Providence Health System-Southern California

SEE SCHEDULE OAS EXPRESSIONS OF GOD'S HEALING LOVE, WITNESSED THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF JESUS, WE ARE STEADFAST IN SERVING ALL, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE POOR AND VULNERABLE.

SEE SCHEDULE OPROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEMON JULY 1, 2016, PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES (PHS) AND ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM (SJHS) ENTERED INTO A BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT. BY COMING TOGETHER, PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SEEKS TO BETTER SERVE ITS COMMUNITIES THROUGH GREATER PATIENT AFFORDABILITY, OUTSTANDING CLINICAL CARE, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW SERVICES WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED MOST. TOGETHER, OUR CAREGIVERS SERVE IN 51 HOSPITALS, 829 CLINICS ACROSS ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, MONTANA, NEW MEXICO, OREGON, TEXAS AND WASHINGTON.THE FOUNDERS OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS WERE COURAGEOUS WOMEN AHEAD OF THEIR TIME. THE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE AND THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF ORANGE BROUGHT HEALTH CARE AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN WEST WHEN IT WAS STILL A RUGGED, UNTAMED FRONTIER. NOW, AS WE FACE A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE A CHANGING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT WE DRAW UPON THEIR PIONEERING AND COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT TO PLAN FOR THE NEXT CENTURY OF HEALTH CARE.PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICESIN 1856, MOTHER JOSEPH AND FOUR SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE ESTABLISHED HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND ORPHANAGES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. OVER THE YEARS, OTHER CATHOLIC SISTERS TRANSFERRED SPONSORSHIP OF THEIR MINISTRIES TO PROVIDENCE, INCLUDING THE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY, DOMINICANS AND CHARITY OF LEAVENWORTH. RECENTLY, SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES, KADLEC REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTERS HAVE JOINED PROVIDENCE AS SECULAR PARTNERS WITH A COMMON COMMITMENT TO SERVING ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. TODAY, PROVIDENCE SERVES ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, MONTANA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON.ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEMIN 1912, A SMALL GROUP OF SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH LANDED ON THE RUGGED SHORES OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE. THEY LATER ESTABLISHED ROOTS IN ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, AND EXPANDED TO SERVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS. THE HEALTH SYSTEM ESTABLISHED MANY KEY PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING A MERGER BETWEEN LUBBOCK METHODIST HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND ST. MARY HOSPITAL TO FORM COVENANT HEALTH IN LUBBOCK TEXAS. RECENTLY, AN AFFILIATION WAS ESTABLISHED WITH HOAG HEALTH TO INCREASE ACCESS TO SERVICES IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.OUR CORE VALUES - RESPECT, COMPASSION, JUSTICE, EXCELLENCE, AND STEWARDSHIPOUR COMMITMENT - AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE MINISTRY, PROVIDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM - SO. CALIFORNIA EMBRACES OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THE POOR AND VULNERABLE. THIS COMMITMENT, THIS MISSION ROOTED IN GOD'S LOVE FOR ALL, BEGAN WITH THE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE MORE THAN 150 YEARS AGO.THE HEART OF OUR MISSION WE FOCUS OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT OUTREACH ON FOUR SPECIFIC POPULATIONS. THESE ARE LOW-INCOME AND UNINSURED PEOPLE, DIVERSE POPULATIONS, OLDER CITIZENS, AND PEOPLE WITH BEHAVIORAL NEEDS. OUR OUTREACH CAN RANGE FROM COVERING THE MEDICAL BILLS OF A HUSBAND AND FATHER DISABLED BY DIABETES, TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING A NONPROFIT THAT EMBRACES OLDER REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS. DURING THESE HARD ECONOMIC TIMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR NATION, WE REINFORCE OUR COMMITMENTS TO CARING FOR THE POOR AND VULNERABLE. THIS COMPASSIONATE CARING IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, THE HEART OF OUR MISSION.FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO THE WESTSIDE AND THE SOUTH BAY, SIX EXCEPTIONAL HOSPITALS AND OUR AFFILIATED MEDICAL GROUPS ARE REDEFINING HEALTH CARE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. EVERY DAY, THE MEDICAL CENTERS OF PROVIDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ARE PROVING IT IS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE LEADING-EDGE CARE WHILE STAYING TRUE TO A MORE THAN 150-YEAR-OLD MISSION TO SERVE THE POOR AND VULNERABLE.EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND BEYOND, WE'RE KNOWN FOR OUR OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS IN CANCER, CARDIOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES, ORTHOPEDICS, WOMEN'S SERVICES, HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE, AND MANY OTHER SPECIALTIES. WE CONTINUE TO ADD SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR EVER CHANGING COMMUNITIES. THE ROY AND PATRICIA DISNEY FAMILY CANCER CENTER AT PROVIDENCE SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER, IS THE LARGEST, MOST COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER IN THE SAN FERNANDO AND SURROUNDING VALLEYS. PROVIDENCE CONTINUOUSLY INVESTS IN THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND