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Epic Go-Live pushed to May 15, 2021

Due to the COVID-19 surge in Southern California, the Epic go-live for OCHD is being moved to May 15, 2021. This decision was made to reduce the stress currently on our caregivers and providers, enabling them to stay focused on patient and self-care ...

Sajen Mathews, MD, Leads COVID-19 Grand Rounds

Sajen Mathews, MD, Chief Medical Officer, hosts the meeting in EEC, First Floor, Design 73, on Monday, Jan. 4, 1 - 2 p.m. Due to limited seating and the need to social distance, joining by MS Teams is recommended (see below). The agenda includes: ...

St. Jude Vaccination and COVID-19 Updates

VACCINATION Vaccinations Continue in Breakaway Lounge: Vaccinations continue on the following days, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. through Jan. 29: Friday, Jan. 8, Moderna Tuesday, Jan. 12, Pfizer second dose Wednesday, Jan. 13, Pfizer second dose Thursday, Jan. ...

St. Jude Earns Prestigious New National Honors

Awards aren't the reason St. Jude pursues excellence, exceeds national standards and benchmarks, or offers life-changing compassion to patients. But each new honor is a reminder of the unique commitment we bring to our patients and their loved ...

Complimentary Concierge Service for Expecting Parents

Welcoming a baby into the world is one of life's greatest experiences. St. Jude will work with expectant parents to learn their preferences and concerns regarding childbirth. Our goal is a pregnancy journey that addresses their head and heart. We ...

Rehabbing Injured Hearts

This year, nearly 800,000 Americans will have a heart attack and another 550,000 will receive a diagnosis of heart failure. Surprisingly, the vast majority will ignore one of their best options for successfully recovering their health: a ...

The Pain Stops Here

Arthur Zepeda, MD, helps patients who had suffered for years An allergic reaction to a common inhaled medication left 13-year-old Cera Mallory feeling like she had "been burned from the inside out"—and the pain continued to grow ...

Imprivata Password Resets Begin This Month

For Imprivata users: forced password resets begin November We continue to take a more proactive approach to secure the information our communities entrust to us. Password resets will be required on all active directory user accounts (network logon ...

Ending Acid Reflux: New treatment offers permanent relief

Millions of Americans deal with daily heartburn caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. For many, losing weight, adopting a healthy diet and taking medication are enough to control their symptoms. For others, surgery is needed to restore ...

Chasing a Cure for One of the Deadliest Cancers

As a professor and chairman of the Cal State Los Angeles Mechanical Engineering Department, Darrell Guillaume spent his days explaining complex concepts. So, when he began losing control of his speech in early 2016, he knew something was wrong. ...

Bringing Back the Neighborhood Pharmacist

When someone is given a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or rheumatoid arthritis and placed on medications, they often leave their doctor's office with as many questions as answers. Newer drugs come with unique side effects and ...

A New Aortic Valve: Kitty’s Story

When Kitty Barton needed to have her aortic heart valve replaced, she had one requirement: She needed to be able to dance her way through Aruba several weeks later—a trip she had planned with her daughter and one she considered ...

Arrive in the Morning, Back Home in Just Hours

When even standing for a few minutes became excruciating, Mark Beckman knew it was time for a hip replacement. He began researching hospital rankings, quality ratings and surgeons’ reputations, and one name kept coming up: St. Jude Medical ...

Fred Nowroozi, MD, Retires as Medical Director of the IRF in Brea

He is succeeded by Dr. Natalia Covarrubias-Eckardt Fred Nowroozi, MD, retired at the end of August after 30 years as Medical Director of the Inpatient Rehab Facility (IRF) & Chronic Pain Management. Natalia Covarrubias-Eckardt, MD, has accepted ...

Geriatric Patient Management Conference 2020

The Geriatric Patient Management Conference 2020, which will be held on Oct. 9, is a virtual event led by co-chairs Susan Pearson, DO, and Rebecca Sellers, DO, in conjunction with the Medical Education Committee of Providence Regional Medical Center ...

8th Annual Stroke Symposium 2020 is a Virtual Event

The 8th annual Stroke Symposium 2020 is a live virtual event on Nov. 7. For the flyer, CLICK HERE.

CMA Virtual Grand Rounds on Curbing COVID-19

CMA's next virtual grand rounds webinar is: Transmission, Testing and Masks: Creating a Culture to Curb COVID-19. The third webinar is our series is Tuesday, Sept. 8, at noon, and will be moderated by Kimberly Newell Green, MD, Immediate Past ...

Wellness Center Can Tailor Classes to Patients

St. Jude Medical Center departments can contact the Wellness Center in Brea to discuss building classes in fitness, nutrition and/or mindfulness to meet a patient's specific needs. The Wellness Center offers specialized targeted curricula and ...

Summer is Awards Season at St. Jude

Healthgrades, which had already named St. Jude one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals, in June bestowed the hospital the 2020 Outstanding Patient Experience Award. The award recognizes the medical center for being among the top 10 percent of ...

Café 1650 Updates on Apple Pay, Gift Cards and Physician Meal Plan

We are pleased to announce that Café 1650 now accepts Apple Pay, the digital wallet service that allows for payments with a mobile phone. Also, gift cards in $25, $50 and $100 amounts are available for purchase at cafeteria cash registers. As ...

When Being First Means Saving a Life

St. Jude introduces innovation in stroke care. When Radoslav Raychev, MD, a neuorinterventionalist, saw that the patient's angiogram was negative for a brain aneurysm, he kept looking. The extra effort paid off. Dr. Raychev located a small ...

Maternity Mental Health Screening Update

To Our Regional Medical Staffs, To aid our physician partners, the Providence, Southern California Women's and Children's Institute has been working in collaborat ion with our Mental Health Clinical Institute to formulate plans to meet the ...

Special Doctors' Day Messages were Delivered

Providence CEO Rod Hochman, MD, delivered a special video message on Doctors' Day, which was March 30. "Today is Doctors' Day — and arguably it's the most important Doctors' Day we've ever celebrated," he began. ...

Magnet Questioning for Medical Executive Team and MDs

Magnet Appraisers have asked MDs the following questions during site visit meetings and/or unit/area tours: How does being a Magnet hospital impact patient outcomes and patient satisfaction? What does it mean to be a Magnet hospital? Did you know ...

Blood Shortage is Critical for Hospitals

A blood shortage has been ongoing nationwide for the past two months, but we have reached an especially critical moment this week. This alert aims to notify the general medical staff about this red blood cell shortage that is affecting all hospitals. ...
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