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Dignity Health California Named to Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces

Dignity Health (California) announced today that it has been recognized as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. Dignity Health is a part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit health system.

St. Mary Medical Cente Awards $193,000 in Community Grants to Two Nonprofits

St. Mary Medical Center recently awarded $193,000 in community grants to two nonprofits in the Greater Long Beach area that work to provide the community with critical health and human services.

St. Mary Medical Center receives LGBTQ+ equality recognition in 2022 Healthcare Equality Index (HEI)

St. Mary Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Top Performer by the Human Rights Campaign which is the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ organization.

Dignity Health Welcomes New Emergency Care Team at St. Mary Medical Center

Prominent Health Systems Unite to Encourage Patients to Put Health First, Access Care When Needed

Dignity Health, Cedars Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, Keck Medicine of USC, Providence and UCLA Health Launch BetterTogether.Health "Life may be on pause. Your health isn't." Educational Campaign.

Community Gathers at St. Mary Medical Center to Commemorate World AIDS Day with Art Display and Musical Performance

Southern California Hospitals Provide more than $222 Million to Community

Serving the community is one of our highest priorities. Dignity Health Southern California's six hospitals annually report on community health programs, including the health needs being addressed, programs and measurable objectives, and the economic ...

St. Mary Medical Center Expands Heart Services with Electrophysiology Program

Last year, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center, together with the financial support of St. Mary Foundation donors, opened a second catheterization lab with the specific intent to serve as an electrophysiology (EP lab. As such, St. Mary has the m...

Julie Sprengel to Lead New Southwest Division of CommonSpirit Health

Dignity Health has appointed Julie Sprengel, President for Dignity Health Southern California, to lead the new Southwest Division of CommonSpirit Health. The Southwest Division includes nine acute care hospitals and four micro-hospitals in Southern C...

St. Mary Medical Center Recognized for Cardiac Treatment and Orthopedic

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is a 2019 Five-Star Recipient in Cardiac and Orthopedic procedures, following this year's evaluation from Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

St. Mary Medical Center Marks 95 Years of Healing Ministry

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach was originally founded by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word as St. Mary's Hospital on August 26, 1923.

St. Mary Medical Center Welcomes New Chief Operating Officer, Bonnie Panlasigui, FACHE

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Bonnie Panlasigui, FACHE, as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO.

Archdiocese of LA Blesses Newborn Baby Boy at St. Mary Medical Center

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center welcomed Bishop Marc Trudeau, the newly ordained Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, San Pedro Pastoral Region, appointed by Pope Francis.

American Heart Association Presents St. Mary Medical Center with First Ever Get with the Guidelines® Silver Award for Heart Failure

On Friday, August 10, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center was presented with the American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines® Heart Failure Silver Quality Achievement Award.

St. Mary Medical Center Receives Silver Award in Heart Failure Care

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center (SMMC has received the American Heart Association's 2018 Get With The Guidelines® - Heart Failure Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. This award recognizes SMMC's commitment to ensuring heart failure patien...

St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach Welcomes New Chief Nursing Officer

St. Mary Medical Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Nancy Valla, BSN, RN, NEA-BC as Chief Nursing Officer (CNO effective April 9. Nancy will be responsible for overseeing all nursing operations.

St. Mary Medical Center Only Designated Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality in Greater Long Beach

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is one of only 418 healthcare providers nationwide to earn the coveted "LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader" designation and the only facility in the greater Long Beach area.

Long Beach State Dirtbags Honor St Mary Employee

Kathy Dollarhide, RN, BSN, CEN, CEM®, Director of the Disaster Resource Center at Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center, will be recognized on the field at the Long Beach State Dirtbags baseball game in appreciation of health care professionals fo...

St Mary Only Designated Leader in LGBTQ Health Care Equality

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is one of only 300 healthcare providers nationwide to earn the coveted "Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality" designation and the only facility in the greater Long Beach area.

Record Breaking Rainfall May Bring Strongest Allergy Season

The windy and wet winter has given way to unseasonable high mold spores across California. According to Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center pediatric pulmonologist, Dr. Leila Yoonessi, "Mold growth and pollen counts increase with rainfall and hi...

