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The mission of LBCC is to offer excellent medical care, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay.
Celebrate
Cinco de Mayo
with the Clinic!
You are invited!!!
Our 9th Annual Sunset “Fiesta”
Sunday, May 3rd, 4:30 ~ 7:30 pm
At the spectacular Cliff Restaurant, an oceanfront dining delight!
Slip into colorful garb, dance to festive music, share our tantalizing tapas, magnificent margaritas,
wonderful wines and view the sunshine splashed waves lapping along the sandy shore.
Win riotous raffle prizes!
Reserve NOW for $100 per person (tickets go quickly)
$125 each after April 25
All proceeds benefit our Women’s Health program
To respond “Sí” visit www.LBClinic.org
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Laguna Beach Community Clinic is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Corporation, Tax ID # 95-2637633
Big changes for Laguna
New technology revolutionizes patient care
LBCC moving forward
LBCC Board of Directors
President: George Heed
CFO/Treasurer: Roya Cole
Gary Beverage
Orson Dee, MD
Jane Egly
Barbara Hamkalo, PhD
Marion Jacobs, PhD
Anne E. Johnson
Richard Kain
Pamela Lawrence, MD
John J. Link, Jr.
Chris Loidolt
Susan Neely
Brian Sadler
Mary Kate Saunders
The use of EHR (Electronic Health Records) was mandated by passage of the Affordable
Care Act. After much research, the Clinic chose the EPIC system. This system is recognized
for its excellence nationally and is in use by Kaiser Hospitals, the Veteran’s Administration,
and major universities and hospitals across the country. Purchase of the system, equipment, and training will cost the Clinic over $250,000.
Under the diligent supervision of Clinic Associate Medical Director, Dr. Jorge Rubal, the
Clinic staff is completing the implementation of our new state-of-the-art EHR system.
This allows LBCC to continue as a mainstream provider of quality healthcare.
Oregon Coast Health Information Network (OCHIN) spearheaded the application of
the EPIC System, which is now used in over 100 community clinics such as ours. This
system improves patient care and streamlines the ability to share information with other
providers. This system will also improve billing and better reimbursement.
Months prior to the January on-site training, the entire Clinic staff accessed online
modules to aid in the orientation to the EHR program. Each staff member spent two
hours per week for 5 weeks in interactive job-specific training. The Clinic designated
three staff members as on-site specialists, called “Super Users” to provide day-to-day
staff support. They are Jorge Rubal MD, Clinical Director, Adriana Sayegh, RN, and Alma
Tellez, Front Office Supervisor.
For several weeks, OCHIN provided on-site training at the Clinic for the front desk staff,
clinical supervisors, Super Users and our billing team. There are a total of 20 computer
stations throughout the Clinic, with the system directly linked to OCHIN. The data is
backed up nightly and stored in 3 offsite locations.
We want to again thank the Assistance League of Laguna Beach, the Draper
Family Foundation, the Ueberroth Family Foundation, and many other
supporters for their generous donations. This generosity helps us
accomplish our Mission and remain the safety net
provider of medical care in our community.
We have ongoing operating expenses
of about $60,000 per year and are
reaching out to our community and
foundations for ongoing support of
this important system.
—Mary Anderson, RN
Medical Assistant, Maria Zembrano,
takes a patient’s history on our new
Electronic Health Records system
Beach Community Clinic
Do you know someone
who does not have health insurance?
Do you know someone
who is insured through Covered California?
The Clinic is here to help everyone become healthy
and STAY healthy!
Monday - Friday 8 - 5 (lunch 12 - 1)
Saturday 8 - 12
Walk-in hours:
8 - 10am & 1 -3pm Mon. - Fri., 8 - 10am Saturday
“Gimme Shelter”
A thank you to local hotels
During the fall and winter months, program experts oversaw
the installation of Clinic’s new Electronic Health Records
(EHR) and provided hands on training to our staff.
We are grateful to these local hotels for generously hosting
our EHR experts.
The Inn at Laguna Beach
The Art Hotel
Holiday Inn
Hotel Laguna
La Casa Del Camino
Thanks to an outpouring of community support, our EHR is
now fully functional.
Help the Clinic help others!
The working poor and the uninsured continue to be hard hit by our
current economy. You can help give the gift of health to families in our
neighborhood.
Please Give Today
ɶɶ Use the enclosed envelope to mail your gift.
ɶɶ Make a secure online contribution at www.LBClinic.org.
ɶɶ Donate your car to the Clinic. Details: www.LBClinic.org
Thank You!
Contributions to Laguna Beach Community Clinic
are tax deductible to the extent of the law.
Tax #95-2637633
Dr. Korey Jorgensen Retires
A festive tribute for our hero
The enticing invitation to a much deserved thank you and
sincere tribute for his 43 years as a dedicated physician
at LBCC beckoned many admirers of Dr. Korey Jorgensen
to rejoice in honor of his retirement on January 25 at the
Montage Resort. Thoroughly enjoying a sun-splashed Sunday
morning, 150 guests were warmly welcomed with sparkling
flutes of Veuve Cliquot Champagne graciously hosted by
Board member Roya Cole. The guest of honor greeted his
admirers to the festive celebration which continued with a
lavish buffet of delicious breakfast bounties.
