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Jennifer Astasio, RN of associate corporate member Red E Services addressed fellow attendees at this week’s HASC Associate Member Luncheon.
On Monday, HASC hosted close to 30 representatives from associate corporate and associate provider members at its annual Associate Member Luncheon. The fall event offers members a chance to meet HASC staff and to learn about the programs and initiatives that help meet the association’s mission.
The next cohort of PathWays: Healthcare Policy in
Action starts on Wednesday, Oct. 30. We invite
you to nominate and sponsor an early careerist / ACHE member in
your organization who will benefit from the program.
More details are provided below. PathWays is offered by
HASC and the Healthcare Executives of Southern California (HCE).
HASC has negotiated on your behalf reduced-cost technical training courses administered by New Horizons instructors. The first offering is Microsoft Excel 2016 – Part 1. This full-day course is designed to build foundations in Microsoft Office Excel 2016.
Does working through employee leaves have you ready for your own leave of absence? If so, Understanding and Managing Leaves of Absence, a half-day workshop on Friday, Nov. 15, is the place for you.
Providers deliver effective care when addressing patient populations sensitively. Dr. Kristie Overstreet’s dignity-first approach empowers health care professionals to serve transgender and related patients in the most effective and appropriate manner.
The Joint Commission and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) recognize that safe patient care begins when hospital units have such extensive teamwork in place that all staff feel safe bringing concerns and ideas to improve care.
The California Workforce Association’s September meeting brought together (front from left) HealthImpact’s Garrett Chan and HASC’s Lisa Mitchell and Teri Hollingsworth. Rear from left are HealthImpact’s Carolyn Orlowski and Mary Lynne Knighten, and SBWIB’s Robert Chavez.
To help hospitals better control and manage workforce planning, HASC is hosting an educational webinar with its endorsed business partner ShiftWise, Inc.
California hospitals are increasingly employing workforce and technology initiatives to improve talent, reduce labor costs, and better manage contingent labor procurement process across the entire enterprise. The goal is to work smarter and spend more time on patient care.
HASC is pleased to release its Perioperative Specialty RN Training Pilot Project Final Report–the newest independent research produced by the association.
HASC’s Communities Lifting Communities initiative is working with the Bob Barker Company of Fuquay-Varina, N.C. to offer hospitals and other health care and homeless service providers a discount on weather-appropriate clothing.
As an Association member and/or provider of services to homeless individuals, you are able to take advantage of an average discount of 25 percent on clothing, undergarments, jackets, ponchos, shoes and socks in many sizes.
As part of HASC’s workforce initiative, Azusa Pacific University, or APU, offers two perioperative RN specialty courses this spring. The APU RN Specialty courses are available for any hospital in the region to prepare RNs transferring to a new position in perioperative nursing at their hospital.
Event speaker Thomas Scully formerly served as CMS Administrator.
America’s Physician Groups, which represents more than 300 medical groups, independent practice associations and integrated health care systems nationwide, holds its annual event in November. Registration is now open.
Hospital Quality Institute’s annual conference takes places Oct. 14 and 15 in Sacramento. It’s California’s premiere event for transforming care, leading reliability and delivering value to each person, each time, and in each community.
Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) has partnered with the Bob Barker Company of Fuquay-Varina, N.C. to offer hospitals and other health care and homeless service providers a discount on weather-appropriate clothing.
As an Association member and/or provider of services to homeless individuals, you will be able to take advantage of an average discount of 25 percent on clothing, undergarments, jackets, ponchos, shoes and socks in many sizes.
The following associate members were approved for membership at the Sept. 24 board meeting. Associate membership is offered to several classes of businesses and organizations serving the HASC region. Click here to learn more.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. — African Proverb
This message is a bit of an experiment.
It’s the first time the four of us, your association CEOs, are writing to our members collectively. And there’s an important occasion for this new approach.
Registration is open for Developing, Measuring and Documenting Employee Competence, an educational program scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24 in Sacramento.
The workshop provides in-depth explanations of The Joint Commission competency assessment standards. It is led by Emelda Latham, RN, MS, a consultant with more than 30 years’ experience in human resources and related areas.
A limited number of seats remain for Developing, Measuring and Documenting Employee Competence, a HASC educational program scheduled for this Wednesday, Sept. 18 in the Moseley-Salvatori Conference Center, Good Samaritan Hospital – Los Angeles. Act now to reserve space!
A December registration deadline for an automotive fleet settlement potentially worth more than $1 billion is fast approaching, Kimberly Johnson of HASC endorsed business partner MCAG reminds HASC members this week.
“It’s crucial for members who have not yet enrolled to stake their claim,” Johnson said.
The settlement recovery service continues to monitor the $6.2 billion Visa/Mastercard settlement, along with others, Johnson added. Also known as the payment card settlement, the case includes terms outlined below.
HASC Board Member Jenifer Nyhuis related the harrowing tale of 2017’s Thomas Fire at Tuesday’s Disaster Planning for California Hospitals opening session. Above, Nyhuis speaks before a projected slide of the devastating event.
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