INDIO – Loma Linda University Children’s Health – Indio earned the Coachella Valley Workplace Wellness Award for its dedication to the health and wellness of its employees.

The clinic earned the grand prize in the small business category from the Health Assessment Resource Community (HARC).

Workplace Wellness Awards were presented earlier this month to businesses that are leading the way to protect and promote employee health and wellness in the Coachella Valley.

“It is a priority of this organization to not only treat our patients, but also our employees, with quality care,” Brett Walls, assistant vice president of ambulatory services at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, said in a prepared statement. “Our employees are dedicated to serving this institution every day, and we in turn are committed to providing a quality work environment that allows them to thrive and succeed.”

HARC’s Coachella Valley Workplace Wellness Awards are designed to recognize the local businesses that make having a healthy work environment a priority. Each year HARC presents eight awards to both large and small businesses, highlighting those who protect and promote employee fitness, nutrition, safety and mental health.

Loma Linda University Children’s Health – Indio Jill and Barry Golden Pavilion opened its doors to the community in March 2018 with a goal to treat the children of the Coachella Valley. Loma Linda University Health prides itself on providing benefits and resources to all employees to create a positive, fulfilling work environment that focuses on individuals’ mind, body and spirit.

The Children’s Hospital is the only dedicated pediatric hospital in the vast geographic region of San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo and Mono counties. With 348 beds dedicated just for kids, one of the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the country and more than 100,000 children who come each year, LLUCH is a major pediatric teaching facility, known worldwide as the pioneer of neonatal heart transplantation. LLUCH is part of Loma Linda University Health – the umbrella organization encompassing Loma Linda University’s eight professional schools,

Loma Linda University Medical Center’s six hospitals and more than 900 faculty physicians located across the Inland Empire in Southern California. A Seventh-day Adventist organization, Loma Linda University Health is a faith-based health system with a mission “to continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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