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Herbert Villafuerte is CEO at Garfield Medical Center (GMC) in Monterey Park. Villafuerte joined the facility in 2010 as GMC’s Nurse Director of Emergency and Critical Care. He has held various positions since, most recently serving as chief nursing officer and chief operating officer.
Loma Linda University Health’s Dr. Juan Carlos Belliard (from left), Simone DeShields and Dr. Elisha Webster shared experiences educating medical students on racial disparities at May 6’s HASC DEI Roundtable.
HASC Endorsed Business Partner bttn. this week grabbed headlines by securing $1.5 million in additional startup capital three months after the venture launched.
The Seattle-based company targets the U.S. wholesale medical supply market, with a predicted value of $243.3 billion this year. By cutting out middlemen, the platform offers direct-from-manufacturer pricing with a better ordering experience, Crunchbase News reports this week.
Our region’s health care leaders are disappointed following Culver City’s approval Monday of a $5-an-hour mandated pay hike for hospital workers in the city’s single hospital.
HASC’s Charge Nurse Leadership Development course is just a week away. The course facilitates the growth and development of nurses as unit leaders. Advanced leadership strategies, communication techniques, priority setting, and conflict management will be discussed. Practice scenarios will be facilitated in group exercises.
A limited number of spaces remain. Please enroll today!
A vote by a divided Culver City City Council this evening will decide the fate of a fiercely-contested proposed ordinance that would hike worker pay $5 an hour in the municipality’s only hospital.
For the past month, HASC with the California Hospital Association has campaigned against the proposed measure as unfair in singling out hospital workers for bonus pay while leaving rewards for other frontline workers active during the pandemic off the table.
HASC’s Patient Access Services department, or PAS for short, has long focused on helping hospitals access publicly-provided services. Since 1994, Orange County-based Ana Reza has directed the effort.
Reza, who holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in gerontology, divides her time between three main programs that help facilities expand services to vulnerable populations. Each individual program also helps hospitals access available reimbursement solutions.
HASC’s Women in Health Care Leadership Conference ends today following three days of instruction, motivation and inspiration for career-focused women.
As the conference concludes, event organizers HASC and UCI Paul Merage School of Business send an enthusiastic “thank you” to the Cedars-Sinai health system, which joined the event as a principal sponsor last month.
A video produced by the California Hospital Association and Keck Medicine of USC explores ways hospitals supported their frontline employees as the COVID-19 pandemic stretched team members to the limits over the last 15 months.
With the California Hospital Association, HASC this week published a advertorial in the Los Angeles Times newspaper calling on state and local lawmakers to reject so-called “hero pay” legislation that would mandate increased pay for hospital workers only.
On Monday, June 14, the Culver City City Council votes on such a proposal. While the measure would impact one facility only, HASC and CHA are mounting vigorous opposition as its passage would set a dangerous precedent.
LOS ANGELES, CA (June 9, 2021) – Our health care workers are heroes. And we are all indebted to our essential workers and frontline caregivers who have proven their commitment by caring for over 1.2 million Los Angeles County residents infected with COVID-19.
HASC’s Women in Health Care Leadership Conference takes place June 9 through 11 (next Wednesday through Friday) with event partner UCI Paul Merage School of Business.
Just a few days remain to enroll in the online virtual program. To do so, click the link below or contact HASC’s Jamila Mayers.
I’d like to personally invite you to attend our virtual Women in Health Care Leadership Conference this June 9 – 11. HASC has joined with UCI Paul Merage School of Business to bring this unique and outstanding event to our membership.
HASC Urges Policy Makers to Support Hospitals, Not Cripple Them
This week, HASC urges policy makers to consider the ongoing and substantial financial burden hospitals continue to bear following their unprecedented response to the COVID-19 pandemic across the region.
HASC invites you to attend a two-part O.C. Workforce Development Informational Webinar series featuring representatives from the Orange County Workforce Development Board (OCWDB) and Saddleback College’s Customized Training Program.
HASC’s Women in Health Care Leadership Conference takes place June 9 through 11 with event partner UCI Paul Merage School of Business.
Women leaders can serve as allies, mentors, friends and supporters of rising women — and diverse rising women — in organizations. At the upcoming conference, participants will learn ways this dynamic can support emerging careers:
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 25, 2021) – In the face of extreme adversity, California’s hospitals and health care heroes have risen to the challenge time and again as the backbone of health care. Their resilience has been matched only by their unrelenting commitment to care for their communities during the worst public health crisis in generations.
HASC and Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) are partnering with Diversity Information Resources (DIR) to help member hospitals manage diversity information for vendors and business partners. New legislation connected to AB 962 requires hospitals to annually submit a report on efforts to diversify business partners with minority-owned, woman-owned, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises.
HASC knows from members it can be difficult to source some medical supplies and PPE items at a fair price – specifically nitrile gloves. To address this, the association looks for vendors and new opportunities to provide vetted medical supplies at discounted rates.
HASC’s Women in Health Care Leadership Conference takes place June 9 through 11 with event partner UCI Paul Merage School of Business.
Strong leadership skills, especially in uncertain times, are an asset that can make your employees feel valued, understood, and secure. At the upcoming conference, participants will learn how to boost leadership skills that will serve them through the pandemic and beyond. Topics covered include:
Phillip Franks (above) is CEO at two facilities under construction in Orange County. They include an acute psychiatric hospital in Aliso Viejo and a general acute care hospital in Anaheim.
The HASC Executive Committee approved two new hospital members earlier this month. The association extends them a warm welcome.
HASC’s Women in Health Care Leadership Conference takes place June 9 through 11 with event partner UCI Paul Merage School of Business.
An important event focus is Power Presence, Influence & Credibility in the professional health care environment. Studies show that paying attention to these details pays off in terms of respect and confidence from work peers and senior managers.
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