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| Blueprint for Excellence - SJH New Construction
Building Our Future Together
There is perhaps nothing more precious than good health. And the health of those who live and work with us, who raise their families, or who visit here, is as precious as our own.
St Joseph Hospital serves... |
| January 24, 2012 | St. Joseph Hospital reaches capital campaign goal
St. Joseph Hospital has announced it has reached its $12.5 million first phase fundraising goal for its new medical expansion project, the Northeast Tower. The hospital crested the $12.5 mark earlier this week when a number of significant gifts were... |
| January 2, 2012 | Redwood Memorial Celebrates Baby Born in the New Year
Weott residents Zainna Harmoush and Tristan Blackwell rang in the new year today with a very special gift – the first baby born within St. Joseph Health System – Humboldt County in 2012. The proud parents arrived at Redwood Memorial Hospital in... |
| December 21, 2011 | A festive gathering for rehab patients
More than 55 rehab patients past and present and their families gathered at St. Joseph Hospital’s General Hospital campus for the inpatient rehabilitation department’s annual holiday party on Tuesday, December 13. Visitors enjoyed talking with Santa... |
| December 2011 | HealthScene Community Newsletter - Winter 2012
In this issue...
His Heart in the Right Hands - Mark Dias of Eureka gets treated at the Heart Institute of St. Joseph Hospital (cover story)
Closer to an Opening - new tower at St. Joseph Hospital expects to open in the... |
| September 23, 2011 | Hospital staff donate backpacks to kids
Over 100 children in Humboldt County started school this fall with new backpacks filled with school supplies thanks to donations from St. Joseph Hospital and Redwood Memorial Hospital staff, volunteers and physicians. Every year the hospitals hold a... |
| September 9, 2011 | Cardiac clinics now offered in Crescent City
Cardiologists Dr. Andrew Michaels, Dr. Hugh Parker and Dr. James Schipper, of Humboldt Medical Specialists – Cardiology, are now offering cardiac clinics in Crescent City. The clinics will be held once a month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1771... |
| July 27, 2011 | Cancer patient donates painting to Evergreen Lodge
The Evergreen Lodge at St. Joseph Hospital is now home to an original painting of a local lighthouse thanks to a grateful cancer patient. Crescent City resident Maria Callahan, a talented painter, recently gifted a painting she created of a... |
| July 27, 2011 | Volunteers team to plant orchard in Rio Dell
More than 50 volunteers came out on Sunday, July 24th to help plant a fruit tree orchard at the Rio Dell Community Garden. Volunteers planted 19 fruit trees, 12 berry plants and vegetable starts, and installed deer fencing and an irrigation system at... |
| July 7, 2011 | St. Joseph Hospital Golf Classic raises over $125,000
Community members who attended the St. Joseph Hospital Foundation annual Golf Classic event scored a hole-in-one in late June, raising more than $125,000 for the hospital’s Northeast Tower expansion project. The hospital’s largest fundraiser, this... |
| May 25, 2011 | Garden therapy a hit with patients
Patients who suffer injuries that require rehabilitation are often surprised that many of the therapies involve everyday activities like cooking and gardening. Now just in time for spring and summer, the Outpatient Rehab facility at St. Joseph... |
| May 25, 2011 | Knights donate to St. Joseph Hospital's Northeast Tower
The Knights of Columbus recently donated $500 toward St. Joseph Hospital's Northeast Tower. Earlier this month, Grand Knight John Stopkowicz presented Laurie Watson-Stone, VP of Fund Development and PR/Marketing, with a check for $500 in front of the... |
| April 1, 2011 | Getting his voice back:St. Joseph Hospital helps local physician's assistant survive larynx cancer
Retired physician’s assistant Bob Cory is the first one to admit he likes to talk. The Ferndale resident spent 35 years seeing thousands of patients in Humboldt County. Always the one treating illnesses, Cory never thought he’d be on the other side,... |
| March 16, 2011 | Kris Kelly Health Information Center celebrates 15 years
This year, the Kris Kelly Health Information Center (KKHIC) at St. Joseph Hospital is celebrating a special milestone – the 15th anniversary of its opening. Since 1996, the KKHIC, which is a collaborative program with St. Joseph Health System –... |
| March 14, 2011 | Justice Department taps SART coordinator for national initiative
Nurse Cassie Burgess, coordinator of the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) at St. Joseph Hospital has been dedicating extra hours beyond her hospital duties for a worthy cause. A few years ago, Burgess, who has served as the SART coordinator at the... |
| January 21, 2011 | Cardiac clinics now offered in Fortuna
Interventional cardiologist Dr. Andrew Michaels of Humboldt Medical Specialists is now offering cardiac clinics every month in Fortuna. The cardiac clinics, which require patients to obtain referrals in advance, will be held the third Tuesday of each... |
| January 15, 2011 | Redwood Memorial Hospital welcomes digital mammography equipment
Community members joined staff, physicians and board members at Redwood Memorial Hospital on Tuesday during an open house for the hospital’s new digital mammography equipment. Before kicking off tours of the mammography suite, Chief Operating Officer... |
