Sierra View Medical Center (SVMC) is thrilled to announce a significant achievement in the 2024 Best of Central California People’s Choice Awards, securing top honors in four categories. We are thrilled to share that Sierra View Medical Center has been recognized and awarded in the following categories: Gold: Best Hospital for SVMC Gold: Best Surgery […]
Sierra View Medical Center (SVMC) bids farewell to Doug Dickson, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who has made the decision to retire after more than 20 years of dedicated service. SVMC is also pleased to welcome Craig McDonald as the new Vice President and CFO, effective June 2024. “Doug has been a pillar […]
Get ready to hit the greens in support of local healthcare! The Sierra View Foundation and Presenting Sponsor, Bank of the Sierra, invites you to the 19th Annual Sierra View Golf Classic on April 26, 2024, at Valley Oaks Golf Course in Visalia, CA. The tournament will tee off with a 10 AM shotgun start. […]
Kaweah Health has selected its next class of residents for its six residency programs, which will join the organization’s 133 resident physicians in serving the community this summer. The 49 new residents learned of their match on Friday, March 15, also known as Match Day, a day when medical school graduates from around the world […]
Adventist Health Hanford announced today that it has been recognized as a 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipient by Healthgrades, the leading resource consumers use to find a hospital or doctor. This achievement—plus recently earned Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery accreditation, Geriatric Emergency Department accreditation, and the American Heart Association Gold Plus award—reflects Adventist Health Hanford’s […]
Ruiz Food Products, Inc., the largest frozen Mexican food manufacturer in the United States, today announced the opening of an on-site health center for insured team members and their covered family members at the company’s Dinuba, California plant. This is the third on-site health center that Ruiz Foods has opened to accommodate team members. In […]
Kaweah Health is excited to welcome Dr. Michael K. McLean, cardiothoracic surgeon, and Stanford Medicine faculty member. Dr. McLean is the first of three Stanford Medicine cardiothoracic surgeons who will live and work in Visalia as part of the Kaweah Health Cardiothoracic Surgery Program, working together with the Stanford Medicine Cardiac Surgery Program. Kaweah Health […]
My Diabetes Tutor, the first telehealth diabetes education program in California to receive national accreditation, is now the only virtual diabetes education provider credentialed to accept Medi-Cal patients. Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid healthcare program, will pay 100 percent of each patient’s cost for My Diabetes Tutor’s diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) program. DSMES programs have resulted in measurably […]
When it comes to breastfeeding, Sierra View Medical Center understands that doing what is natural doesn’t always come naturally. Thanks to its partnership with First 5 Tulare County, the SVMC Breastfeeding Resource Center is here to provide new moms and their little ones with breastfeeding support. The SVMC Breastfeeding Resource Center offers lactation services to […]
Sierra View Medical Center has applied for the Distressed Hospital Loan Program for $17.35 million. The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) and the California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) jointly administer this program. Currently, $300 million in funding is available for hospitals — $150 million was originally allocated to the program in […]