Facing an end-of-the-year deadline to have all patients moved out
of its 87-year-old Depression-era Towers Building, San Joaquin
General Hospital is anticipating the opening this summer of its
new $41 million Acute Care Patient Wing.
Construction began in 2017 just south of the county-run medical
center’s main entrance and is about 90 percent complete,
according to David Culberson, the hospital’s chief executive
officer. (Recordnet.com)
A newly established system that aims to hasten diagnosis and
treatment for stroke sufferers in San Joaquin County took effect
this month, an event worthy of a “wonderful celebration,”
according to Mary Nicholson, an advocate for stroke survivors.
San Joaquin General Hospital is now part of the ever-growing list
of area hospitals using robotic surgery to enhance patient care.
Recently, the county hospital acquired the da Vinci Xi Surgical
System, which offers a variety of surgical uses and is minimally
invasive. The system also allows for shorter recovery and less
scarring. (Central Valley Business Journal)
Finally, there is broad public recognition and a nationwide call
to action to fix the deadly opioid epidemic.
Matters surrounding it are complex and expand outside of
healthcare to several socioeconomic issues, and many sectors of
our society need to come together to address the root causes.
However, healthcare leaders have a unique leadership role to
play, and we must consider the following questions. (Managed
Healthcare Executive)
The health of San Joaquin County residents normally generates
negative headlines.
But a private foundation that ranks the health of communities
across the country now says this region is among the most
improved in the U.S. (Recordnet.com)
After almost three years of planning, the San Joaquin General
Hospital will finally break ground on its new 34,000-square-foot
acute care wing on March 10.
The new two-story annex will be constructed to the south and
connect directly to the main hospital. It will feature a fully
modernized 23-bed neonatal intensive care unit. The second floor
will contain 20 upgraded medical/surgical beds and will
accommodate patients in private rooms. (Lodi News-Sentinel)
Ten years ago, San Joaquin General Hospital was one of the
lowest-rated facilities in the state in regards to its maternity
ward.
This week, the hospital achieved a complete turnaround as it
earned a Baby-Friendly designation from the World Health
Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Only 344 hospitals across the United States have earned the
designation, and SJGH is the third of six maternity wards in San
Joaquin County and the 81st in California to do so.
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 4-0
to approve a $37.3 million contract with Cerner Corporation of
Kansas City for a new health information system at San Joaquin
General Hospital.
Hospital Chief Executive Officer David Culberson said system
installation is expected to begin in February with it targeted to
be online by summer 2017. (Stockton Record)
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to
disband a temporary advisory board overseeing San Joaquin General
Hospital.
The county had high hopes for the group of experts and officials
assembled in 2010 to help guide the financially struggling San
Joaquin General Hospital into a successful future.
And the expertise brought by the interim board of trustees did
help guide the hospital as it emerged from financial troubles
that at one time had officials questioning whether to keep the
hospital open, officials said on Tuesday. (Stockton Record)
The temporary board overseeing San Joaquin General Hospital met
for the first time Wednesday since the county Board of
Supervisors extended the panel’s life an additional six months,
into March.
Created in 2010 to improve the county hospital and make it more
financially viable, the interim Board of Trustees brought
together health care experts from inside and outside county
government. (Johnson, Stockton Record 10/21/13)
A surge of local residents suffering severe diarrhea and
abdominal pain began arriving last October at San Joaquin General
Hospital in French Camp, puzzling the emergency room staff that
examined them.
Tests revealed that they were afflicted with Clostridium
difficile, a serious infection spread by tiny spores in health
care settings that is best known for sickening the elderly.
Yet this outbreak didn’t fit the mold. (Goldeen, Stockton
Record 10/15/12)
California’s oldest public hospital is embarking on a new
venture: creating a nonprofit, independent foundation to increase
community awareness of its services and raise funds to support
its mission.
Part of that mission for San Joaquin General Hospital is “the
delivery of community-oriented, culturally sensitive and
affordable health care throughout San Joaquin County.” (Goldeen,
Modesto Bee 3/4/12)
County officials agreed Tuesday to spend $1 million for
architectural planning to replace portions of San Joaquin General
Hospital deemed deficient to weather a major earthquake.
The contract required would pay for part of the design work for
an estimated $39 million project to replace the Old Tower, which
was built in 1932. (Johnson, Stockton Record, 10/19/11)
Physicians who have more personalized discussions with patients
and encourage them to take a more active role in their own health
care can help lower medical costs and reduce the need for some
health care services, according to new research from UC Davis
Health System.
Researchers said lower medical costs are realized when physicians
and patients have more confidence in reaching a correct diagnosis
together and deciding on a good strategy to improve the patient’s
health. (Stockton Record, 7/19/11)
County officials approved a $2 million contract Tuesday to build
a secure unit for patients from the state prison system receiving
treatment at San Joaquin General Hospital.
The state will foot the bill to remodel a 25-bed medical-surgical
unit in the east wing of the hospital as part of a legal
settlement stemming from a local challenge to a plan to build a
large prison medical facility on the southeast outskirts of
Stockton. (Stockton Record, 6/9/11)
Staffers at San Joaquin General Hospital are chipping in to pay
for a study exploring the possibility of becoming a designated
trauma center. (Stockton Record, 5/14/11)