| January 15, 2011 | St. Joseph Hospital nurse pens second children's novel
M.E. Roche, a St. Joseph Hospital nurse by day and young adult author by night, has penned a second novel in her series chronicling the adventures of student nurse Nora Brady. Roche’s first book, The Adventures of Nora Brady, Student Nurse: Mystery... |
| January 5, 2011 | Hospital announces free health coaching services
Retired physician’s assistant Bob Cory has opened a free health coaching service in Eureka for community residents in need of additional help understanding their medical situation. Cory, who spent 35 years as a physician’s assistant before retiring,... |
| December 20, 2010 | Cardiologist Opens Office to the Community
Community residents and hospital staff toured Dr. Andrew Michaels’ office during a holiday open house for the new cardiologist on Thursday evening. Dr. Michaels, who moved to Humboldt County earlier this fall, has joined Humboldt Medical Specialists... |
| November 16, 2010 | Redwood Memorial celebrates opening of outpatient rehab services
Patients in the Eel River Valley now have outpatient rehabilitation services available closer to home. Redwood Memorial Hospital celebrated the grand opening of its Outpatient Rehabilitation facility on Monday with a ribbon cutting and open house. In... |
| October 29, 2010 | Local Non-Profit Organizations Receive Grants From St. Joseph Hospital To Support Wellness
Nine organizations in Humboldt County recently received Wellness and Prevention Initiative Grants from the St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) Foundation on behalf of St. Joseph Hospital totalling more than $500,000. These diverse organizations were... |
| October 19, 2010 | St. Joseph Hospital welcomes new Interventional Cardiologist
St. Joseph Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Andrew Michaels, an Interventional Cardiologist, to Humboldt County. Dr. Michaels was most recently the Director of the Cath Lab and a tenured associate professor at the University of Utah. He graduated... |
| October 13, 2010 | Exterior of the new Northeast Tower officially revealed
Community members, St. Joseph Hospital volunteers and staff, donors and physicians gathered on Monday, October 11 to witness the official unveiling of the exterior of the new Northeast Tower in Eureka. Construction on the project is moving forward on... |
| September 23, 2010 | Telemedicine comes to Redwood Memorial Hospital
Redwood Memorial Hospital is excited to announce the addition of new technology to help better serve our patients. A telerobot, which has been named after Florence Nightingale or “Flo” for short, was unveiled earlier this month and is being used to... |
| September 9, 2010 | Evergreen Lodge marks 20th anniversary
The Evergreen Lodge, a low-cost housing facility for cancer patients at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, held a celebration to mark its 20th anniversary on Aug. 26. Members of the original Evergreen Lodge planning committee were joined by community... |
| August 11, 2010 | Celebrating 10 Years and 15,000 Vials of Life
The Redwood Memorial Hospital Auxiliary began the potentially lifesaving Vial of Life program in the Eel River Valley in Fall 2000. Originally focused on community seniors, the program has since been expanded to include all community members. And... |
| July 7, 2010 | Sisters of St. Joseph celebrate 98 years in Humboldt County
On Tuesday, June 22, the Sisters of St. Joseph celebrated an important anniversary – 98 years since they arrived in Humboldt County to make a difference in the community. Now known as the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, the sisters, led by Mother... |
| May 7, 2010 | Nurses honored for Excellence in Respiratory Care
Two nurses at St. Joseph Hospital were recently honored at the 20th annual Critical Care Conference in April for “Excellence in Respiratory Care.” The nurses, Myrna Dipert and JoAnne Hart, cared for respiratory therapist Valerie Vogel’s son when he... |
| April 14, 2010 | Redwood Memorial celebrates new CT scanner
Community members joined staff and physicians in celebrating Redwood Memorial Hospital’s new 32-slice CT scanner on Thursday, April 8, 2010. The hospital held a community-wide open house to introduce the community to the new technology, during which... |
| December 11, 2009 | St. Joseph Hospital chosen to participate in national language collaborative
St. Joseph Hospital was recently chosen to participate in the Language Quality Improvement Collaborative (LQIC), placing our hospital on the frontlines of the effort to improve communications between health care providers and patients with limited... |
| December 4, 2009 | Orvamae Emmerson Fund grants $200k to St. Joseph Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital recently received a $200,000 grant from the Orvamae Emmerson Endowment Fund, a fund of the Humboldt Area Foundation, to benefit the hospital’s Northeast Tower expansion project. The grant is specifically slated to help fund the... |
| November 18, 2009 | Palliative Care makes a difference for patients at St. Joseph Hospital
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and this year’s theme is “Preserving a legacy, treasuring memories,” reminding us that every palliative care and hospice patient is a unique individual with a lifetime of experiences,... |
| November 2, 2009 | Team Blueprint raises $20,000 for St. Joseph Hospital construction project
