Latest Joseph's Hospital Stories

$1 Million Cash Grand Prize Awarded in Health & Wealth Raffle PHOENIX, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Health & Wealth Raffle, benefiting Barrow & St. Joseph's, awarded a total of $1,360,000 in Grand Prizes to three lucky Arizonans. Sedona resident Dawn Lay won $1 million on Monday, April 29, at a grand prize unveiling at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130507/LA09693) "My boss told me that astrologically, something...

More than 2,000 prizes up for grabs as the Raffle adds new, once-in-a-lifetime experiences for its 10th anniversary PHOENIX, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Launching today, the Health & Wealth Raffle, benefiting Barrow Neurological Institute & St. Joseph's Hospital, is back this spring with a new look, more prize drawings, and new, once-in-a-lifetime experience packages. "For the Raffle's 10(th) anniversary, we've refreshed the Raffle, and it's better for the players,...

COLVILLE, Wash., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Providence Health Care announced today the acquisition of Northeast Washington Medical Group (NEWMG) - the largest multi-specialty medical group serving the tri-county region (Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille Counties). The sale was finalized on January 1, 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/DC38598LOGO) Twenty-six physicians and seven advanced practice providers along with 118 employees will transition to...

PHOENIX, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With reported cases of hepatitis C skyrocketing around the nation, experts at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have launched an innovative state-wide program to help doctors in rural and underserved areas diagnose and treat this hard-to-cure disease. The high-tech project, called HCVNET, will include outreach to 15 areas, including the Navajo and Hopi Native American reservations. It is being funded by a $250,000 grant from the United...

PHOENIX, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Surgeons at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center today performed their 50(th) lung transplant this year, a remarkable number reached by only a handful of hospitals around the nation. It was only five years ago that St. Joseph's performed its first lung transplant and just last November the hospital reached a total of 100 transplants for this young program. The increasing pace of lung transplantations at St. Joseph's comes as...

BOZEN, Sud-Tirol, Italy, August 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today announced that Premier Healthcare Alliance's member St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah, Georgia is already saving at least $233,000 during FY2013 through its recent installation and "Go-Live" of the i.v.STATION Robot. In 1Q2012, Health Robotics won Premier's RFP versus IHS-RIVA and was awarded by Premier a 3-year exclusive [sole-source] contract for i.v.STATION and i.v.STATION ONCO at its...

TAMPA, Fla., July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For years, Tampa resident Catherine DeMare had atrial fibrillation (AF) and lived with the irregular heartbeat and uncertainty that affects approximately three million Americans. That is, until a procedure stopped her AF cold, literally. On January 10, 2011, just one day after the FDA approved the Arctic Front cryoballoon catheter for the treatment of AF, DeMare reported to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa for surgery, hoping...

PHOENIX, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix has received a $3 million donation from Celebrity Fight Night that will be used to help dramatically expand the renowned facility and its programs. Dozens of doctors, patients and staff applauded as Abraham Lieberman, MD, the center's director, personally received the donation recently from Jimmy Walker, founder of Celebrity Fight Night. Since the annual...

PHOENIX, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Creighton University 's School of Medicine Regional Campus at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Arizona opens its doors today as 42 future physicians attend their first classes. The new regional campus of the medical school is a partnership between Arizona's oldest teaching hospital and the nationally recognized Omaha-based university. Prior to this launch, the two organizations had enjoyed a more informal relationship for many...

PHOENIX, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rocker and philanthropist Bret Michaels thanks the hospital who saved his life on a new medical website, Barrow50.org. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120508/LA03704) Michaels suffered from a life-threatening brain hemorrhage in 2010 and was rushed to Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix for treatment. The hemorrhage left the musician in critical condition and he remained hospitalized at...