Providence St. Joseph Health

Providence St. Joseph Health is a not-for-profit health care system operating in seven states and serves as the parent organization for 100,000 caregivers. The combined system includes 51 hospitals, 829 physician clinics, and other health, education and social services across Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Montana, New Mexico, and Texas.[1]

Providence
TypeNon-profit organization
IndustryHealthcare
Founded2016
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
,
US
ProductsHospitals, clinics,
Number of employees
100,000
Websitewww.providence.org

History

In 2016, Providence Health & Services, based in Renton, Washington, and St. Joseph Health, based in Irvine, California, merged to created Providence St. Joseph Health.

Providence Health & Services

In 2012, Providence acquired Swedish Health Services in Seattle, Washington, to expand services to patients in Snohomish and King counties.[2]

Rod Hochman, CEO of Swedish Medical Center was hired by Providence Health & Services when Providence affiliated with Swedish in 2012. In April 2013, Hochman became the president and CEO of Providence.[3]

Providence entered a similar partnership with Pacific Medical Centers in 2014, which joined Swedish as part of Providence's Western HealthConnect division.[4]

Providence St. Joseph Health

After nearly a year of talks, Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph Health merged in 2016, under the leadership of president and CEO Rod Hochman. On the first day following the merge, the medical group announced a new commitment to addressing mental health challenges in the nation.[5]

In September 2019, the company announced plans to rebrand its assets under the Providence brand.[6]

In January 2020, the company acquired Health Management Resources from Merck & Co., Inc.[7][8]

Also in January 2020, Providence St. Joseph was the first US hospital chain to treat a patient with COVID-19 in Washington state.[9]

References
  1. "Providence Health & Services, St. Joseph Health officially merge". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. "Swedish alliance with Providence is now complete". The Seattle Times. 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  3. Bauman, Valerie. "Leadership change at Providence Health & Services comes earlier than planned". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. "PacMed agrees to 'secular affiliation' with Providence". The Seattle Times. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  5. Carpio, Anthony Clark. "Providence Health and St. Joseph officials tout medical merger". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  6. Payne, Patti (11 September 2019). "Providence St. Joseph Health rebrands to reduce confusion".
  7. "Providence St. Joseph Health acquires Health Management Resource from Merck, CVS publishes 2020 health predictions and other digital health news briefs". MobiHealthNews. 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  8. "Providence Announces Addition of HMR Weight Management Services Corp". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  9. "First US hospital chain to treat coronavirus considers treating patients in 'tents outside'". CNBC Health and Science. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
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