Salt Lake Regional Medical Center To Host ‘EMS Week’ Awards Ceremony, Recognize Salt Lake City’s First Responders
May 17, 2022Salt Lake City, UT – On Thursday, May 19 at 12pm, in recognition of National EMS Week, Salt Lake Regional Medical Center will host its second-annual award ceremony to recognize some of Salt Lake’s brave first responders. The awards will be presented by Bryan McKinley, President of Salt Lake Regional Medical Center to honor the important contributions of EMS practitioners in safeguarding our commun...
Experiencing A Higher Call Volume
May 13, 2022Earlier today, we became aware that unauthorized persons were spoofing SLRMC’s phone number and impersonating staff during calls to Utah residents. We are working with authorities to investigate and address this issue. Due to this situation, we are experiencing a higher call volume, so callers may experience longer than usual wait times. We will share additional information as it becomes available...
From the Beehive State to Boston in a Run for Redemption
April 13, 2022Steward Medical Group Utah’s Lauren Humbert, PA, aims to run a sub-three-hour marathon. More than a decade after completing her first Boston Marathon in four hours and 15 minutes - the slowest race of her career - Steward Medical Group’s Lauren Humbert, an orthopedic physician assistant in Salt Lake City, Utah, is returning to run for redemption. Healthy and in peak condition, she is eyeing compl...
Despite Pandemic, Olympics Bring Golden Moments for Steward Orthopedist
March 21, 2022Andrew Cooper, MD, attended his third Olympics as US Freeski Head Team Physician Every year, an estimated 10 million people visit the Great Wall of China. Despite being able to see the largest man-made structure on Earth from his hotel room at the XXIV Winter Olympic Games, due to COVID-19 restrictions, that’s as close as Dr. Andrew Cooper would get to it during his recent trip to Beijing as the h...
Andrew Cooper, MD, Plans to Oversee Medical Care for US Freeski Team at XXIV Winter Games
February 2, 2022As members of the U.S. Freeski Team prepare to head to the XXIV Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Andrew Cooper, a Steward Medical Group orthopedist at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center, a Steward Health Care hospital, will accompany them as the team’s head physician. Read more...
Value-based care may be the next step in the evolution of health care; What it means for patients
January 10, 2022Accessing affordable high-quality healthcare continues to be one of the greatest challenges in the United States and Steward Health Care is hoping to help change that. Read More...
Steward Health Care System Names Christopher Dunleavy Chief Financial Officer
October 27, 2021Dunleavy joins the nation’s largest physician-led system from Brigham Health DALLAS, TX -- Steward Health Care today announced that Christopher Dunleavy, M.B.A, C.P.A., will join the physician-led hospital network as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 25, 2021. Dunleavy joins Steward from Mass General Brigham, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Brigham ...
Steward Health Care Recognized by the American College of Cardiology in the “Best Hospitals” Issue of U.S. News & World Report
October 18, 2021ACC acknowledges health systems nationally for their commitment to quality care for heart patients DALLAS, TX – Steward Health Care has been recognized by the American College of Cardiology in the “Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News & World Report as one of the top health systems in the U.S. for providing top quality care to heart patients in 2021. Steward is one of only 87 health systems nati...
Physician-Led Steward Health Care, Nation’s Largest Accountable Care Organization, Achieves CMS’ 100% Quality Ranking
September 24, 2021Amid COVID-19 Headwinds, Steward Generated Millions in Shared Savings for Medicare CMS Awards Steward Second Largest Medicare Savings Payment in Nation DALLAS--Steward Health Care, through its subsidiary Steward National Care Network, ranked first in membership, tied for first in quality, and earned the second highest shared savings payout out of 513 participants in the Center for Medicare and Med...
Steward Health Care Names Marisela Marrero, M.D., Regional President for South Florida
September 14, 2021In her concurrent role as President of Hialeah Hospital, Dr. Marrero will now oversee Steward’s five newly acquired South Florida hospitals Miami, FL – Steward Health Care today announced Marisela Marrero, M.D., will become Steward’s first Regional President for the South Florida Region. Dr. Marrero will oversee the five hospitals Steward acquired from Tenet Healthcare Corporation last month, in...
