Mission Of Teaching Hospitals Goes Beyond Clinical Care

Healthcare has experienced changes in recent years with hospitals shifting to provide the best ways to excel at patient care and educate the next generation of doctors.

Geffen Hall
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Geffen Hall On Ucla's Campus

"As healthcare changes, and we transform the care pathways and clinical protocols to deliver evidence-based, high-quality care that demonstrates value, the way in which we teach our students and trainees has evolved to focus not only on clinical care, but also on quality, safety, service and value," UCLA Health president and UCLA Hospital System CEO Johnese Spisso said.

There is a new plan for UCLA's soon-to-be-built buildings to focus on being patient-centered and learner-centered to provide the best environment for care and education, she said.

UCLA Health President, UCLA Hospital System CEO Johnese Spisso
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UCLA Health president, UCLA Hospital System CEO Johnese Spisso

UCLA just opened the new Geffen Hall state-of-the-art medical school building. The 110K SF building has been in use since January, with its official dedication May 11.

It houses teaching labs, study spaces and exam rooms and uses multimedia technology to enhance the medical educational experience.

Loma Linda University's Roger Hadley
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Loma Linda University School Of Medicine Dean Dr. Roger Hadley With His Granddaughter, Maya Lynn Hadley

For Loma Linda University School of Medicine dean, board chairman and president Dr. Roger Hadley, that university's value-add is faith and medicine.

Hadley said Loma Linda University, which is a Seventh-day Adventist health sciences university, incorporates these two tenets into the education of medical students and into patient care.

Loma Linda is a leader among all teaching hospitals, educating doctors, nurses and pharmacists, he said. The university also has had a large number of its doctors serve in underserved areas of the world, including parts of Africa.

Rendering of Loma Linda's new hospital.
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Rendering of Loma Linda University's new hospital

Loma Linda is building a new hospital and children's hospital to meet demand. The new building is expected to be ready by late 2020.

"We're busting at the seams here," he said.

The new, 983k SF facility will feature robotic equipment in all the operating rooms to be used for procedures, including minimally invasive ones.

"Our goal is to build accessible, effective, efficient and high-quality care," Hadley said.

Hadley, Spisso and other panelists will discuss the future of healthcare at Bisnow's Big West Coast Healthcare Event on June 15 at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood.

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