A team of 24 runners and walkers making up “Team Blueprint” raised more than $20,000 for St. Joseph Hospital (SJH) earlier this month with the help of community residents who pledged their support in the form of donations to the Blueprint for... |
| September 28, 2009 | Redwood Memorial Hospital debuts new bone density machine
For many years, osteoporosis has been commonly linked with post-menopausal women. Today, however, the bone disease is impacting younger people of both genders due to increasingly sedentary lifestyles and poor diet. With the need for bone density... |
| September 25, 2009 | St. Joseph Hospital awarded $35K for patient safety initiative
St. Joseph Hospital (SJH) has been awarded $35,000 from the Cardinal Health Foundation for new and innovative programs to improve patient safety. One of only 35 grant recipients nationwide, SJH will use the grant for its Care Transitions program, an... |
| July 7, 2009 | St. Joseph Hospital surpasses capital campaign $10 million mark
St. Joseph Hospital (SJH) surpassed the $10 million mark in the hospital’s capital campaign for the new medical facility during its recent dinner/auction and golf tournament fundraiser. The SJH Foundation’s annual Golf Classic dinner/auction, the... |
| June 19, 2009 | Redwood Memorial Hospital receives Avatar award
Redwood Memorial Hospital has been named the recipient of a distinguished award from Avatar International, a research and consulting firm. Avatar named Redwood Memorial one of its national award winners in healthcare service quality for exemplary... |
| May 26, 2009 | Raising the Bar at St. Joseph Hospital
A special ceremony to commemorate the final structural beam being placed in St. Joseph Hospital’s new Northeast Tower construction project was held on May 4th. Employees, volunteers, physicians, the community and elected officials were invited... |
| April 27, 2009 | Redwood Memorial named 'Top Ten Healing Hospital'
Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna has been named one of the nation’s top healing hospitals for 2008. The Nashville-based Baptist Healing Trust recently recognized Redwood Memorial as among the “Top Ten Healing Hospitals” for 2008. The “Healing... |
| April 20, 2009 | St. Joseph Hospital debuts gastric electric stimulation
For those suffering from neuromuscular stomach disorders like gastroparesis, a new procedure at St. Joseph Hospital called gastric electric stimulation can help relieve some of the painful, chronic symptoms that make this ailment so debilitating.... |
| April 6, 2009 | SJHS Recognized with Gallup Great Workplace Award for Third Consecutive Year
The Gallup Organization has named St. Joseph Health System (SJHS) one of its 2009 Great Workplace Award winners, which makes this the third consecutive year SJHS has received this distinction. A panel of workforce experts selected SJHS with 22 other... |
| March 24, 2009 | St. Joseph Hospital's rehabilitation unit among top in country
St. Joseph Hospital’s acute inpatient rehabilitation unit has been named among the top five percent of rehabilitation units across the United States by Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSMR), a nonprofit medical rehabilitation... |
| March 12, 2009 | Appropriations bill funds $238k toward St. Joseph Hospital tower in Humboldt County
Yesterday Congressman Mike Thompson notified St. Joseph Health System – Humboldt County (SJHS-HC) that the appropriations bill signed by President Barack Obama includes $238,000 toward a new hospital tower at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka,... |
| January 26, 2009 | McLean Foundation announces $2M gift to SJH Northeast Tower project
The Melvin F. & Grace McLean Foundation has announced it will donate $2 million to the hospital’s Blueprint for Excellence Northeast Tower project, a sum that will be matched dollar-for-dollar by St. Joseph Health System. The donation will go... |
| November 3, 2008 | Palliative Care Program Expands at SJH
Quality of life focus of enhanced program at St. Joseph Hospital
North Coast residents who have serious, chronic or terminal illnesses understand the important role quality of life plays as they undergo treatment. At St. Joseph Hospital, these... |
| November 3, 2008 | St. Joseph Hospital pilot program assists patients with mental health issues
St. Joseph Hospital recently launched a new pilot program designed to provide assistance to patients with mental health needs and the staff, family and community providers that care for them. The Behavioral Assessment Response Team, or BART, provides... |
| October 6, 2008 | Pill Cam: Small technology makes big waves at St. Joseph Hospital
When it comes to new medical technology, bigger is not always better. In fact, at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, a new device about the size of a vitamin is making big waves in the world of endoscopy. It’s called capsule endoscopy. Whereas... |
| October 3, 2008 | Students, Patients Benefit from Hospitals' Care Transitions Program
A grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is helping St. Joseph and Redwood Memorial hospitals provide better care for discharged patients. St. Joseph Health System - Humboldt County recently received one of only 14 “Aligning Forces for... |
| June 5, 2008 | St. Joseph Hospital construction crew uncovers time capsule from 1954
Construction workers discovered a time capsule dating back to 1954 at St. Joseph Hospital early Wednesday morning.
The small steel box was uncovered in a space behind a memorial plaque attached to an exterior wall of the main hospital building.... |