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8-11March LifeCare Campus Earns State Support• GoED Works for California• Governor Schwarzenegger
Leads Demolition Ceremony at March LifeCare Site
14-15Veterans Services for Riverside County
16-21A Look InsideThe Conceptual Master Plan
22-23Leading the WaySt. Bernardine Medical CenterStill Building on Founder’s Vision
24-25Deconstruct to ConstructThree Questions with US Demolition
29Life and Care People in the News
30Celebrating ExcellenceRiverside Medical Clinic Marks 75 Years by Preparing for the Future
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“On behalf of one of California’s business successes, we want to take this oppor-tunity to commend you for your vision in creating GoED -- promoting innovation, inspiration, and opportunity. The idea of not only attracting business to California from other states and countries by streamlining government red tape and pro-moting economic growth through innovation and entrepreneurship, we believe is foundational to the California Dream.” - Don Ecker
Managing Partner & FounderMarch HealthCare Development, LLC
A Personal Invitation
A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Welcome back. The
development of the
mission and vision of the
march lifecare campus
is quickly moving
forward. We are
delighted to celebrate and share some
of the exciting progress since our last issue.
First, let’s listen in to some remarks by
Gov. arnold Schwarzenegger on July 27th
at the Demolition ceremony: “We are
celebrating building something that no one
has seen in the world. They have attempted to do that but to have a medical
city being built? That’s the first in the world — not in the state, not in the
country but in the world. and the extraordinary economic activities that
they will bring to this area are something to celebrate.”
In this issue, we want to share the passion and progress that has
continued to develop over the last few months. We are pleased to highlight
the recent events for you and invite you along on this journey of wellness.
The theme and new brand of march lifecare is Healing Starts Here.
each day, march Healthcare Development continues to invite partners
to embrace the goal of building an integrated complex that will be a
medical city of HealING and comFoRT for generations to come.
We hope to convey our passion for serving the whole person. The
PeRSoNal acrostic that describes the communication effort of this issue
is Physical — emotional — Recreational — Spiritual — ontological —
Neurological — accountable and lovable. PeRSoNal! Please look at the
mHD conceptual master Plan with segment pull-outs illustrating this
inclusive “personal” focus.
over the last number of months, mlc has invited many partners into this
vital project. as you read through the magazine we invite you to join us
and envision a walk through the mlc campus and meet our partners. each
celebration, each event, each photo image, each step forward is a record
of a growing relationship between mlc, its valued partners and a more
involved community. on behalf of march lifecare, we at march Healthcare
Development thank you for opening up the pages of the past, the present
and invite you to catch a glimpse of the future.
-Paulette Brown-Hinds, PhD Please contact us at MLC at editor@marchlifecaremagazine.com.
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When Louis Stewart first
heard about the March
LifeCare campus being
planned on surplus land
at the former March Air
Force Base in Riverside
County, he was intrigued. having spent over
a year working on California ‘s statewide
Census effort he was well aware of the
challenges the Inland region faced. Due to
the downturn in the economy and
decimation of Inland California’s booming
housing market, he knew the area suffered
from some of the highest unemployment
numbers in the state and construction was
one of the hardest hit sectors. What he
didn’t know was that the region was also
plagued with a shortage of hospital beds,
physicians, and allied health professionals.
even with his limited knowledge, the vision
beginnings
March LifeCare Campus Earns State SupportGovernor Schwarzenegger leads demolition ceremony
Photo by Khai LeGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gives a thumbs-up at the demolition ceremony. Standing behind him: Gresham-Savage CeO Mark Ostoich; MhD Founder Don ecker; and JPA Chair Richard Stewart.
Work begins on the first of 22 buildings slated to be razed to make way for the new medical city.
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as it was presented to him was
something he wanted to learn
more about, so he contacted the
developer, Don Ecker.
His first correspondence with
Ecker, the managing partner for
March HealthCare Development
(MHD) and visionary for the March
medical campus, was brief. It was
simply an invitation to attend the
opening of the Governor’s Office
of Economic Development (GoED).
A new state agency, GoED
was created by Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger to serve as a “one
stop shop” to spark and sustain
business development in the state.
One day before the grand opening
of the agency, Ecker and his team
experienced their own new
beginning when he signed the
Disposition and Development
Agreement for the 236 acre site.
