Over the past three years, Patient Safety First…a California Partnership for Health has worked to improve the safety and quality of care Californians receive at hospitals. With more than 180 hospital participants, Patient Safety First is the largest statewide collaborative effort focused on patient safety in the nation.

Following the successful Patient and Family Centered Conference June 3, an article by Libby Hoy, founder of PFCC Partners, and Mia Arias, director of programs, National Health Foundation, highlights their perspectives on patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) in PSQH Magazine.

Two additional HASC member hospitals have recently met or surpassed their 2013 CHPAC campaign goal: Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital and San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital.

Other hospitals meeting these criteria include:

Ballard Rehabilitation Hospital
Catalina Island Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Desert Valley Hospital
Olympia Medical Center
Pacific Alliance Medical Center
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital

More than 140 health care professionals attended the 3rd annual HASC Health Care Provider Wellness Conference to explore wellness and benefits programs that work to alleviate the costs of health care and combat the effects of poor health on productivity, job satisfaction and care quality.