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In the Spotlight: Stanley K. Frencher, Jr., MD

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Dr. Stanley Frencher, Jr. is medical director of surgical outcomes and quality at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital and lead physician, urology at Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center. He is also assistant professor-in-residence at UCLA’s Department of Urology — and an […]

Accurate Background named HASC, Hospital Council Exclusive Endorsed Provider for Employment Screening

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26, 2020 — The Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) and Hospital Council – Northern & Central California (Hospital Council) have exclusively endorsed Accurate Background, an Irvine, CA-based leading provider of compliant background checks, drug and health screening and Form I-9 […]

State Sen. Holly Mitchell Shares Quest for Better Outcomes for Black Moms, Babies

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.HASC’s Communities Lifting Communities and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California hosted a unique virtual workshop on birth inequities in the Black community on July 24. The event was part of Cherished Futures for Black Moms & Babies, a collaborative aimed at reducing Black infant deaths […]

In the Spotlight: Susan Taylor

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Susan Taylor is President/CEO at College Hospital Costa Mesa, a 122-bed privately-owned facility. Of that total, 104 are locked, LPS-designated psychiatric care beds. Early this year, College Hospital became the latest of a handful of Southern California locations to open a Crisis Stabilization Unit. Across the region, only […]

Report Released: Creating Dramatic Public Health Gains Through Innovative Community Investment

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.HASC and its Communities Lifting Communities initiative with the Public Health Alliance of Southern California today released a landmark report outlining how multi-sector partnerships with public health, hospitals and health systems, community development and other sectors can marshal resources to significantly improve the health of neighborhoods and communities. “Our health care […]

Addressing African American Infant Mortality Rates

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Lower infant mortality rate among African Americans is focus of new pilot programs in California February 27, 2020, Los Angeles, CA – (BPT) – The U.S. infant mortality rate has fallen over the last two decades, but major disparities remain – and carry […]

In the Spotlight: Susan Harrington

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date. Susan Harrington is executive director of Communities Lifting Communities — the HASC initiative aimed at health disparities and upstream factors affecting diabetes, preterm births and other public health challenges.  She recently sat down with the HASC Strategic Communications team to discuss […]