Stewart, winding down from the
Census, was one of the state
employees asked to launch the
new agency.
“I saw the value in the project
and knew Joel and the rest of the
office needed to meet the team,”
Stewart says, speaking of his
agency’s director Joel Ayala.
Ayala, the former president of
the California Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce, met Ecker and
members of the March LifeCare
team during the grand opening of
GoED’s Sacramento office and has
continued to develop a working
relationship with the project
leaders by offering state
assistance, connecting them to key
resources, and culminating
recently in facilitating a visit by
Gov. Schwarzenegger.
“When I first met the March
LifeCare group at the grand
opening I recognized that their
vision was huge but their passion
was even larger. They saw what
GoED represented and realized this
was a tool that they did not want
to let out of their sight,” says Ayala.
Since that initial introduction in
April, the GoED team has been to
Riverside and MHD has
participated in GoED meetings
several times a month.
“At our second meeting Joel and
Louis asked us what type of
assistance we need,” Ecker said to
a group of community leaders and
elected representatives at an event
photo by ted Ne villsLouis Stewart at GoED’s March LifeCare briefing in Riverside.
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held in early May to brief
GoED on the project.
The event included the
Chairman Richard
Stewart and Supervisor
Marion Ashley, the chair
and co-chair of the
March Joint Powers
Authority (JPA), the body
that governs the project
development. The
session also included Lori
Stone, JPA Executive
Director, and community
leaders and MHD
Advisory Board members. Ayala called the
project “phenomenal ... a great opportunity for
the entire region.”
With the GoED office firmly behind the project, the
next order of business, says Louis Stewart, was to
brief the governor’s staff. “Our due diligence process
took over a month. We
saw the project as an
innovative approach to
healthcare, a health and
wellness city, and nothing
like it in California.”
Stewart, now Deputy
Director of Innovation
& Emerging Technologies,
and his boss, Director
Ayala, educated the
governor’s staff on
the project.
“Not only does the
campus have business
support it has community support,” says Ayala.
“The governor recognizes that this project is tailor
made for our office’s mission. Mr. Ecker has spent
over 6 years working on approvals for this project,
if we can help streamline any processes or cut
red-tape we will.”
Don Ecker, left, and Director Joel Ayala at the opening of GoED in Sacramento.
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ONE OF THE GOALS of the
new GoED agency is to
encourage economic
development throughout
the state. As a
clearinghouse of
information on economic activities in
California, GoED staff also believes in
the development of innovative public/
private partnerships. In this effort, the
agency recently hosted a meeting to
introduce the March LifeCare team to
Cal Green @ Work, a collaboration of
nonprofit enterprise, private industry
and community entities dedicated to
developing sustainable green
solutions for California.
“I’ve never seen anything quite like
this … the potential this model can
and will have, not only here in the
USA, but throughout the world
astounds,” said Mary Lyn Kagan of the
Enterprise Development Network —
Overseas Private Investment Corp. who
was brought to the meeting through
Cal Green @ Work.
“We view this not as an experiment
in health care, but as an incredible
advance in healthcare maintenance
throughout the world … I will predict
that scores of international health
providers and developers will descend
upon this (project) in hopes of
replicating its unique features,” said
International HMO expert, Dene
McGriff, also of Cal Green @ Work.
Dr. Dudley Burton, Chair of the
Environmental Studies Department at
California State University, Sacramento,
and Director of Technology for Cal
Green @ Work was more than intrigued
by the possible partnership with March
LifeCare. “What we’re looking at here,
if energy efficiency systems are
thoroughly integrated into all phases
of the project — from HVAC to bio-
waste management — is the
preservation of the architectural
integrity and even enhancement of the
campus environment through
incredible savings — up to 60% of
energy costs — which could be
achieved, let alone the immediate ROI
(return on investment) for America’s
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“America’s never seen anything like this.”— Selected remarks from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s July 27 speech at the demolition ceremony marking the start of the March LifeCare project.
“This is really terrific because it fits in so well with California because California is number one in so many different areas — if it is in high tech, green tech, if it is in nano tech, biotech, or if it is Hollywood or Silicon Valley or the Mojave Desert or all of those things. It’s unlike anything else in the world. And so we always are innovative in good times and in bad.
