Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph Health have come together to create Providence St. Joseph Health, a not-for-profit health and social services system that will serve as the parent organization for more than 100,000 caregivers (employees) across seven states. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The newly formed system celebrated its first ...

Providence Southern California launched a virtual healthcare visit service called “Health eXpress” earlier this month in the Los Angeles area, officials announced Monday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Health eXpress is designed to provide on-demand, secure video consultations for common medical conditions such as colds, sore throat, ear infections or rashes. ...

Providence Tarzana Medical Center is set to celebrate the opening of a new Child Life Playroom called “Chase Place” on Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Founded in honor of 2-year-old Chase Richards, who lost his battle to brain cancer, the program gives pediatric patients the time and space to have ...

Ed. Note: The following is a news release from Providence Health & Services. The Baby Boomer generation is aging fast, driving concern of a nationwide nursing shortage over the coming decade.  Providence hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties have a collective need now for approximately 40,000 nurses. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. On Sept. ...

Courtesy of Providence Holy Cross With its sweeping stone wall and modern namesake cross accenting its facade, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center has been honored for its architectural design.  Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Healthcare Global.com, an online industry magazine, named the Mission Hills hospital one of the eight most architecturally beautiful ...

Providence Saint John’s in Santa Monica is among the first healthcare systems to offer a newly approved heart device called the WATCHMAN, an alternative to blood-thinning drugs, officials said Monday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Two patients, one who waited seven years, underwent a newly approved heart procedure today at Providence Saint John’s ...

Organ, eye and tissue donors and their families are being honored at a Donate Life Rose Ceremony hosted at Providence Tarzana on Wednesday, officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Family members will have the opportunity to write personal messages to their loved ones on flower vials that are set to be ...

Providence Health & Services officials announced one of the nation's leading experts in palliative care and advocate for transforming care through the end of life is set to join the health system in the new Institute for Human Caring.

Providence St. John's, Little Company of Mary, Holy Cross and Tarzana medical centers were recently honored by Healthgrades. St. John's and Little Company of Mary received patient safety awards. Holy Cross and Tarzana were awarded for women's health.

Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is the first hospital in the nation to conduct an MRI scan of a patient implanted with a new MRI-compatible pacemaker – a breakthrough because metal implants often exclude patient from this imaging because of the strong magnet force. Cardiothoracic surgeon Raymond Schaerf, M.D., implanted the Accent MRI Pacemaker and Tendril MRI Lead in Karolyi Fenyvesi, 82 of ...