Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), the eighth largest health system in the nation and the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California, today announced the results of its 2008 fiscal year, posting a net income of $170 million for the year ended June 30, compared to $891 million in the 2007 fiscal year, which included the effect of a change in accounting for unrealized gains and losses.

Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) announced today that it has made $5 million in loans available to California's community health clinics to draw upon in the wake of California's budget crisis.

Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), the nation's eighth largest hospital system, today announced the installation of President/CEO Lloyd H. Dean as the new chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA). Mr.

Catholic Healthcare West today announced that 10 of its hospitals received national honors for their healthy environmental practices from the national organization Practice Greenhealth (formerly Hospitals for a Healthy Environment - H2E).

Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) today launched a new advertising campaign aimed at provoking a robust public discussion of health care reform, medical costs and the environment.