Photo by khai leGov. Schwarzenegger is the first to sign a salvaged piece of wall to comemmorate the start of demolition.
“More than a center or a campus, it is a city; it is the first health and wellness city in the world. So I’m very excited about this because the world will be watching us to see the future in action.
“And, of course, we are doing all of this with the best and the brightest in the country. This campus is being designed by the number one architect firm, HOK. And it is being built by California’s top hospital builder, McCarthy, which is another great celebration.
“... Today we are celebrating also the destruction — normally we celebrate the building but today we are celebrating the destruction — because sometimes you’ve got to get rid of and say ‘hasta la vista baby’ to a building. And that’s what we are doing here today. We are going to celebrate destroying some of these buildings and the next building will be right over there.”
“But there will be a hospital you will have here with skilled nurses, assisted living, a hotel, retail stores ...healing gardens and all kinds of things will be here.
“And that’s what all together makes it so unique, because there will be no project like this anywhere in the world.
“We don’t sit back and wait for good news to arrive. We create the action; we do something about that.
truly first-ever green health care
development.”
That caught the ear of Jack
Wyatt, MHD’s Energy Director
and CEO of Strategic
Connections, Inc. “You’re talking
about a Platinum Green
Certification rating for the
complex — now you’re talking
my game!” Donald Ecker’s
impressive team of professionals
represents one of California’s
most innovative health care
developers whose
comprehensive approach to
“community wellness” is a
paradigm shift in the way
medical management views
their delivery services.
Doug Krieger, President of
CGAW, suggested that a
“Veterans” Green Training
Institute” could be established
on the campus, along with
integrating veterans into
healthcare careers which could
be offered at the March
HealthCare Campus … Krieger
remarked: “This is an unusual
opportunity in extending
significant support systems to
veterans and underserved
populations — from healthcare,
medical training, trauma center
and community service
extensions to retail and a five-
star hotel — there’s incredible
community engagement
throughout the entire project
and all phases of the build-out –
it really deserves public, private
and philanthropic support.”
In tough economic times, this
meeting organized by GoED was
a good example of what can
happen when the public and
private sectors come together.
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veterans
RiverSide County has the 10th largest
veteran population of all counties in the
united States. And of those 10 counties,
all have various vA hospitals and
numerous outpatient clinics located
within their county boundaries. All
except riverside.
At a meeting held in the Spring, disabled veteran
virgal Woolfolk spoke openly to local elected
officials and team leaders from the March LifeCare
campus about the concerns he and other local
veterans have when it comes to receiving care and
treatment. riverside County veterans are expected
to travel to the vA hospital in Loma Linda for
services. “it’s an access issue,” he said during a
meeting that included March Joint Powers
Authority vice-Chair Supervisor Marion Ashley and
JPA Chair and veteran richard Stewart. “We (March)
Join the Campaign — Care For Our Veterans
Photo by ted ne villsdisabled veteran virgal Woolfolk and danielle Wheeler of the March Joint Powers Authority
“Our residents at Air Force Village West deserve healthcare options close to home … for all those who served our great nation with distinction and an unselfish commitment of time, talent, and service.”
— ret. brigadier General Charles lamb
could become the ‘light on the hill’ to show that
veterans in this county are cared for and receive
top-notch care.”
A month later at the groundbreaking ceremony in
front of the old March hospital, Retired Brigadier
General Charles Lamb, who is also CEO/President of
Air Force Village West, a retirement community of
over 650 residents near the project site, publicly
presented a letter to Congressman Ken Calvert
asking him to support the need for better and more
timely services for the veterans of the region.
For those who served with valor, integrity, and
dedication, Assemblyman Paul Cook would like to
see services return to the region that has the only
active reserve base in the area. Cook, who is chair
of the Assembly’s Veterans Affairs Committee,
believes “it is only right that they are honored justly
and receive every care they need to fully integrate
into society.”
From veterans and their advocates to Assembly-
members and college deans, there is a groundswell
of support to once again serve veterans at March.
As the dean of the first new medical school west of
the Mississippi in forty years, UC Riverside Medical
School Founding Dean G. Richard Olds sees the
mutual benefit of an affiliation with a VA outpatient
clinic. “A nearby public medical school would enrich
the health care environment for VA patients,
physicians, and other healthcare professionals,”
he wrote in a formal statement.
