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HASC Briefs for Sept. 18, 2020

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President’s Message From George W. Greene

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Members Share Equity Initiative Milestones

More than 40 participants came together to relate strategies and challenges on their paths toward more equitable care at Sept. 14’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Roundtable Discussion hosted by HASC and Darren Henson, PhD, director of operations with the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity.

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Emotional Health Was Committee Meeting’s Focus

Suicide takes a disproportionate toll on health care workers during normal times and deserves more attention in the ramped-up environment of the ongoing pandemic, speaker Lauren Walton, MD told HASC Hospital Operations Committee members this week.

Dr. Lauren M. Walton is chief of service for the department of addiction medicine at Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center. 

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Rare Rolling Power Outages Might Happen Again

This Aug. 14-15, an extraordinary heat weather event prompted the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) agency to institute the first series of rolling blackouts in 19 years. The measure was necessary to parcel out energy in the face of huge power consumption due to air conditioning demand. 

CAISO is made up of California’s three investor-owned utilities, which includes Southern California Edison (SCE). This month, Edison reminds customers that future heat events might prompt additional rolling power outages.

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October Care Equity Slots Are Open for Enrollment

A workshop offered by HASC and presented by Communities Lifting Communities and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California provides an overview of the role hospitals can play in advancing health equity across their organizations and in the communities they serve.

The all-day session takes place from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8 via Zoom. Class size is limited to 30, so enroll today by clicking here to reserve your spot. 

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HASC Welcomes New Members

Three new facilities are approved for membership following the Aug. 26 HASC Board meeting. Learn more about HASC membership here.

HASC welcomes the following hospitals aboard!

Kedren Community Health Center, Los Angeles

Kedren Community Health Center operates as a not-for-profit hospital and is primarily an acute psychiatric facility with 72 beds. Yolanda Whittington is CEO.

Kindred Hospital – Paramount

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Survey: COVID-19 Is Impacting Physician Practices

Eight percent of physicians have closed their practices as a result of COVID-19, totaling approximately 16,000 practices across the U.S., according to a new survey.  

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SpeedTrack Configures Information to Your Terms

HASC Endorsed Business Partner SpeedTrack understands that the 21st century requires a new paradigm for information technology — one in which the consumers of information determine what information is valuable, when they need it, and how to view it!

Traditional solutions deliver preconfigured dashboards and canned reports to answer questions deemed critical for you to know. The problem is that:

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Endorsed Business Partners

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