Perfect Care

Honor & Meritorious Award
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital received the Medal of Honor & Meritorious Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for achieving a 75% organ donation rate for 36 months.

Three Clinical Programs Receive 2007-08 AVATAR Awards
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Petaluma Valley Hospital comprise one of only three local hospital systems to win three patient satisfaction awards from national patient satisfaction monitoring organization AVATAR. The hospitals’ Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Pediatrics and Lynch Creek Imaging facilities were the clinical units earning this unprecedented acknowledgement.

eICU Helps Critical Care Patients Recover Faster
Now in use at both hospitals, eICU monitoring allowed Memorial and Petaluma Valley to improve the speed and accuracy of care delivered to critically ill and injured patients.

During the first nine months of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital’s use of electronic ICU monitoring, the hospital achieved a 33% reduction in risk-adjusted hospital deaths of ICU patients compared to the baseline period.

This revolutionary telemedicine system allows an off-site physician specializing in intensive care to accurately monitor ICU patients from a remote location and advise on-site caregivers.

Heart and Vascular Institute
Construction of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital's 3-story, $57 million Norma and Evert Person Heart & Vascular Institute was completed and patient care will begin in fall 2008. The opening marks a new level of excellence in cardiac and vascular care and research, building on a tradition of community-supported innovation in treating heart disease that began at Memorial Hospital in 1961.

The Heart & Vascular Institute brings all of Memorial's diagnostic and treatment services related to cardiac and vascular health into one state-of-the-art facility. Specialists in every branch of cardiac care will work collaboratively in a single location to accelerate diagnosis and treatment for every patient.

Hypothermia Blanket
The latest addition to our mix of cardiac services was made possible by donations to the Petaluma Valley Hospital Foundation. The “Hypothermia Blanket” safely lowers the body temperature of cardiac patients while they wait for care or receive state-of-the-art treatments. Lowered body temperature reduces potential complications and enhances the effectiveness of a wide range of highly effective procedures.

64 Slice CT
The latest addition to the Santa Rosa/Petaluma diagnostic capabilities is a Biograph 40. A combined CT and 40-slice PET scanner enables clinicians to simultaneously assess internal processes and structures. This unique capability increases the speed and accuracy of comprehensive diagnoses.  Top

Sacred Encounters

Great Workplace Awards
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Petaluma Valley Hospital were both recipients of the   2007 Gallup Great Workplace Award. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital was also recognized as a Five-Star Community Value provider by Cleverly + Associates.

Hospice Center
The combined hospice programs of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Petaluma Valley Hospital serve over 1,200 patients a year with a daily census of 150 to 160 patients a day. Hospice staff work within as interdisciplinary team model that includes nursing, medicine, social work, spiritual care and home health aide care. Patients are cared for in their place of residence whether it is in their private home, a skilled nursing facility, hospital or assisted living center.

Grief services include care for adults, children and teens in both English and Spanish, and are meeting the needs of individuals through one-on-one counseling, groups, volunteers support and grief education classes. Grief services are also provided in the local schools, skilled nursing facilities, and businesses.

Circle of Sisters
Circle of Sisters is a free violence prevention after-school program for girls ages
10 to 14. The program participants attend schools with high rates of free and reduced-price lunches. In FY 08, 120 girls attended the program weekly from September 2007 to May 2008.  Top

Healthiest Communities

Five Stars
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital’s Pediatrics Unit received the Five Star Service Loyalty and Endorsement Award by Avatar International for 2007.

Mobile Dental & Medical Clinic
The Santa Rosa Mobile Dental & Medical Clinic makes it possible for working families in the community, including vineyards workers, to have access to preventive care and treatment at locations and times convenient for them. A full range of preventive and interventional services are provided including physical and dental examinations, dental hygiene and fluoride treatments.   Top