If you’re interested in joining the campaign
to bring veterans services back to the
March campus, please email us at:
editor@marchlifecaremagazine.com.
Photos by khai leGov. Schwarzenegger surrounded by reservists from March ARB
March Base Honor Guard Staff Sergeant Randal Miller
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INTRODUCING MARCH LIFECARE …
In April of this year, HOK, one of the nation’s
largest design firms and the developer of the
March lifeCare campus master plan, unveiled
to the public the conceptual design of the
entire 236 acre campus. The campus
planning team, led by HOK Vice-president of
Healthcare Alicia Wachtel and Sr. Vice-president
and Director of planning John Shreve, has
remained committed to creating a space that
redefines healthcare and wellness. The design
elements, conceived by Shreve, incorporate the
geometry of the March runways as well as the
spiritual and cultural symbolism of the circle in
both western and eastern religions and cultures.
The March lifeCare team is committed to the
development of centers of excellence to meet the
healing needs of all who visit the campus. Through
partnerships with hospitals, physician groups,
innovative thinkers and educational institutions,
the project developers strive to provide the best
care available and always put the needs of the
patient first.
conceptual master plan
GENERALAt an estimated cost of $3.3 billion, March LifeCare is a 6 million square foot 236 acre “health and wellness city” built from the ground up on surplus land of the former March Air Force Base, which was converted from an active duty base to reserve status in 1996. The Joint Powers Authority (JPA) was formed in the 1990s as part of a round of Base Realignment (BRAC). The JPA is composed of representatives from the County of Riverside and the cities of Moreno Valley, Perris and Riverside. The JPA oversees all of the redevelopment of the March ARB.
TOTAL BUILD OUTAt total build out, the development will include a hospital, medical office buildings, retail, skilled nursing facilities, a continuing care community, wellness centers and healing gardens, spiritual healing facilities, and ambulatory care facilities.
BED & PHYSICIAN SHORTAGERiverside County not only has the lowest ratio of beds per population of large California counties, but also lacks nearly 3,000 physicians and associated allied service professionals. Of the 719 Riverside County residents hospitalized daily, 362 leave the area for treatment.
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENTRiverside County has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, currently in excess of 15%.
BRINGING JOBS TO WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTYThis project is expected to immediately create over 5,000 construction jobs in Phase 1. Overall, the project is expected to create 12,700 construction jobs and 7,200 full-time healthcare and related jobs. Currently construction workers leave the area to seek employment; this project will allow those workers to remain employed near their area of residence.
SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS DESIGNThe entire campus will be LEED accredited and designed, respecting and enhancing sustainable principles and the current technology. In the medical arena, the campus design will
HOSPITAL / PHYSICIANS ALLIANCESThe main hospital in phase one will begin with
200 beds, eventually expanding to 550 beds, and
will be built in the model of an accountable care
organization. In June, March HealthCare
Development announced an exclusive relationship
between Catholic Healthcare West, St. Bernardine
Medical Center, Riverside Medical Clinic, and
March HealthCare Development for the purpose of
defining a new integrated health care delivery
system on the March LifeCare campus.
provide a means to deliver integrated care to patients, as it will employ an integrated medical center approach and use Electronic Medical Records (EMR). The campus’ patient-centered design, as opposed to a diagnosis-centered design, will create an environment where patients are seen as whole individuals and their care fully coordinated utilizing an EMR platform.
ACCOUNTABLE CARECatholic Healthcare West, St. Bernardine Medical Center and Riverside Medical Clinic will focus on the development of an Accountable Healthcare Organization (ACO) that will include other key hospitals, physician groups and Independent Practice Associations (IPA). This delivery system will provide access to high quality, cost-effective care.
PROJECT PARTNERSInvestors: March HealthCare Development investors are led by Donald N. Ecker, a proven community leader for 40 years, who created the vision and selected the team developing America’s most unique health and wellness city. MHD investors are 100% accredited individuals, who deeply believe in the March LifeCare vision. Each investor has grown a successful business in California, sold it, and, instead of leaving California, chose to reinvest in the Golden State.
Master Construction Manager: In January 2010 McCarthy Building Companies was named 2009 California Contractor the Year by California Construction magazine as well as named winner of the Healthcare/Outstanding Project Management and Restoration/Renovation. The McCarthy team is lead by Steven Mynsberge, Executive Vice President, Healthcare Services, who has 30 years experience in construction and has served on the OSHPD Hospital Building Safety Board.
