St. Elizabeth Community Hospital

Name :

St. Elizabeth Community Hospital

Address  :

2550 Sister Mary Columba Drive

Town  :

Red Bluff

State  :

California

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

96080

Phone  :

844 648 1735

Web URL  :

Available

Description

Mission Vision Values
The Foundation For All We Do

Mission Statement
In collaboration with others we advocate for the poor and promote healing and wellness through the delivery of compassionate quality health care to the people in the communities we serve

As a notforprofit organization our policies integrate and reflect the public interest in meeting our commitment to promote healthier communities

Vision Statement
To be a leader in improving the heath of our community by passionately responding to the needs of the people we serve in a manner that is collaborative pursues excellence delivers value and is customer focused

Values
Dignity Respecting the inherent value and worth
each person possesses

Collaboration Working together with people who
support common values and vision to achieve goals

Justice Advocating for social change to promote
human dignity demonstrating special concern for
those who are poor

Stewardship Safeguarding the human financial and
ecological resources entrusted to our care as we
promote healing and wholeness

Excellence Demonstrating a commitment to quality
in our work through teamwork and innovation

History

A Rich and Colorful Story
A History of the Sisters of Mercy and St Elizabeth Community Hospital

18541857 Irish Sisters of Mercy arrive in California

The Irish Sisters of Mercy arrived in San Francisco after a long and arduous journey across sea and land from Ireland to Sacramento Around 1864 the Sisters established a convent in Omaha Nebraska and made their way west They divided into two subgroups creating two Mercy regions the Burlingame Sisters in San Francisco and the Auburn Sisters in the Sacramento region

18711881 Sisters on the move final destinationRed Bluff California

In the dead of winter 1871 seven Sisters began their journey to Yreka California Unfortunately by the time the Sisters arrived in Yreka the gold rush boom had turned to a bust and not even the good Sisters could spring life back into Yreka The Sisters of Omaha were then transferred from Yreka to Red Bluff and opened the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy on March 3 1882 During this period the Sisters hospital ministry began with a generous donation of dollars and land from Elizabeth Kraft widow of Herbert Kraft one of the largest landowners in the area

19061916 St Elizabeth Community Hospital a landmark of health care

On October 30 1906 Elizabeth Kraft deeded the Old Duncan Robertson Residence to Bishop Thomas Grace with three stipulations First the property had to be used as a hospital Second the hospital had to be operated by the Sisters of Mercy and Third the name of the hospital would be St Elizabeth

Between October 1906 and September 1907 the building was renovated and suitably converted The Red Bluff Daily News described the new hospital as one of the best hospitals north of Sacramento The first patient was registered in 1906

During the evening of September 9 1913 St Elizabeth Hospital was destroyed by fire The determined Sisters worked tirelessly to raise the money needed to rebuild and Red Bluff business people helped their efforts In 1916 a new brick and cement hospital was erected at a cost of 25000 on the same site ie the northwest corner of Sycamore and Main Streets The new hospital was dedicated on May 28 1916

1978 SECH moves to its new location

To keep up with the growth of Red Bluff a larger hospital was constructed two miles south of the original downtown hospital site in 1978 This hospital featured allprivate rooms in a 76bed facility and it provided for the care of medical surgical obstetrical pediatric emergency and intensive care patients It has extended services to provide special services for patients including CT scan MRI mammography laser surgery day surgery EEG EKG home care home pulmonary durable medical equipment purchase and rental ambulance service nuclear medicine physical speech and respiratory therapies This fully accredited hospital is staffed with approximately 100 physicians over 300 skilled professional health care personnel support staff and volunteers It has become the central location of care for Tehama County

1995 St Elizabeth becomes part of Catholic Healthcare West

In 1995 the Sisters of Mercy Omaha Regional Community transferred sponsorship of St Elizabeth to the Sisters of Mercy Auburn Regional Community This administrative change led the way for St Elizabeth Community Hospital to merge with Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Mt Shasta thus creating Mercy Healthcare North

Mercy Healthcare North is a division of Catholic Healthcare West The organization was founded in 1986 and is now sponsored by seven different congregations of Sisters including the Sisters of Mercy of Auburn

Today into our future Expansion Access to Healthcare Stateof the Art Technology

St Elizabeth Community Hospital continuously grows to keep pace with the population growth of Tehama County Within the last 5 years St Elizabeth has grown a considerable amount now offering a full service stateoftheart imaging center which occupies the refurbished former Lassen Medical Group building The imaging center provides digital mammography a new MRI and TIM system and provides separate womens private dressing and waiting area and a lab draw station

In March of 2007 St Elizabeth Community Hospital was notified that it has been selected to receive the Solucient 100 Top Hospitals Benchmarks for Success 2006 Award St Elizabeth is one of only four California hospitals to reach this level of performance The hospital is also noted for its excellence in joint replacement surgery for which it has received the 2007 HealthGrades 5Star rating in joint replacement surgery

Looking forward St Elizabeth anticipates the need for increased services in surgery ICU CCU and emergency room services To provide greater access to healthcare the hospital is actively pursuing recruitment of more physicians With St Elizabeths dedication to their mission for excellence in healthcare they have designed a campus and building structure that can expand with the changing needs of the community

Catherine McAuley foundress of the Sisters of Mercy once wrote God makes use of various means to further the accomplishments of his designs some of which if we had a choice in them would not be according to our viewsThe means he makes use of turn out to be most conducive to the work of the Almighty eventually Sister Catherine knew from early on that she was not the designer of her future or that of her ministries She would often say If the ministry is for my own purpose then let it die but if for the Almighty then it will prosper accordingly This simple phrase has guided the works of the Sisters for over 175 years and has been witnessed in Tehama County since 1881