As part of the #Lightblue campaign, first responders showed their appreciation for healthcare workers last night across Los Angeles. More than a dozen police cruisers from the Los Angeles Police Department along with L.A. City Fire engines lined up outside Providence Holy Cross with lights flashing while hospital workers gathered outside to watch. The visit to Providence helped boost the ...

Providence Tarzana and Holy Cross Hospitals were ranked in the top 50 best hospitals in the nation, officials said Wednesday. For the second straight year, Providence Tarzana Medical Center was named among Healthgrades 2020 America’s 50 Best Hospitals, and on Tuesday the online consumer healthcare site added Holy Cross Medical Center to the list, according to Providence. The distinction places ...

Providence Tarzana Medical Center was recently awarded five stars by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS).  Providence Tarzana Medical Center was the only hospital given this award in both the San Fernando Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley, which adds Providence Tarzana Medical Center to the only nine percent of hospitals nationwide to receive this honor.  The Centers ...

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 Holy Cross Hospital has been named a Comprehensive Stroke Center, officials said. Beginning Friday, paramedics identifying severe stroke symptoms in patients they are transporting in the northeastern San Fernando Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley are expected to head straight to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, according to Providence officials. The Mission Hills hospital was designated, effective today, as ...

Across Southern California, Providence St. Joseph Health hospitals are helping ease the hunger pangs of some of their most vulnerable neighbors by donating tons of excess food each year to food agencies that deliver it to people in need, officials said Tuesday. Recipients include people with developmental disabilities, recovering addicts, victims of abuse and youths who have been in trouble, ...

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. ...

The three Providence medical centers in the San Fernando Valley earned a total of nine Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Awards this week for outstanding clinical performance. Each of the hospitals also received top national acclaim, officials said Tuesday. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank was named among Healthgrades’ America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Specialty Care for vascular surgery, among the ...

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 ...

A survivor of a mass shooting that took place in 1999 at a Jewish community center visited Providence Holy Cross Wednesday to encourage those who are suffering from traumatic injuries.       On Aug. 10, 1999, Ben Kadish, who was 5 years old at the time, was shot while attending summer camp at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills.    ...