The public “thank you” heralded Dr.
Jorgensen’s years of dependable
and good-natured service at LBCC.
Popular LB City Council member, Toni
Iseman, called the appreciative
honoree “my longtime friend
and favorite dance partner.”
He was presented with an
engraved, gold-flecked, freeform glass bowl.
Dr. Jorgensen concluded
the revelry appropriately
acknowledging donors
both present and away
for “my wonderful
opportunity to practice
medicine in a way that
benefits people regardless
of their ability to pay.”
—Glori Fickling
DONORS
Diamond
Level
Donors
Platinum
Level
Donors
The Annenberg Foundation
Anonymous
Assistance League of Laguna Beach
Draper Family Foundation
Bill & Sue Gross
Pfizer, Inc
St. Joseph Health Community Partnership Fund
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
Ueberroth Family Foundation
Anonymous
Blue Shield
California Health Care Foundation
City of Laguna Beach
City of Lake Forest
George Heed & Martin Conlon
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Mildred & Marian Kiger Foundation
AAUW, Laguna Beach
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Dr. Frank & Joan Andersen
George Baechtold
Dr. Marina Ball
Ron Beasley
Dr. Tom & Carolyn Bent
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
Gary & Nancy Beverage
Gerald Bodamer, DDS
Bob Boyd
Roya Cole & Charles View
Dr. Orson & Dee Hal Binder
Bill Deland & Mark Fleming
Timothy Dillon
Anne Earhart
Paul & Jane Egly
Nordstrom
Orange County Community Foundation
Pacific Life Foundation
Sisters of St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation
Laura Tarbox
The Allergan Foundation
The John D. Evans Foundation
United Way, Orange County
Wells Fargo Foundation
Gold Level Donors
Tom Ellebie & Paula Mathis
Dr. Barbara Hamkalo
Dr. Marion Jacobs
Gary & Betsy Jenkins
Dr. Korey Jorgensen
Diane Koch
Laguna Beach Chamber Of Commerce
Laguna Board of Realtors
Laguna Presbyterian Church
Dr. Pamela Lawrence & Andrew Horowitz
John & Claudia Link
Jim & Katie Loss
Macy’s
Dr. Thomas and Karen Mauro
Silver Level Donors
Eunice Aikman
Anonymous (2)
Dana Harbor Bridge Club
Ebell Club of Laguna Beach
Kent & Linda Falk
Gene & Johanna Felder
Gay Geiser
Jazelle Ghiz
Andrew & Jeanette Harautuneian
Robert Haskell
Mai Huynh
Jim & Susie Jaqua
Mark Johnson
Kay Jones
The Clinic is very grateful to
our generous 2014 donors.
You make it happen!
Michael & Cheryl Kinsman
Tiberio & Leslie Lindgren
Marshall & Joyce Linn
Greg & Barbara McGillivary
Robert & Sonia Meyerhof
Kia Mortazvi
Dr. Roger & Eileen Ohanesian
Sidney Peterson
Kent Russell
Kirk & Mary Kate Saunders
Eric & Mary Schneider
Dr. Lynn & Melinda Stanton
The Petersen Family Fund
Village Laguna, Inc.
Ann McDonald
Morgan Stanley
Jeffrey & Debbie Mulligan
Bob & Susan Neely
John Nootbaar
Charles & Ann Quilter
Chris Quilter
Al Roberts & Ken Jillson
Rotary Club of Laguna Bech
Sam & Peggy Grossman Family Foundation
Bruce & Jan Scherer
Daniel & Francine Scinto bastian & Assoc.
