Organization: PROVIDENCE MEDICAL INSTITUTE
Mission: AS EXPRESSIONS OF GOD'S HEALING LOVE, WITNESSED THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF JESUS, WE ARE STEADFAST IN SERVING ALL, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE POOR AND VULNERABLE.
Activities: SEE SCHEDULE OPROVIDENCEON JULY 1, 2016, PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES (PHS) AND ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM (SJHS) ENTERED INTO A BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT TO FORM PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH HEALTH (PROVIDENCE). BY COMING TOGETHER, PROVIDENCE SEEKS TO BETTER SERVE ITS COMMUNITIES THROUGH GREATER PATIENT AFFORDABILITY, OUTSTANDING CLINICAL CARE, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW SERVICES WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED MOST. TOGETHER, OUR CAREGIVERS SERVE IN 51 HOSPITALS, 1,085 CLINICS ACROSS ALASKA, CALIFORNIA, MONTANA, NEW MEXICO, OREGON, TEXAS AND WASHINGTON.THE FOUNDERS OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS WERE COURAGEOUS WOMEN AHEAD OF THEIR TIME. THE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE AND THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF ORANGE BROUGHT HEALTH CARE AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN WEST WHEN IT WAS STILL A RUGGED, UNTAMED FRONTIER. NOW, AS WE FACE A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE A CHANGING HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT WE DRAW UPON THEIR PIONEERING AND COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT TO PLAN FOR THE NEXT CENTURY OF HEALTH CARE.PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICESIN 1856, MOTHER JOSEPH AND FOUR SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE ESTABLISHED HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND ORPHANAGES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. OVER THE YEARS, OTHER CATHOLIC SISTERS TRANSFERRED SPONSORSHIP OF THEIR MINISTRIES TO PROVIDENCE, INCLUDING THE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY, DOMINICANS AND CHARITY OF LEAVENWORTH. RECENTLY, SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES, KADLEC REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTERS HAVE JOINED PROVIDENCE AS SECULAR PARTNERS WITH A COMMON COMMITMENT TO SERVING ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEMIN 1912, A SMALL GROUP OF SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH LANDED ON THE RUGGED SHORES OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE. THEY LATER ESTABLISHED ROOTS IN ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, AND EXPANDED TO SERVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS. THE HEALTH SYSTEM ESTABLISHED MANY KEY PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING A MERGER BETWEEN LUBBOCK METHODIST HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND ST. MARY HOSPITAL TO FORM COVENANT HEALTH IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS. RECENTLY, AN AFFILIATION WAS ESTABLISHED WITH HOAG HEALTH TO INCREASE ACCESS TO SERVICES IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. PROVIDENCE MEDICAL INSTITUTE (PMI) IS A NONPROFIT PHYSICIAN SERVICES ORGANIZATION PROVIDING PRIMARY CARE AND A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SPECIALTY AND HOSPITAL-BASED SERVICES FOR OVER 180,000 PATIENTS. FOUNDED IN 1995 TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, COST-EFFECTIVE AND COMPASSIONATE HEALTHCARE, THE PHYSICIANS OF PMI ARE PART OF A 160+ YEAR TRADITION OF THE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE, WHOSE LEGACY SPANS THE WESTERN STATES. PHYSICIANS WORK CLOSELY WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S SIX PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTERS LOCATED IN SAN PEDRO, TORRANCE, SANTA MONICA, TARZANA, BURBANK AND MISSION HILLS. PROVIDENCE IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE FROM BIRTH THROUGH THE GOLDEN YEARS. THE ORGANIZATION WAS THE FIRST HEALTH SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA TO WIN HEALTHGRADES' DISTINGUISHED HOSPITAL AWARD FOR FIVE OF THE SIX HOSPITALS EVALUATED FOR THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. CURRENTLY THE MEDICAL GROUPS AFFILIATED WITH