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HASC Briefs for June 12, 2020

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Logistics Victory LA (LoVLA) Partnership
Facilitates Regionwide PPE Distribution

Multiple HASC members have related challenges procuring personal protective equipment, or PPE, in recent months. In response, the association worked with Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, who Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed chief city logistics officer in response to the pandemic. Seroka established Logistics Victory LA (LoVLA), a resource funded by FEMA to procure and distribute PPE to hospitals in need of it for frontline medical workers.

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Longest-serving Staffer Wall Retires

Vice President, Membership and Education Services Pat Wall, whose HASC tenure spans three association CEOs and six U.S. Presidents, retired this week on June 11. 

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NHF, Partners Add Housing Option for Homeless

In partnership with the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, and a local hotel, National Health Foundation (NHF) is now operating a temporary housing program through Project Roomkey – a statewide initiative that provides temporary housing support to individuals experiencing homelessness to prevent the spread of COVID-19. 

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Database Powers COVID-19 Strategies

 

SpeedTrack, which provides next-generation data analytics for California health care, has a new option that is helping in the fight against COVID-19.

Many patients, especially those who are elderly or with multiple chronic conditions have elected not to see their physicians during this challenging time (98 percent of practices are reporting substantial decreases in patient volumes, according to the CMA Physician Financial Health Survey, May 2020).