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HASC Briefs for June 22, 2017

HASC’s Communities Lifting Communities (CLC) initiative targeting health disparities is off and running following a June 16 kickoff meeting. Also in this issue of HASC Briefs, the association weighs in on Los Angeles County’s Measure H funding allocation and Kimberly Johnson joins the HASC team as association services director. 

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With June 16 Kickoff, Work Begins for Communities Lifting Communities Effort

A standing room only crowd attended the June 16 kickoff for Communities Lifting Communities, (CLC), the health disparities initiative launched by HASC, HC2 Strategies, Inc. and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California.

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In months and years to come, CLC will coordinate multiple agencies and participants working together to address health factors that disproportionately impact low-income communities.

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HASC Plays Role in L.A. County Homelessness Funds Allocation

This month, HASC provided comment to Los Angeles County’s Measure H work group on funding priorities from a hospital perspective. Approved by voters in March, Measure H authorizes a quarter-cent sales tax that will raise an estimated $259 million to address homelessness this year.  

Approved by the Board of Supervisors on June 13, funding allocation is now set in various categories recommended by the work group — including programs of special interest to HASC member hospitals.

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HASC Welcomes Chief Executives

HASC welcomes President Douglas Kleam to St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino and CEO Nelson Smith to Pacific Grove Hospital in Riverside.

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HASC Welcomes Association Services Director Johnson

Kimberly Johnson is HASC’s new director of association services. In the role, she will coordinate operations with the association’s endorsed business partners.

Johnson previously served as business development director at San Fernando Post Acute Hospital and at VITAS Healthcare.

To learn more about HASC’s endorsed business partner program, visit www.hasc.org/business-partners.

Contact:
Kimberly Johnson
(213) 538-0772
kjohnson@hasc.org

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CEO Receives O.C. Business Journal Honor

Suzanne Richards, CEO at Orange County Global Medical Center and at eight-hospital KPC Healthcare, was honored by Orange County Business Journal with a 2017 Annual Women in Business Award last month.

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Richards was one of five women honored at the 23rd annual event, held at the Hotel Irvine on May 2. She is the first hospital CEO to receive the honor. Richards, along with four other winners, was selected out of 191 nominees.

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July Wellness Conference Speaker: Françoise Mathieu

Compassion fatigue expert Françoise Mathieu is a featured speaker at July’s Health Care Provider Wellness Conference in Garden Grove. The Canadian psychotherapist and author joins a full slate of wellness authorities set to share their passion for the growing field at the event. 

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LEAD Academy Offers Summer, Fall Dates in Glendale, Inland Empire

LEAD Academy is a six-day, 12-module training experience that uses experiential learning to empower recently-hired, newly-appointed or previously-untrained health care leaders.

LEAD Academy sessions provide a safe environment to practice newly-learned skills and align work goals and actions to support the broader vision of the organization. Engaging activities guide participants through the process of understanding differing leadership styles and overcoming the distinct challenges of being a leader. Specific program focus areas include:

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SpeedTrack: Intelligence Defined

HASC and SpeedTrack invite you to participate in a free, live, interactive demonstration of the intelligence affecting your service area. Your team will explore information on-the-fly to discover valuable market intelligence that affects all the providers that serve your community. Instead of looking at canned, static reports, you will uncover what you don’t know by navigating through vital information for strategic planning, managed care, business development and specialty recruiting.