Furry Face Bring Smiles

You don’t normally expect to see a dog walking the halls of a hospital, but at Providence Hospital, visits from a furry friend will be a weekly occurence.  Annie, a labradoodle, and her handler will visit patients each week as part of the hospital’s new pet therapy program.  Research has shown that pet therapy can help lower patient’s blood pressure and can help decrease anxiety, depression and loneliness. Watch the video to learn more about Annie.  We’re glad that we are able to bring smiles and comfort to our patients.done

In Pursuit of Cool Careers

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Providence Hospitals is hosting high school juniors and seniors that are interested in finding out if their futures might lay in the field of healthcare.  These students spend their days shadowning physicians, nurses and other medical staff members, getting a true hands-on experience in the world of medicine.  Take a look at the attached news story and see what the Pursuit program is all about.

Awards & Honors – What do they mean?

Amidst all the talk about which hospital offers what service and where you can find the best patient care, isn’t it wise to take a look at what health care peer groups have to say about health care organizations?  After all, if you’re doing a good job in providing health care services that have good outcomes, other organizations will take note.  Take for instance, recent awards that demonstrate the hospitals’ commitment to quality outcomes for patients. Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care  (designated by Blue Cross Blue Shield) demonstrate hospitals’ commitments to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for cardiac patients. Providence Hospitals meet evidence-based clinical criteria, developed in collaboration with expert physicians’ and medical organizations, including the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).  Along those same lines, Providence Hospitals recently received accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPS).  The hospitals’ accreditation as a chest pain center goes above and beyond the required standards for a Chest Pain Emergency department to include a PCI designation to treat blocked arteries of the heart. “This designation means that within minutes of arriving at our Emergency department with a heart attack, our goal is to get you into a cardiac cath lab to receive an intervention. There’s also the recent acknowledgements of the Gold Performance Achievement award from the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines – Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG–CAD) program and national rankings for quality outcomes by the Society for Thoracic Surgeons.

Providence Hospitals’ also was recently recognized for achievements in improving supply chain performance and being good stewards of the hospitals’ funds. The GHXcellence Award is presented by GHX Supply Chain Summit—the largest forum in the U.S. focused on both the buy and sell side of the health care supply chain.  That means Providence Hospitals has done a great job at reducing operating expenses and increasing knowledge-based decision making.

Taken individually, each of these awards is significant.  But it becomes even more apparent, when combined as a whole, how important these designations are to you, the patient, when focused on making the best decisions of where to seek your health care.

Welcome to Providence Hospitals

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