Jim & Ann Shea
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Soroptimist, Laguna Beach
Spring Classic Golf Tournament
Robert & Nancy West
Legacy Donors
Bobby Albert
Tom & Carolyn Bent
Gary & Nancy Beverage
Orson Dee, MD
Lee Winocur Field
Barbara Hamkalo, PhD
Bonnie & Arnold Hano
George Heed & Martin Conlon
Marion Jacobs, PhD
Korey Jorgensen, MD
Lon Schultz
Bronze Level Donors
Gregory & Kathleen Abel
Bob Albert
Mary Anderson
Andy & Martha Anderson
Anonymous (5)
Art for the Soul
Auto Repair of Laguna Beach
Wayne & Faye Baglin
Richard & Margaret Bayston
Katherine Bent
Kathleen Blackburn
Francois Boucher
Chris Bragg & Philip Yaeger
Lauren Buangan
Dr. Janet Chance
Bill & Tina Cordes
Mary Cordes
Bill & Mary Cordes
Dr. Art Corish
Alison Cummings
George & Karin de Riszner
Anna Deland
Diane DeWalsche
Claus Dieckell
Nadine Diedrich
Dr. Cecile Dillon
Lynn Drazba
Anne Ellett
Megan Evans
Joyce Farmer
Jon & Peggy Feder
Kathryne Fitch
Brian Fitzgerald
Jim & Cindy Fletcher
Kenneth Frank
Dick & Anne Frank
Paul Fritz
Jim & Kathleen Galassi
Linda Georges
Glo Gordon & Vickie Holtmeier
Mary Gregart
Trigg & Vicki Gumm
James & Jean Hall
Dennis Hall
Hanauer Family Foundation
Arnold & Bonnie Hano
Charles & Sharon Haywood
Colin Henderson
Jane Hoberg
Teri J. Hoops
Mark Hurd & Kevin Kramp
Hon. Toni Iseman
Joe & Susan Jahraus
Jeff & Linda Jahraus
Chloe Jenkins
Marv & Anne Johnson
Garth Jorgensen
Richard & Bette Kain
Clare Kapin
Marc Kaplan
Kate Mesta Jewerly
Charles & Emily Kennedy
Frederick Knauss
Hans & Anita Knoblauch
Adrian & Elaine Kuyper
Laguna Relief & Resource Coalition
Hal & Nora Lehman
Alexandra Lithgow
Virginia Marshall
Vicente & Susan Mas
Michael Masters
Erta Matson
James & Karen McBride
McCord Builders
Peter & Jackie McDougall
Robert Menchaca & Maria Morcos
Edward & Jeannette Merrilees
Michael & Linda Neri
Margot Norris
John & Ann O’Flynn
Tom & Ginger Osborne
Garrett & Linda Pack
Richard & Lauren Packard
Murray Palatnick
Thomas Panno
Marshall & Joyce Parker
Thomas Peters & Joy Dittberner
Wayne Peterson & Terry Smith
Madeleine Peterson
Robert & Sandra Pink
Michael Pinto
Jim & Merrill Plou
Susan Powers
Philip Pryde
Herb & Mary Rabe
Dr. David & Patricia Randel
Jeff Rehm & Scott Byer
Carol Reynolds
Dr. Barbara Ring
James & Kate Rogers
Dr. Richard & Karen Rosenberg
Matthew & Rebecca Ryan
Lester Savit
Dr. Johanna Shapiro
Andrew Siegenfeld
Diane Silber
Kay Skjei
Smart & Final Charitable Foundation
Robert Stait
Toni Sullivan
Richard Taketa
Aaron & Catherine Talarico
Fred & Pam Talarico
Dr. Patrick Thein
John & Margaret Thomas
Joseph & Susan Thomas
United Airlines Employees
United Healthcare
Richard Van Dyke
Dr. James Vaughan
Anita Vermund
Diane View
Dr. Gerald & Karen Wagner
John & Elizabeth Wagner
Dr. Betty Werksman
L. D. Wesier
Lew & Ethel Williams
Tom & Jean Wilson
Lee Winocur Field
Wayne & Louise Wright
Catherine Bunn
Tony & Kymberly Chiapuzio
Council On Aging - Orange County
Scott & Jane Dineen
Exchange Club of Laguna Beach, Inc.
Camile Fitzpatrick
Neil & Virginia Fitzpatrick
Arthur & Shirley Forcier
Rome & Judy Friesen
Stephen Garber & Renee Degner
Patricia Gillette
Nancy Grant
Dr. Sandra Grifman
Diane Haun
J.G. Hoover
Annette & Marty Isozaki
Coby Keller
James & Patricia Kollenda
Kroger
Catherine Kusnick & Jay Mackro
Laguna Beach Seniors
Laura’s House
Lin & Yee Lee
Sandra Longnecker
Moms Orange County
James Murray
National Council on Alcoholism &
Drug Dependence-OC
Josh Nolan & Steve Field
Cary & Lynn Nolan
Stan Phillips
Howard & Nancy Pink
Lisa Pitz
Dr. Thomas Poulos & Dr. Andrea Tenner
Diane Riegler
Donald & Elizabeth Roemermann
Dr. Basil & Lynn Shardlow
Sweetwater Car Wash
Dr. Terrence Taylor
Judy Teverbaugh
Gayle Waite
Jinger Wallace
Barbara Williams-Pemberton
Carole Zavala
In-Kind Donors
230 Forest Avenue Restaurant
Assistance League of Laguna Beach
Roya Cole
Dizz’s As Is Restaurant
Hi-Time Wine Cellars
House of Big Fish & Ice Cold Beer
K’Ya Bistro
La Casa del Camino Hotel
Jay Laessig
Lumberyard Restaurant
Peter & Jackie McDougall
Montage Resort & Spa
Office Furniture Unlimited
Dr. Stanley Rosen
Sawdust Art Festival
Ann Stevens
Tivoli Terrace
We have made every effort to include all of
our donors from January 1, 2014 to December
Supporters
2-1-1 Orange County/People for Irvine
Community Health
Anonymous (2)
Harry & Susan Bithell
Shirley Bowen
Meriam Braselle
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 Don’t forget 
May 3, Sunday 4:30 - 7:30pm
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
Clinic’s 9th annual Sunset party—please see front page
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