Watch the Regents Health Services Committee Meeting of Aug. 17, 2022

Most of the attention paid to the Regents meeting of August 17th was on the Big Ten issue, which we have discussed in earlier postings. However, the original purpose of the August 17th meeting was to have a regularly scheduled off-cycle session of the Health Services Committee.  

The meeting began with public comments that included the Big Ten issue, and various labor relations concerns including a COVID bonus. Following public comments, there were opening remarks by President Drake. Then Executive Vice President for UC Health Carrie Byington took note of a new collective bargaining agreement with the California Nurses Association. She gave an overview of the COVID and Monkeypox situations. One point she made was that the Monkeypox vaccine is of the weakened virus type. As a result, it can't be given to persons with compromised immune systems.

Regarding COVID, Byington thought that we are likely heading to a situation in which there will be annual booster shots, perhaps starting in the fall.

A report was made by the Clinical Quality Committee. Although various metrics were presented, Regent Park in particular pushed for specific goals to be set by the Committee.

As always, we have preserved the recording of the meeting since the Regents - for no reason - delete their recordings after one year. You can see the video at the link provided below:

https://archive.org/details/board-health-services-committee.

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