Architects: HOK is the largest architectural design firm in the United States. As one of the most LEED-centric firms in the world, HOK was selected the top green design firm in 2008 and 2009. Its Western Region healthcare practice is led by Alicia Wachtel, who leads MHD’s global design team of hospital designers, healthcare thought leaders, landscape architects, and urban planners.
The VisionThe 6 million square foot campus will
include: a hospital, medical office buildings, medical retail, continuing care community from independent and congregate care to hospice, education and research facilities, a hotel and healing institute that will focus on wellness, eastern and western medicine, and holistic care.
EDUCATION / RESEARCH / TRAININGMarch LifeCare Centers of Excellence will include a women’s center, orthopedic, neurology and cancer
centers as well as dialysis and veterans’ institutes. A Cardiac Center, building on the developing
relationship with Catholic Healthcare West and St. Bernardine Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular
Institute, will also be a part of the campus. Educational partners include California Baptist University,
Moreno Valley College, and the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.
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CONTINUING CARE COMMUNITYFrom independent and congregate care to hospice, the March LifeCare community will also include
one of the only high quality skilled-nursing facilities in the region. The campus will provide seniors with opportunities to continue an active, rich and productive life through a constantly expanding program of health education, recreation, social activities and high quality health care.
RETAIL VILLAGEMarch LifeCare is designing a community that will be a destination not only for healing, but a place
where social and cultural activities thrive. Plans for the medical city include retail shops, restaurants,
theaters, and other performance spaces embedded into the architectural design.
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HEALING INSTITUTE — THE HEART & SOUL OF THE CAMPUSThe heart of the campus will be the Healing Institute, a place where the physical aspects of healing meet
the spiritual. With grieving and wellness centers employing both eastern and western approaches to healing,
as well as the integration of the arts in spaces designed for the well being of body, soul and mind, this will
truly be a place where healing starts. The Healing Institute will also include lodging accommodations for
families, guests, patients, veterans, and the campus community.
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LOOKING BACK
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St. Bernardine Medical Center, A Vision of Excellence Achieved
IN OCTOBER 1931, then governor of California
James Rolph visited San Bernardino in an
official capacity … to lay the cornerstone of
what is today St. Bernardine Medical Center.
The architects of this dream of bringing
“big-city” medical care to a rural town were
Dr. Philip Savage, a respected local surgeon who
had a vision; Father Patrick Dunne, a determined
and supportive local pastor; a generous and
dedicated community; and the Sisters of Charity
of the Incarnate Word, a mission-driven group
focused on providing quality care for the body,
mind and spirit.
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Catholic Healthcare West, the largest private
hospital system in California) will contribute a
culture based on core values that promote
responsive service, compassion and excellence.
St. Bernardine Medical Center, CHW and Riverside
Medical Clinic are currently in the planning stages
with March HealthCare Development, the developer
of the March LifeCare campus, to create a
collaborative partnership that will expand the St.
Bernardine founders’ vision into Riverside County.
“By aligning the incentives of hospitals and
physicians in this manner, we will bring needed
quality health care services to this fast growing
region and put the County at the forefront of health
care reform,” concludes Steve Barron, President of
St. Bernardine Medical Center.
Dr. Philip Savage, founder of St. Bernardine Hospital
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California Gov. James Rolph lays the cornerstone at St. Bernardine Hospital in 1931.
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ON SITE
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DECONSTRUCT to construct. Before vertical construction can take place on the March LifeCare campus making way for a new innovative approach to healthcare, the old must be razed.
In early June 2010 McCarthy Building Companies, the master construction manager for the March LifeCare campus, held a bidder’s tour for companies interested in bidding on the demolition of 22 buildings on the current site.
According to Mike Tuohy, Project Director for McCarthy Building Companies, phase one includes the scheduled demolition of eight buildings, six more will come down in October, two in December, and the rest will be razed in January.
US Demolition, a privately-held company
based in Anaheim, won the contract. Established in 1999, US Demolition specializes in demolition, wrecking and site preparation.
