The following providers have agreed to participate in the initial pilot for the Inland Empire Health Information Exchange:

Riverside County
Parkview Community Hospital
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside Medical Group

San Bernardino County
Beaver Medical Group
Loma Linda University Medical Center

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors postponed voting on proposed STEMI and Cardiovascular Receiving Center fees at the request of HASC and the STEMI receiving center hospitals. Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency (ICEMA) was requesting a 400 percent fee increase for the STEMI receiving centers’ annual certification fee and proposed this same rate for the new cardiovascular receiving center certification.

FEMA P-767, Earthquake Mitigation for Hospitals, a free educational program offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its sponsoring partners at the end of May, drew 113 participants from HASC member hospitals throughout the region. Workshops took place in Fontana for Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, in Santa Ana for Orange County, and in Glendale for the Los Angeles region.

The 2011 Inaugural Inland Empire Quality of Life Summit, presented by the Inland Empire Economic Partnership, took place last week with the aim of providing the region with a forum to discuss the many unique resources, opportunities and successes within the Inland Empire and to serve as an opportunity for professionals to teach each other about their respective industries. Jim Lott, HASC executive vice president, and Christina Bivona-Tellez, regional vice president of HASC’s Inland Area Office, spoke to the 500 participants at this summit about health care issues of concern to the region.