Steward Health Care Utah to Increase Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour
September 8, 2021South Jordan, Utah –Steward Health Care’s Western Region leadership team is pleased to announce that, effective September 19, 2021, the minimum wage for all Utah-based hospital employees will increase to $15 per hour, double the current federal minimum wage. This increase will positively affect roughly 350 employees in 49 hospital departments, both clinical care and support functions. “At Steward,...
Matthew Hesketh Named President of Good Samaritan Medical Center
August 10, 2021BROCKTON, MA – Matthew Hesketh has been named President of Good Samaritan Medical Center (GSMC). Hesketh joined Steward Health Care in 2009, most recently serving as Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Operations, and Director of Quality and Patient Safety at Good Samaritan Medical Center. Hesketh has more than nine years of health care leadership experience with a focus on high-quality c...
Steward Health Care Completes Acquisition of Five South Florida Hospitals Bringing Physician-Led Care To More Communities In The Region - En Español A Continuación
August 2, 2021Innovator in coordinated, compassionate care, Steward is ready to tackle COVID-19 surge and bring high-quality healthcare to the many diverse communities in South Florida DALLAS, TX (August 2, 2021) – Today, Steward Health Care System, LLC (Steward) successfully completed the acquisition of five hospitals in South Florida from Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) including North Shore Medical ...
Steward Health Care Appoints Sr. Vimala Vadakumpadan to Board of Directors
July 12, 2021DALLAS, TX -- Steward Health Care today announced the appointment of Sr. Vimala Vadakumpadan to its Board of Directors. A member of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, she has served as Chairperson of the Board of Steward’s Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Massachusetts since 2005. A native of Kerala, India, Sr. Vimala received a Bachelor of Arts in Management from Bhopal School of Sci...
Steward Health Care To Acquire Five Hospitals In The Miami-Dade/Southern Broward Area From Tenet Healthcare
June 16, 2021Acquisition of Tenet hospitals and hospital-affiliated operations will bring greater access to high-quality care in South Florida DALLAS, TX (June 16, 2021) – Today, Steward Health Care System, LLC (Steward) and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced that they have signed a definitive agreement regarding the acquisition by Steward of Tenet’s five hospitals and related hospital operat...
Steward Health Care Vaccinates 100,000 Americans – And Counting – Against Covid-19
May 20, 2021Physician-owned network’s 40,000 health care professionals unite to fight pandemic Dallas (May 20, 2021) – Steward Health Care, the nation’s largest physician-owned and -led health care network, has fully vaccinated 100,000 Americans in the fight against COVID-19 – and continues to vaccinate patients at an average rate of 845 people per day across the country. Steward Health Care employs more than...
Southwest General Hospital To Become Texas Vista Medical Center
March 29, 2021Hospital launches new Healthy Horizons community program as part of its new leadership commitment to reduce healthcare disparities for San Antonio’s southside families. SAN ANTONIO – After 40 years of service, Southwest General Hospital is recommitting itself to the health of generations to come with a new vision, a new name, and a new program that seeks to take a leadership role in reducing healt...
Steward Health Care Set to Build New Hospital in St. George, Utah
March 24, 2021Nation’s Largest Private & Physician-Led Health Care Network to Build New Facility, With Plans to Open Doors in October 2023 Hospital Will Serve Southern Utah, Offering New Care Options to One of the Fastest-Growing Patient Populations in the Southwest U.S. UTAH – Steward Health Care, the nation’s largest private, physician-owned health care network, today announced it has finalized a deal to ...
STEWARD HEALTH CARE APPOINTS DR. SANJAY SHETTY TO NEWLY CREATED ROLE OF PRESIDENT, STEWARD NORTH AMERICA
March 16, 2021Founder Dr. Ralph de la Torre becomes Chairman and CEO, Steward North America, and Executive Chairman, Steward International, overseeing strategic business directives and global growth as Shetty assumes day-to-day leadership across Steward’s North America operations. DALLAS (MARCH 16, 2021) – Steward Health Care, the nation’s largest private, physician-owned health care network, today announced Dr...
Steward Health Care Announces Mark Robinson as Chief Operating Officer for the Western Region
January 22, 2021SALT LAKE CITY, UT (January 20, 2021) Steward Health Care, the nation’s largest private, for profit physician-led health care network, today named Mark Robinson as the Chief Operating Officer for the Western Region (Utah and Arizona). Robinson brings 21 years of health care experience to Steward Health Care. Robinson recently lead St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City as the Chief Executive Offic...