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 Get With The Guidelines® and Mission: Lifeline® achievement 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 interventional cardiologists are utilizing a new minimally invasive therapy to treat patients with a leaky tricuspid valve, a condition known as tricuspid regurgitation (TR), without the need for open-heart surgery. The procedure uses a device called the TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair system.
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John Muir Health recently released its annual Community Benefit Report highlighting the San Francisco East Bay health care system’s contributions to the community. In 2024, John Muir Health contributed $205.7 million – an increase of more than $10.8 million from the previous year. This includes nearly $178 million in unpaid MediCal costs, the difference between the cost to provide care and payments received.
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John Muir Health’s Concord and Walnut Creek Medical Centers were two of only 504 hospitals (11% of the more than 4,400 hospitals evaluated nationwide) to earn the designation of Best Regional Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in its annual list of America's Best Hospitals released today. To earn this distinction, each medical
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John Muir Health has once again earned an accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer of the American College of Surgeons (NAPRC). The John Muir Health Rectal Cancer Program was the nation’s first to earn accreditation from the NAPRC in 2018 and was re-accredited in 2023.
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The John Muir Health cardiac surgery program is among the best in the nation for survival rates after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery — commonly known as heart bypass surgery. According to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), John Muir Health’s Concord Medical Center has the highest 30-day survival rate in the state of California and is ranked #8 in the country alongside other prestigious hospitals and health systems.
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John Muir Health is expanding its primary and specialty care presence in San Ramon to meet the growing health care needs of the area’s population. The health system is investing $30 million in a new outpatient center in Bishop Ranch 15, which is located at 12677 Alcosta Boulevard across from John Muir Health’s partner hospital, San Ramon Regional Medical Center.
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The John Muir Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports John Muir Health, proudly announced today the successful conclusion of its Campaign to Conquer Cancer. The campaign surpassed its ambitious $100 million goal and achieved a record-breaking fundraising total — the largest philanthropic campaign ever recorded in Contra Costa County, where John Muir Health is based.
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John Muir Health’s Concord and Walnut Creek Medical Centers have both been recognized on Newsweek’s list of the World’s Best Hospitals 2025. Rankings compare the best hospitals in 30 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. According to the data compiled, John Muir Health’s Concord Medical Center is ranked number 191, and the Walnut Creek Medical Center is ranked number 359 in the United States. This is the seventh straight year that both of John Muir Health’s medical centers have been ranked, every year the survey has been published.
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Recognized as a premier provider of cardiovascular care in the San Francisco Bay Area, John Muir Health is continually investing in the latest innovations to improve patient care. One of the newest technologies utilized by the East Bay community health system is called Pulsed Field Ablation and it has the potential to be a game changer for patients who need treatment for a common heart issue — atrial fibrillation.
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The UCSF-John Muir Health Cancer Center in Berkeley recently opened a new radiation oncology program that offers the most technologically advanced radiation therapies available for a comprehensive range of cancers.
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