Dominican Hospital

Name :

Dominican Hospital

Address  :

1555 Soquel Drive

Town  :

Santa Cruz

State  :

California

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

95065

Phone  :

831 462 7700

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

dscpres@chw.edu

Description

OUR MISSION

Catholic Healthcare West and our Sponsoring Congregations are committed to furthering the healing ministry of Jesus We dedicate our resources to

Delivering compassionate highquality affordable health services
Serving and advocating for our sisters and brothers who are poor and disenfranchised and
Partnering with others in the community to improve the quality of life

OUR VISION

A growing and diversified health care ministry distinguished by excellent quality and committed to expanding access to those in need

OUR VALUES

Catholic Healthcare West is committed to providing highquality affordable health care to the communities we serve Above all else we value

DIGNITY Respecting the inherent value and worth of each person
Collaboration Working together with people who support common values and vision to achieve shared goals

JUSTICE Advocating for social change and acting in ways that promote respect for all persons and demonstrate compassion for our sisters and brothers who are powerless

STEWARDSHIP Cultivating the resources entrusted to us to promote healing and wholeness

ESCELLENCE Exceeding expectations through teamwork and innovation
CHW is strengthened in service by the membership of Catholic hospitals founded by congregations of religious women and hospitals that are not Catholic founded by local communities or dedicated physicians The same work of healing is central to all we do

For guidance and moral foundation CHWs Catholic hospitals use The Ethical and Religious Directives published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

For guidance and moral foundation CHWs secular hospitals use the CHW Statement of Common Values

Our Mission Vision ValuesIntegrating Our MissionStandards for Mission IntegrationAdditional InformationEthics Spiritual Care at CHW Community Health

History

Surpassing Six Decades of Services


In September 1941 responding to a request by the Monterey Bay area diocese of the Catholic Church the Adrian Dominican Sisters of Adrian Michigan took over 18bed Hanley Hospital on Santa Cruzs West Cliff Drive It soon became known as and was thereafter formally named Sisters Hospital

Ten years later the Sisters purchased Santa Cruz Hospital on Soquel Avenue near downtown from a physician group and operated two hospitals to meet the needs of the growing community

To provide room for future growth a 17acre site was purchased on the outskirts of the city The new Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital was formally dedicated in December 1967 and all services consolidated there

In 1990 Dominican purchased AMI Community Hospital in Santa Cruz which was transformed into Dominican Rehabilitation Services The two campuses provide a total of 379 acute care beds

Dominican Hospital as we are now formally known has been a member of Catholic Healthcare West since 1988

Adrian Dominican Sisters Always Present


In the early days the Adrian Dominican Sisters were easy to spot in the traditional habit and gown

Today Adrian Dominican Sisters still hold pivotal positions throughout the Dominican organization but they now wear modern business apparel and are virtually indistinguishable from the lay employees

Lapel pins with the Adrian Dominican logo of a wedge of light piercing the darkness are still worn by the women religious