US Demolition Project Manager Duane Pate, who was the site manager for the demolition ceremony that featured two heavy duty Link Belt machines, answered three questions on the demolition process for the March LifeCare campus.
Question: How many buildings will be demolished and what method will you be using?
Answer: Twenty-two buildings will be coming down using controlled mechanical demolition
Three Questions with US Demolition
Mike Tuohy
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excavators, the machines we used during the demolition ceremony featuring the governor.
Q: How long will the process take and what will happen with the materials?
A: Our demolition schedule began at the end of August and will end in January 2011. During that time we anticipate over 66,000 tons of material from the demo. What is great is that almost everything will be recycled — up to 87 percent of materials including: concrete, asphalt, steel and copper. Only trash, which is mostly drywall that cannot be recycled, will be dumped.
Q: What is the economic impact of this project for your company?
A: This job is helping us out in a big way. We will be employing 45-60 people during the 5½ months of demolition.
PHOTO BY TED NE VILLSA banner unveiled during the demolition ceremony signals the start of rebirth of the currently blighted site.
“People are not the only ones with health issues---computers can catch a virus.”
“Life support is the last thing you want your IT systems to be on.”
“The costs for technology healthcare do not need to continue to soar while quality and access suffer.”
“Acorn Technology---your Doctor of IT.”
The Inland Empire’s only Tier 3+ Data Center
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ground breaking & deMoLiTion
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1. March JPA Commissioners Mike Gardner, Mark Yarbrough, Andy Melendrez, MHD Founder Don Ecker, Congressman Ken Calvert, and March JPA Commissioners Richard Stewart, Marion Ashley, Darryl Busch, William Batey2. Virginia Blumenthal, Chancellor Gregory Gray, Janet Green3. Nick Goldware and Mike Vanderpool4. Dr. Steve Larson, Lynn Lee, Don Ecker, Hardy Brown, Jordan Brown, Dr. Monte Perez5. Richard Stewart, Don Ecker, George Price, Joel Ayala6. Alicia Wachtel, Don Ecker, Mike Tuohy, Judy Carpenter, Cheryl Brown
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the mission inn
1. Christina Bivona-Tellez, Phil Dalton, Dr. Andrew Robertson, Janet Sue Hutchins-Robertson2. Dr. Bakhtiar Ahmed, Dr. George Villanueva, Don Ecker, Louis Stewart3. Amy Harrison, Jamil Dada, Moreno Valley Mayor Bonnie Flickinger4. Tommy Brisco, Mike Tuohy5. Col. Karl McGregor, Lori Stone
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SIGNING & cloSING partIeS
1. Dr. and Mrs. George Ponce2. Joe Deldone, John Tavaglione, Don Ecker, Bob Lancaster3. John and Connie Wahlin, Don Ecker, Kathy Hartman4. Steve Caiozzo, Don Ecker5. Dave Feltch, Dr. Kris Raju6. Steve and Sue Tomassi7. Don Ecker, Dianne Ecker, Jacques Yeager8. Steve and Janyce Barron
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NEWSMarch LifeCare Announces PartnershipsCatholic Healthcare West (CHW) and St. Bernardine Medical Center (SBMC) enter into exclusive relationship with Riverside Medical Clinic (RMC) and March Healthcare Development (MHD) for the purpose of defining a new integrated health care delivery system
on the March LifeCare campus.
Moreno Valley Physicians Welcomed to March The Moreno Valley Physicians Group, led by Dr. Bakhtiar Ahmad, joins the growing number of organizations that will collaborate to develop an innovative health care delivery model to enable coordinated physicians and hospital care that meets health care
reform goals.
Governor Schwarzenegger Identifies March LifeCare as “Innovation @ Work”Louis Stewart, Deputy Director of Innovation and Emerging Technologies with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GoED) announces that March Healthcare Development’s ‘Health and Wellness City’ - March LifeCare - is an example of California’s
“Innovation @ Work.”
Acorn Technology Corporation Joins March LifeCare March Healthcare Development (MHD) and Acorn Technology Corporation (ATC) announce the creation of March LifeCare Communications, a joint venture to install and operate the Information Technology infrastructure of March LifeCare. With the creation of MLC Communications, MHD and ATC
intend to assure that a complete array of IT services are available “day one” to all member institutions on
the campus.