SEEKS NEW EVIDENCE-BASED WAYS TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSES, TREATMENTS AND PATIENT SAFETY, ALL IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF COMPASSIONATE CARE. PROVIDENCE PROVIDES CARE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM FROM OUR FAMILY-CENTERED NEONATAL ICUS FOR THE MOST FRAGILE OF INFANTS TO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZE PEDIATRIC, CARDIAC AND CANCER SERVICES TO SPECIALIZED TEAM-BASED CARE FOR THE ELDERLY. THE PRACTICE OF EXPERT-TO-EXPERT COLLABORATION PROVIDES A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN MANAGING COMPLEX ILLNESSES BY BRINGING IN A RANGE OF SPECIALISTS TO HELP ENSURE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES FOR OUR PATIENTS. PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTERS ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING UPON EXCELLENCE, AFFILIATING WITH SOME OF THE BEST PHYSICIANS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ENCOURAGING NURSES TO SEEK INNOVATION IN PATIENT CARE AND PROVIDING A SHARED ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD TO HELP ENSURE THE BEST CARE FOR EVERY PATIENT, EVERY TIME. FIVE STARS FOR EXCELLENCE PROVIDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM - SO. CALIFORNIA IS THE FIRST AND ONLY HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE STATE TO HAVE ALL OUR ELIGIBLE HOSPITALS RECOGNIZED WITH THE HEALTHGRADES' DISTINGUISHED HOSPITAL AWARD FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE. OUR PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTERS HAVE WON NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE AND SAFETY IN NEUROSCIENCES, ORTHOPEDICS, CRITICAL AND CORONARY CARE, WOMEN'S SERVICES, MATERNITY SERVICES, BARIATRICS AND GASTROINTESTINAL TREATMENT. THESE NATIONAL AWARDS RECOGNIZE THE HIGH LEVEL OF CARE AND DEDICATION TO PATIENT SAFETY AND IMPROVED OUTCOMES. GOLD-STANDARD STROKE CARESTROKE IS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AND THE LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY FOR ALL AMERICANS. WHEN AND WHERE YOU SEEK TREATMENT CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. FIVE OF OUR MEDICAL CENTERS ARE CERTIFIED AS ADVANCED PRIMARY STROKE CENTERS, WHERE THE STROKE CARE PROGRAM FOLLOWS NATIONAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES THAT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR STROKE PATIENTS, EARNING THEM THE JOINT COMMISSION'S GOLD SEAL OF APPROVAL FOR ADVANCED PRIMARY STROKE CENTERS AND TOP AWARDS FROM THE AMERICAN HEART/AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATIONS. IN ADDITION, PROVIDENCE SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVED THE HEALTHGRADES STROKE CARE EXCELLENCE AWARD. LEADERS IN HEART ATTACK CARE AND FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING THE MOST SEVERE TYPE OF HEART ATTACK, ALL OF OUR HOSPITALS ARE DESIGNATED STEMI-RECEIVING CENTERS, RECOGNIZED BY LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOR THEIR DEMONSTRATED ABILITIES TO PROVIDE RAPID AND EFFECTIVE CARE FOR THE MOST SERIOUS HEART ATTACKS TO HELP REDUCE LONG-TERM HEART DAMAGE. DIAGNOSIS BEGINS UPON ARRIVAL IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND TREATMENT FOLLOWS IMMEDIATELY, WITH A FULL STAFF OF SPECIALISTS, NURSES AND THERAPISTS HIGHLY TRAINED IN CRITICAL CARE. LONG TRADITION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE OUR ROOTS DATE BACK MORE THAN 150 YEARS, WHEN THE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE AND THE SISTERS OF THE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY ARRIVED IN THE WEST TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN NEED. TODAY, COMMUNITY SERVICE IS STILL ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES. WE OFFER A WIDE ARRAY OF FREE OR LOW-COST OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR THOSE IN NEED, FROM PRIMARY CARE CLINICS AND HEALTH SCREENINGS, TO EXERCISE AND HEALTH EDUCATION CLASSES, TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND TELEPHONE VISITS FOR SENIORS. IN ALL, PROVIDENCE'S COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS TOUCH THE LIVES OF NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE EACH YEAR. FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN TO THE ELDERLY, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SERVED BY PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH FOR THE MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT. OUR MISSION TO SERVE IS THE CORNERSTONE OF PROVIDENCE. * PROVIDENCE TARZANA MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVED RECOGNITION AS A DISTINGUISHED HOSPITAL FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE RANKING IT AMONG THE TOP 5 PERCENT IN THE NATION FOR PERFORMANCE ON 27 OF THE MOST COMMON DIAGNOSIS AND PROCEDURES. DESIGNATED AS A PEDIATRIC MEDICAL CENTER, PROVIDENCE TARZANA IS CERTIFIED TO INCLUDE TREATING CRITICALLY ILLCHILDREN TRANSPORTED BY THE 9-1-1 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM. IT HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST RENOWNED NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS IN THE AREA.* THE AWARD-WINNING PROVIDENCE SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER IN BURBANK IS KNOWN FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING THE USE OF ROBOTICS, TO BOLSTER A TRADITION OF QUALITY CARE. PROVIDENCE SAINT JOSEPH HAS RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR ORTHOPEDICS, NEUROLOGY, BARIATRICS AND CARDIAC SERVICES.* PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY MEDICAL CENTER TORRANCE HAS A REPUTATION FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AND SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH. WINNER OF TRUVEN HEALTH ANALYTICS' 100 TOP HOSPITALS AWARD THREE YEARS IN A ROW.