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2019 Annual Meeting at La Quinta in May

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Opportunities Open: Career Internship Program

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Homelessness Remains HASC Focus for 2019

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2019 LEAD Academies: Enrollment Is Open

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Workforce Development Helps Fill Positions

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Emergency Health Services Committee – Los Angeles

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The Los Angeles Emergency Health Services Committee acts as a liaison with local EMS and DMH agencies and CHA; addresses issues related to patient access to emergency and trauma services; and recommends policies that assure development of effective, efficient EMS delivery systems throughout Los Angeles County.

CONTACT:
Jessica Hernandez
Regional Assistant to Jaime Garcia
(213) 538-0703
jhernandez@hasc.org
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Behavioral Health Services Committee – Los Angeles

Jaime Garcia

The Behavioral Health Services Committee of Los Angeles identifies and addresses regulatory, public policy and reimbursement issues related to behavioral services providers’ ability to render quality care in a dynamic environment. They look for input from outside parties and report recommended actions through the Constituent Services Representative on the HASC Board.

CONTACT:
Jessica Hernandez
Regional Assistant to Jaime Garcia
(213) 538-0703
jhernandez@hasc.org
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Learning

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LEAD Academy
Spring 2019

Teri Hollingsworth

LEAD Academy is an intensive six-day, 12-module training experience using innovative tools and experiential learning to empower recently hired, newly appointed or previously untrained health care leaders to better understand and use their strengths. Designed for health care supervisors and managers, LEAD is built on the underlying principle that effective leadership requires productive relationships to support excellence in patient care, sustainable business objectives and a safe patient environment.

USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
1812 Verdugo Blvd
Glendale, CA 91208
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CONTACT:
Sherita Rogers
(213) 538-0767
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2019 Hospital Disaster Management Training (HDMT)
A product of the Los Angeles County Disaster Resource Center Program

Does your hospital need training on hospital surge capacity management for natural disasters and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) incidents? Join us for Hospital Disaster Management Training, an in-depth two-day session that is a product of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Emergency Medical Services Agency’s Disaster Resource Center Program. Special thanks to the Hospital Association of Southern California for providing educational and administrative support.

CONTACT:
Leticia Salcido
(213) 538-0737
lsalcido@hasc.org
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Leadership & Charge Nurse: Creating a Culture of Safety

Teri Hollingsworth

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The Joint Commission and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) have recognized that safe patient care begins when hospital units have such extensive teamwork in place that all staff feel safe bringing concerns and ideas to improve care. This advanced class for charge nurses will focus on the role of the nurse leader in creating and developing this atmosphere.

CONTACT:
Leticia Salcido
(213) 538-0737
lsalcido@hasc.org

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Opioid Use in America: The “Pursuit of Oblivion”
California Health Care Foundation

To confront a public health issue of epidemic proportions, it takes a public policy effort of similar magnitude. At least that’s what we can infer from a bipartisan effort to address the nation’s opioid crisis. After weeks of negotiating to reconcile House and Senate bills, legislative leaders from both chambers released a 660-page bill containing public health and law enforcement measures aimed at decelerating the growth rate of opioid-related overdose deaths and at preventing addiction.

News

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‘The Budget Just Changed’: Governor Gavin Newsom Responds To Big City Mayors’ Call For More Homelessness Funding
Capitol Public Radio

Gov. Gavin Newsom says the mayors of California’s largest cities have persuaded him to rework his budget proposal for emergency homelessness aid.

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City of Hope Awarded $7.5 Million to Develop Therapies for Rare Blood Cancer
Los Angeles Business Journal

City of Hope National Medical Center received $7.5 million in federal and private grants to study a rare blood cancer that affects the skin.

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Study finds marked decline in first-time opioid prescriptions
American Hospital Association

In a study of Blue Cross and Blue Shield enrollees reported last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, initial opioid prescriptions declined 54 percent between July 2012 and December 2017, while the number of providers who initiated opioid therapy in any patient who had not used opioids declined by 29 percent.

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Finding stories in the looming primary care shortage
Association of Healthcare Journalists

One recent workday, I called my primary care physician’s office and immediately was transferred to voicemail. Usually, I’m perhaps the “fifth caller in queue,” or on a lucky day, the second caller. That day — probably because it was a Monday in winter and people were kicking off their week by calling the doctor — the perky robot voice told me that I was the 14th caller. I hung up, determined to call again later.

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Neighborhood and Built Environment
California Hospital Association

Recognizing the connection between people’s health and well-being and where they live — including their housing, neighborhood and environment — California’s hospitals have developed innovative community-based programs that promote access to healthy foods for healthy eating patterns; transportation access and mobility; injury prevention and safety; and parks, playgrounds and walkability.

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Upswing in New Cases of HIV, Hep C and STDs Prompts Call for Statewide Task Force
California Health Report

A coalition of 133 health-related groups in California are calling for $2 million from the governor and state legislature for a statewide task force to stamp out a mounting public health syndemic of HIV, hepatitis C and sexually transmitted diseases.

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