Medical Development Specialists Named March LifeCare Consultant Medical Development Specialists (MDS Consulting) is named as consultant for the development of the Program
and Services Plan for March LifeCare.
Assemblyman Cook Supports Veteran’s Services at MarchLifeCare Assemblyman Paul Cook, California 65Th Assembly District, and Chair of the Assembly’s Veteran’s Affairs Committee announces his support of March LifeCare’s mission to support Veteran’s healthcare
services on the campus.
March LifeCare to House Child Care Center March LifeCare will house an onsite child care center for the March LifeCare community developed and managed by Amy S. Harrison, CEO, Altus-Innovative Solutions for Youth, Inc. and former chair of the UCR
Foundation Board of Trustees.
Strategic Connections, Inc. Joins March LifeCare March Healthcare Development (MHD), developer of March LifeCare-America’s first “health and wellness” city, announces alliance with Corona-based Strategic Connections, Inc. (SCI) which has assisted clients throughout Southern California for nearly a decade in addressing utility challenges and opportunities. SCI professionals have over 300 years
of combined utility experience.
PEOPLEPhil Dalton, MHD partner and Director of Hospital and Physician Ventures, guest authored an article “Winning in the New World of Health Care Reform Tools & Strategies to Align Hospitals and Physicians” in the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC’s) August 20, 2010 newsletter.
MHD partner, Vasken Kassarjian, named Director of Medical Retail for the March LifeCare campus.
Advisory Board member Jamil Dada appointed to chair California’s Workforce Investment Board.
Robert “Bob” Lancaster, MLC Advisory Board member, named March HealthCare Development’s Director of Business Development
University of California, Riverside Professor of Theater and MLC Director of Arts & Healing, Rickerby Hinds, will be honored in October with the UCR Alumni Distinguished Service Award. Hinds and Douglas Ayres, VP of Development Ayres Hotels, named co-directors of MLC’s Healing Institute.
MLC project partner and Moreno Valley College President Dr. Monte Perez has been appointed to the US Department of Labor Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship.
March LifeCare Media Chair Paulette Brown-Hinds was awarded the 2010 African-American Press award by the California Black Chamber of Commerce for her work with the California Black Media. Dr. Brown-Hinds was also appointed to the March Air Museum Board of Directors.
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In June 1944 the founders of Riverside Medical Clinic (RMC) returned to March Field after serving in World War II, having left partner Dr. Hobart Kelly to run the clinic they founded together to serve the people of greater Riverside. Riverside
Medical Clinic began in 1935 when Drs. Philip Corr and Ray McCarty established a practice patterned after the Mayo Clinic. Three years later they were joined by Drs. Hobart Kelly, Richard Boylan and e. Danford Quick, all from Mayo. Their model, like Mayo, joins primary and specialty physicians. It is a model and commitment to service that has allowed them to maintain their dominance in Riverside County and in the country’s ever changing healthcare landscape.
With over 120 physicians, 700 staff, and a 75 year history of providing the highest standard
of care to their patients and community, the Riverside Medical Clinic continues to anticipate and prepare for the current changes in the healthcare marketplace. As part of the planning team of the March LifeCare campus, Dr. Steven Larson, the current Chairman & CeO of the clinic, sees the March LifeCare project as an opportunity to create a sustainable healthcare delivery system with a unique vision of shared governance between the hospital partner and physician groups.
earlier this year, Dr. Larson joined Steve Barron, President of St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino in announcing a plan to develop an integrated healthcare system. “We see this as an opportunity to plan and develop an integrated delivery system that under health care reform will be an integral piece of the overarching strategy for the future,” Dr. Larson says.
looking back
75 Years and Preparing for the Future
Four of the five founders of Riverside Medical Clinic at March Field: Drs. Corr, McCarty, Boylan and Quick in 1944
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Generations of Care forthe Generations to Come
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The vision for the future of healthcare in the greater Riversidearea was declared 75 years ago when two physicians startedRiverside Medical Clinic in the Mission Inn Rotunda.
Today, over 120 Riverside Medical Clinic physicians supported by a staff of over 700 deliver the highest standardof healthcare and continue to have a vision of excellence and service to our patients and the community for the next 75 years.
To select a Riverside Medical Clinic doctor, call us at (951) 683-6370
www.RiversideMedicalClinic.com
Three generations of the Gless Family
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