The Collaborative
The Southern California Patient Safety Collaborative (SCPSC) is a partnership of Convergence Health Consulting, Inc., the Hospital Association of Southern California, and the National Health Foundation. The work is supported by grants from the UniHealth Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, and California HealthCare Foundation. NHF and HASC provide the operational and meeting infrastructure, communications and coordination with the participating hospitals. CHC provides the clinical content and meeting facilitation using nationally accepted evidence based practices.
Convergence Health Consulting (CHC) is an independent consulting firm with senior clinical leaders that has been working with learning collaboratives since 2000. CHC has successfully led similar programs for several years in Washington State and the Bay Area and is nationally recognized as an expert in quality improvement and change management. The clinical team for SCPSC includes Bruce Spurlock, M.D., Rocky Fredrickson, M.D., Pat Teske and Pat Vasko all senior clinicians who have worked at the national, regional and state level.
The Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC), founded in 1923, is a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) regional trade association. Its mission is to serve the political, economic, informational and educational needs of hospitals and to help improve the quality and accessibility of health services. Over the years, HASC has profoundly influenced the way health care is organized, financed and delivered. HASC consists of more than 170 hospitals (public, private, not-for-profit and for-profit). The region covers six counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura.
The National Health Foundation (NHF) is an independent, charitable, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to improving and enhancing the healthcare of the underserved by developing and supporting innovative programs that 1) can become independently viable, 2) provide systemic solutions to gaps in healthcare access and delivery and that 3) have the potential to be replicated nationally. This is being achieved through strategic program initiatives such as Improving Healthcare Delivery Systems, Uninsured Families, and Chronic Disease Prevention & Management.