John Muir Health’s Concord and Walnut Creek Medical Centers are once again being recognized nationally for delivering high-quality heart disease and stroke care. The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® awards are given to hospitals for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital.
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John Muir Health’s Walnut Creek Medical Center has implemented the NPi-Connect™ connectivity hub (NeurOptics; Irvine, CA), an electronic health record (EHR)-integrated technology that automatically transfers quantitative pupillometry data into the patient’s medical record. By eliminating manual documentation of neurological assessments, the new system reduces administrative work for critical care nurses, allowing them to spend more time delivering direct patient care.
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U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of America's Best Hospitals and John Muir Health’s Concord and Walnut Creek Medical Centers were two of only 505 hospitals (11% of the 4,500 hospitals evaluated nationwide). To earn this distinction, each medical center had to earn at least eight ratings of “high performing” across the procedures and conditions evaluated by U.S. News & World Report.
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Walnut Creek, CA — John Muir Health is celebrating 25 years of bringing free health care directly to underserved communities through its Mobile Health Clinic program — a milestone that reflects decades of partnership, innovation and expanded access to care across Contra Costa County and beyond.
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Walnut Creek, CA — This Father’s Day, cardiologists at John Muir Health are encouraging dads to invest in something more valuable than any gift: their heart health.
As part of the “Living Heart Smart” podcast (available on YouTube, YouTube Music, Spotify, and Apple Podcast), board-certified cardiologists Dr. Matt DeVane, Dr. Carolyn Lacey, and Dr. Jason Liu from John Muir Health have launched a Father’s Day Heart Health Challenge. They are offering five practical and achievable steps designed to reduce cardiovascular risk and help fathers stay healthy for the people who depend on them.
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SAN RAMON, CA — John Muir Health is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its San Ramon Outpatient Center with plans for significant expansion to meet the growing health care needs of the San Ramon community and surrounding areas
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John Muir Health is expanding its stroke rehabilitation services with the introduction of an innovative procedure known as Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS), which offers new hope for patients working to regain hand and arm function after a stroke.
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Colorectal cancer is increasingly affecting younger adults, underscoring the urgent need for early screening, awareness, and access to high-quality, coordinated care. Once considered a disease primarily impacting people who are older, colorectal cancer is now rising among people under 50 – a trend that has drawn national attention. Recent celebrity deaths associated with colorectal cancer have highlighted the growing impact of early-onset colorectal cancer and the importance of timely detection.
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John Muir Health is proud to announce the establishment of The C.J. and Elizabeth Hwang Medical Directorship of Neurosurgery. Made possible through a generous philanthropic commitment from C.J. and Elizabeth Hwang, this endowment represents the third endowed Medical Directorship at John Muir Health, the first in the neurosciences, and marks an important expansion of donor-supported physician leadership across the health system.
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