Living the Providence mission of outreach to the most vulnerable, the three Providence hospitals in the San Fernando Valley contributed a total of $175,000 recently to 19 nonprofit organizations serving the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys. The Mother Joseph grants, named for the pioneering Catholic sister who brought the Sisters of Providence to the West, were provided by Providence ...

Healthgrades has placed the three San Fernando Valley Providence hospitals in the top 5 percent of acute care hospitals evaluated nationally for safety focus and were honored with the 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award. Mission Hills’ Providence Holy Cross Medical Center has won it four years in a row, Burbank’s Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center has won it three times ...

Two Providence Hospitals located in Southern California have recently earned 5-star ratings due to their quality and safety to their patients.  On Wednesday, two Providence Holy Cross Medical Centers located in Mission Hills and Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica earned a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).  “The CMS star rating system ...

Providence announced the new chief executive for the south division on Thursday  Providence, a not-for-profit health system serving the Western U.S. announced the appointment of Laureen Driscoll as the chief executive for the South Division effective June 8, 2023.  Driscoll has been the interim executive for the past five months, demonstrating exceptional leadership and dedication to Providence’s Mission.  “During her ...

The three Providence hospitals in the San Fernando Valley presented grants totaling $400,000 to 15 nonprofit groups across Los Angeles County including Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley.  The Mother Joseph Fund grants were provided by Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center and Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, according to Family ...

Santa Clarita residents and KHTS Owners Carl Goldman and Jeri Seratti-Goldman donated blood for antibody testing to researchers with the Providence Hospital system. The pair were among those that were aboard the Diamond Princess while it experienced a coronavirus outbreak that led to a positive test from Goldman, while Seratti-Goldman tested negative for the virus. The antibody testing they volunteered ...

Providence hospitals across Los Angeles announced Wednesday that they received a record amount of organ, eye and tissue donations for the fifth consecutive year, which have saved and improved the quality of many lives, officials said. Providence hospitals across Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino helped save 194 lives last year and improved the lives of hundreds more by helping ...

Providence is developing a Community Health Worker Training Academy in partnership with a university and two low-cost clinics in the Los Angeles area to help link vulnerable populations to resources like food and health care, officials said Monday. The program is funded by a two-year $649,996 grant from the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development’s reinvestment grants program. ...

New nurse-led research into bedside healthcare places focus on improving patient outcomes, addressing points of quality, compassion and dignity. New diagnostic tools, procedures, medications and treatment programs have advanced healthcare over the decades, the products of high level physician research. At the same time, hands-on patient care continues to improve in Providence St. Joseph Health hospitals across Los Angeles and ...