this analysis, it is determined that a project will have significant environmental impacts, ...
Read more.. What it Takes to Get Approvals to Build a New HospitalThursday, October 30th, 2008 | 7 Comments
Posted in Community, DEIR, Eden Medical Center, EIR, Environmental Impact Report, FEIR, Governmental approvals, Landscape Architecture, Neighbors, Schedule, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
[caption id="attachment_191" align="aligncenter" width="149" caption="Jesus Armas"][/caption]
By Jesús Armas, Government Affairs Liaison
Hello, my name is Jesus Armas. My role with this project is to work with numerous governmental agencies to get the green light to enable Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley to be constructed.
This is an exciting and new experience for me. For three decades, I worked for a number of California cities and was involved in reviewing various projects as they were presented to those cities for approval. ...
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