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HASC Briefs for Dec. 13, 2017

Following a request from HASC President/CEO George W. Greene, CHA’s Hospital Workers’ Fire Relief Fund is gathering resources to support Southern California industry employees impacted by December’s devastating wildfires. Also in this issue of HASC Briefs, association staff visit Casa Colina Hospital in Pomona and CEO Robert Allen is welcomed to CHA Health Systems.

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Hospital Workers Hit by Fires Need Your Support as Holidays Approach, HASC CEO Says

Multiple hospital workers have lost homes or been directly hit by Ventura County’s Thomas Fire, including a dozen at Ventura County Medical Center, reports say.

That’s in addition to more than 330 workers now without jobs due to the destruction of Aurora Vista del Mar Hospital — also due to the Thomas blaze. No comprehensive tally of workers hit by fires exists, however, and the total is likely higher.

With holidays approaching, it’s a particularly hard time to be dealing with huge loss, HASC President/CEO George W. Greene said this week.

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HASC Staff View Patient Care in Action at Pomona
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On Monday, Casa Colina Hospital in Pomona welcomed more than 30 HASC staffers for a facility tour and overview of hospital programs and services. HASC arranges an annual tour to give staff a chance to connect their work within the association to the hospital bedside, COO Mark Gamble said.

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HASC Welcomes CEO

Robert Allen is Global Group CEO at CHA Health Systems. In the role, he’ll be responsible for the group’s health care and biotech assets — including CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and CHA Fertility Clinics in Los Angeles.

Allen has more than 25 years of executive-level experience in the field with both for-profit and non-profit entities in Southern California. As system CEO, he will lead CHA as it embarks on a $400 million-plus expansion of the Hollywood Presbyterian campus, including a new five-story patient tower and a new emergency department.

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Members Get Unique BRN Program Briefing
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More than a dozen chief nursing officers and other member guests attended a unique briefing on the California Board of Registered Nursing’s intervention and probation program on Dec. 1. The program provides an alternative to disciplinary action for nurses dealing with drug, alcohol and mental health issues.

The presentation took place at this month’s meeting of HASC’s Nursing Advisory Council.

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HealthCareerCenter.com Helps Recruitment Professionals

Human resources professionals can reach more than 3 million health professionals with a single job posting via the American Hospital Association’s recruitment website, HealthCareerCenter.com.

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Members Discuss Joint Commission Standards on Employee Competence
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On Nov. 14, chief nursing officers, directors, managers and analysts of clinical and auxiliary services gathered at Good Samaritan Hospital’s Moseley-Salvatori Conference Center to attend Developing, Measuring, and Documenting Employee Competence. Emelda Latham, RN, MS, a human resources management consultant, facilitated the HASC educational offering. Participants discussed topics key to recruitment, hiring and documenting competencies of employees in an allied health environment.

Discussion topics included:

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TeamSTEPPS Holds Inland Empire Session

The Inland Empire TeamSTEPPS Collaborative met Dec. 5 at the Marriott Riverside. The session included close to 40 participants representing 10 hospitals and seven centers of health care education.

Some participants experienced their first introduction to TeamSTEPPS, while others, having attended previously, described their progress in adopting the program’s team-building strategies.

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March 1 Webinar on Labor Issues

A HASC webinar scheduled for Thursday, March 1 will update members on the latest labor union trends and labor laws in California and the U.S. The session titled State of the Union: Organized Labor Review runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

The program will cover the following:

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LEAD Academy: 2018 Dates Set

LEAD Academy’s 2018 spring and fall dates are now set and open for registration. All sessions are scheduled for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale.

LEAD Academy sessions provide a safe environment to practice newly-learned skills and align work goals and actions to support an organization’s vision. Engaging activities guide participants through the process of understanding differing leadership styles and overcoming the distinct challenges of being a leader.