UC Regents' Health Services Committee Meets Today

Pre-Zoom days at the Regents

We noted in a post yesterday that the agenda for today's Zoom meeting of the Regents' Health Services Committee contained the attachments for the open session but not the closed. The closed session attachment is now up but all it says is UC Health litigation will be discussed. No specific cases are noted. All items are for discussion; there are no action items.

After public comments, there will be discussion of UC Health in the context of the coronavirus situation:

1) Update on the status of COVID-19 at the national, state, and UC levels.
2) COVID-19 clinical innovations such as the Federal Drug Administration’s Emergency Use Authorization (“EUA”) of pooling at UC San Diego and the Federal Drug Administration’s EUA of SwabSeq at UCLA, and innovations around clinical trials.
3) The work of the UC Health Coordinating Committee and recommendations for influenza vaccine and systemwide guidance for higher education.
4) Updates from the July 17 UC Health leadership retreat.

A second item deals with responsibilities under federal law of Boards of Directors of health care facilities. The item is a bit unclear but it appears to say that UC hospitals don't have such boards formally, but do have various committees that have diffused responsibilities for the functions Boards are supposed to undertake (including the Health Services Committee).

A third item deals with reports on issues such a schools not reopening in person and care in nursing homes.

The final discussion item will be "an update on occupational health and safety data, financial implications, and individual campus experiences. Chief Executive Officers of the medical centers will discuss the impact of COVID19 on labor, patient care activities, and other needs to be addressed to maintain the critical staffing across the UC Health system."

The basic agenda with links to the attachments is at:
https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/aug20/hs.pdf