St Mary Medical Center Recognized as Exemplary Bariatrics Surgery Center of Excellence

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center recently underwent its triennial accreditation survey with the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. The St. Mary Surgical Weight Loss Center has been re-accredited as ...

St. Mary Honors 60th Anniversary of First Open Heart Surgery

It's American Heart Month and Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is celebrating by honoring the first open heart surgery patient and Long Beach resident, Mr. Michael Rivard as he joins us for his 72nd birthday.

CARE Commemorates Black History Month

Ace Robinson, Executive Director of CARE at Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is an African-American man whose parents - born and raised in southern Georgia - walked in the footsteps of American heroes such as Dr. King, Representative John Lew...

St Mary and CARE Program Celebrate World AIDS Day

2016 marks the 35th anniversary of the first published reports of what would come to be knows as HIV/AIDS. It also marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of CARE by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word at St. Mary Medical Center in Long B...

Disaster Resource Centers Host Decontamination Exercise

On Thursday, October 13th Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center and Long Beach Memorial Hospital will conduct a decontamination exercise based on mass casualties due to a chemical agent terrorist attack with approximately 100 number of physicians,...

CARE Program Kicks Off CARE 2 Dine Masquerade Ball

As part of the annual "Care to Dine" program, the CARE program at St. Mary Medical Center is hosting its kick-off event on Wednesday, October 5th at the Long Beach Museum of Art.

CARE Program Named a PrEP Center of Excellence

The C.A.R.E. (Comprehensive AIDS Resource and Education Program at Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center has been awarded a $90,000 grant to fund a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP Center of Excellence.

California Law Requires Certain Immunizations for Children in State Schools

The C.A.R.E. Program at Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center has a well-known tradition of support for the LGBTQ community for over 30 years.

CARE Program Appoints New Executive Director

The C.A.R.E. Program at Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center has a well-known tradition of support for the LGBTQ community for over 30 years.

CARE Program Celebrates 30 Years Serving Community

The C.A.R.E. Program at Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center has a well-known tradition of support for the LGBTQ community for over 30 years.

St. Mary Foundation Raises Record $220,000

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center announced today that it has exceeded its goal to raise $175,000 through this year's Hospital Family Campaign with a grand total of $220,680.

St Mary Partners with Los Angles County Department of Mental Health

Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health has joined together with Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center to offer workshops for the Latino population in Long Beach.

St. Mary Receives Healthgrades 2016 Patient Safety Excellence Award

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center announced today that it has achieved the Healthgrades 2016 Patient Safety Excellence Award™, a designation that recognizes superior performance in hospitals that have prevented the occurrence of serious, poten...

St. Mary to Host Mexican Mother's Day Blessing

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is hosting a special tribute to the mom's in our care at the Mary Hilton Mother and Child Center to celebrate Mexican Mother's Day on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.

St Mary Announces Tree Planting and Dedication for Earth Day

For the first time, Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center will be planting and dedicating Magnolia trees on the hospital campus in celebration of Earth Day. St. Mary Medical Center is grateful to be receiving a donation of four trees from the City...

Sister Celeste Trahan to Ride in Indy Pace Car

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is excited to announce the Vice President of Mission Integration, Sister Celeste Trahan, will be riding along in an Indy pace car, as the greater Long Beach area prepares to host the 42nd Annual Toyota Grand P...

St Mary Warns the Time to Fight Spring Allergies is Now

Allergy season is already upon us and the balmy temperatures of recent days from a series of weather patterns are a strong reminder that the time to take preventative measures is now. With the presence of El Niño spring allergy season is expected to ...

St Mary Hosts 3rd Annual Latina Women's Conference

Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center is partnering with Latinos in Action, a community organization founded in 2009, to present the 3rd Annual Latina Women's Conference on Saturday, March 19, 2016, from 7 am to 4 pm, in the John Edward Parr Healt...

Free Heart Health Presentations

Lectures, healthy lunch and tours will be offered at Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center's Heart Health Awareness Program, which takes place Thursday, February 18, from 11 am to 1 pm, in the John Edward Parr Health Enhancement Center at St. Mary...