PROVIDENCE MEDICAL INSTITUTE COMPRISE MORE THAN 200 PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALIST PROVIDERS LOCATED ACROSS 65 MEDICAL OFFICES. THE PHYSICIANS AND STAFF ARE COMMITTED TO EXTENDING PRIMARY AND URGENT CARE SERVICES TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.EVEN FOR THOSE WITH INSURANCE THE COST FOR PRIMARY CARE MAY BE OUT OF REACH. PMI AND THE PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY MEDICAL CENTER IN TORRANCE HAVE PARTNERED IN THE SOUTH BAY TO OFFER A STATE-OF-THE-ART PRIMARY CARE CLINIC SPECIFICALLY OPEN TO THE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED ADULT ON A CASH-PAY BASIS. IN ADDITION TO EXCEPTIONAL CARE, PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE COUNSELING FOR COMPLEX HEALTH CONDITIONS SUCH AS DIABETES.PROVIDENCE IS COMMITTED TO QUALITY COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR ALL, HONORING THE CORE VALUES OF THE FOUNDING SISTER OF PROVIDENCE AND LIVING THEIR 160+ YEAR-OLD MISSION: TO SERVE THE POOR AND VULNERABLE.OUR HISTORY FOUNDED IN 1996, PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY MEDICAL INSTITUTE BEGAN WHEN 27 PHYSICIANS PRACTICING INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH PROVIDENCE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY TO CREATE A NOT-FOR-PROFIT MEDICAL FOUNDATION. AS PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP, EACH PHYSICIAN IN THE MEDICAL INSTITUTE COMMITTED TO MEETING THE HEALTH NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WHILE EMBRACING THE MISSION OF THE SISTERS OF LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY. IN 1999, THE SISTERS OF LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY JOINED WITH THE SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE. TOGETHER, UNDER A CO-SPONSORSHIP, THEY HAVE ADOPTED THE PROVIDENCE MISSION AND CORE VALUES.OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVEPROVIDENCE MEDICAL INSTITUTE (PMI) IS CONTINUING ITS EXPANSION OF CARE TO OUR SOUTH BAY, SAN FERNANDO AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY COMMUNITIES BY EXPANDING THE NUMBER AND TYPES OF PHYSICIANS, ADDING MORE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA AS WELL AS PROVIDING NEW SERVICES AT OUR PMI CLINIC SITES PLUS EXPANDING OFFICE HOURS TO MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR OUR PATIENTS.SECONDLY, PMI IS DOUBLING ITS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE CLINICAL EXCELLENCE IN THE CARE DELIVERED TO PATIENTS. WE ARE ACHIEVING THIS GOAL EVERY YEAR BY CONTINUALLY ADDING HIGHLY-SKILLED PHYSICIANS AND OTHER PROVIDERS, REQUIRING ONGOING MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO ENSURE PHYSICIANS ARE UP TO DATE, ADVANCING THE USE OF TEAM-BASED CARE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL SERVICES AVAILABLE SUCH AS OUR SENIOR WELLNESS PROGRAM AT AXMINSTER MEDICAL GROUP. WE ARE ALSO USING EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE (RESEARCH) TO DRIVE MEDICAL DECISIONS.FINALLY, PMI IS CONTINUALLY UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER SERVE OUR PATIENTS. WHILE CURRENT ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS ALLOW FOR INSTANT ACCESS TO PATIENT RECORDS AND MANY OTHER ADVANTAGES, NEW FUNCTIONS CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MANAGE A PATIENT'S HEALTH MORE PROACTIVELY, SHARE INFORMATION ACROSS PROVIDERS AND WITH THE PATIENT, ALLOW FOR PATIENTS TO INTERACT WITH PHYSICIANS REMOTELY AND OTHER MAJOR ADVANCES. IN ADDITION, THE EXPANSION OF THE EXPRESS CARE PROGRAM IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS ALLOWING OUR PATIENTS TO SEE A PHYSICIAN FOR SIMPLE AILMENTS USING THEIR SMART PHONE OR COMPUTER LAPTOP.COLLABORATIVE MEDICAL CARE BETWEEN PROVIDENCE MEDICAL INSTITUTE, AFFILIATES IN MEDICAL SPECIALTIES MEDICAL GROUP AND AXMINSTER MEDICAL GROUP IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL MEDICAL AND COMMUNITY NEEDS. PROGRAM REVENUE FROM OTHER PROVIDENCE ENTITIES IS USED FOR PROVIDING HOSPITALIST PROGRAMS, CANCER CENTER SUPPORT, TATTOO REMOVAL, LIVER CLINIC TREATMENT AND NEUROVASCULAR TREATMENT. THE OTHER PROVIDENCE ENTITIES FUND COSTS OF THESE PROGRAMS.
NTEE category: Health Care
Secondary category: Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines