Category: COVID-19 | Huntington Hospital

Huntington Hospital Receives ECRI’s Healthcare Supply Chain Award

October 18, 2021

ECRI, an independent, nonprofit health services organization that provides technology solutions and evidence-based guidance to healthcare decision makers worldwide, recently named Huntington Hospital as a winner in its 10th annual Healthcare Supply Chain Achievement Award. This award recognizes U.S. healthcare organizations for achieving excellence in overall spend management, including budgeting, benchmarking, technology assessment and strategic […]

A message about COVID-19 boosters from Kimberly A. Shriner, MD, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control

September 13, 2021

As we continue to move through this summer of the Delta variant, the powerful protection that the COVID vaccines provide is so very apparent. This latest surge shows the ability of these vaccines to decrease the risk of serious illness, hospitalization and death. In fact, these vaccines are performing better than any of us could […]

Vaccination Requirements for Hospital Visitation per California Department of Public Health Order

August 9, 2021

Beginning this Wednesday, August 11, 2021, Huntington Hospital will comply with California Department of Public Health’s recent order requiring that all visitors to our hospital present proof of being fully vaccinated (defined in the order and below) or show proof of negative results of a COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours prior to entering. Below […]

COVID-19 Continues: A message from Kimberly Shriner, MD

July 19, 2021

This summer, we had all hoped that we might enjoy at least some relief from the restrictions and fear associated with COVID-19. Alas, it was all too short lived. The lifting of mask regulations, summer holidays and lack of vaccination-induced herd immunity has left us vulnerable and now affected by the highly infectious and very […]

Huntington Hospital Celebrates National Nurses Week

May 5, 2021

May 6-12 marks National Nurses Week, a stretch of time where we as a nation celebrate our precious, compassionate caregivers. With deep appreciation and respect for our nurses’ resilience throughout the pandemic, Huntington Hospital is offering all 1,357 of our nurses a month of events centered on self-care. Amidst a number of revitalizing activities, inspirational […]

Doc Talk with Dr. Shriner: COVID-19 past, present and future

March 2, 2021

We recently sat down with Kimberly Shriner, MD, infectious disease specialist, Huntington Hospital, to reflect on the past year, assess where we are now and look toward the future as we continue to battle COVID-19. Here’s what she had to say. What have we learned about C0VID-19 in thepast year? SARSC0V2 has proven to be […]

Vaccines continue with Pasadena’s teachers and childcare workers this week

March 1, 2021

We are thrilled to now be vaccinating educators and childcare workers in Pasadena, and so pleased to support Pasadena Public Health’s efforts to get this essential workforce vaccinated so our teachers can more safely resume in-person instruction in the future. Congratulations to Flor Manzano, a teacher at Madison Elementary, photographed (center) with Lori J. Morgan, […]

Huntington Hospital Resumes All Elective Surgeries and Limited In-Person Visitation

February 25, 2021

As with the trend throughout Los Angeles County, Huntington Hospital has seen a decline in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. With this, the hospital is now able to resume all elective surgeries and limited in-person visitation. Elective Surgeries – We are here to safely care for you Huntington Hospital provided life-saving and immediate care for the community […]

Pasadena Public Health Department, Huntington Hospital and Pasadena’s NAACP Branch Provide COVID-19 Vaccines to the African-American Community

February 16, 2021

On Saturday, February 13, 2021, NAACP’s Pasadena Branch teamed with Pasadena Public Health Department and Huntington Hospital to administer the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to 114 members of the African-American community, aged 65 and over. The pop-up vaccine clinic took place outside of the NAACP offices. “We are so happy to be partnering […]

Answering the call: Huntington Hospital’s human resources employee offers much-needed support during the surge

January 29, 2021

When the labor pool was activated to work in emergency department overflow tents as COVID-19 surged during the holidays, Melissa Rivas, administrative coordinator, human resources, knew she could help. With the Huntington’s HR offices closed for the holidays and her EMT experience, she had the time, skill and compassion to lend a hand. “It is […]

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