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August 20, 2007
The Childrens Hospital at Providence Joins National Network of Childrens Hospitals
Sierra Providence Health Network is proud to announce that the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) has accepted the application of The Children’s Hospital at Providence, El Paso’s only Children’s Hospital. W...
June 13, 2007
The Childrens Hospital at Providence and EPISD Announce Collaboration to Promote Health and Wellness in Schools
The Children’s Hospital at Providence and the El Paso Independent School District are pleased to announce their collaborating efforts to promote Health and Wellness by sponsoring Travis Elementary as the 2007 recipient of the Project Fit Am...
May 3, 2007
The Childrens Hospital at Providence Welcomes BBB Essay Winners
Sierra Providence Health Network is proud to have selected the winners of the Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) Eighth Annual Ethics Essay Contest. More than 500 student’s from El Paso County elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools submitte...
February 23, 2007
Sierra Providence El Paso Marathon
Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN) is continuing its tradition of El Paso firsts by being the title sponsor of the Sierra Providence El Paso Marathon, Sunday March 4, 2007 - El Paso’s first official marathon. SPHN is proud to be working with the...
January 22, 2007
Sierra and Providence Stroke Care Programs Awarded Joint Commission Certification
Sierra Medical Center and Providence Memorial Hospital, which are part of the Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN), have each earned the Gold Seal of Approval™ for stroke care. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organiz...
January 4, 2007
SPHN and the YWCA Announce Collaboration to Promote Health and Wellness
Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN) and the YWCA of the El Paso Del Norte Region are pleased to announce that they will collaborate in their efforts to promote Health and Wellness in El Paso. In conjunction with this announcement the YWCA wil...
December 22, 2006
SPHN Receives Third Straight Consumer Choice Award by National Research Corporation
Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN) is pleased to announce that the National Research Corporation (NRC) is recognizing for the third straight year with the Consumer Choice Award. These awards are based on consumer preference responses for hosp...
December 18, 2006
Sierra Providence Physical Rehabilitation Hospital Celebrating Annual Operation Noel Party
Fifty children from Canutillo ISD migrant program will receive warm jackets
Sierra Providence Physical Rehabilitation Hospital will be celebrating its annual Operation Noel Party on Monday, December 18th from 11:30 – 1:30pm, located at 1740 C...
December 7, 2006
Border Children’s Health Center Celebrating its 15th Annual Operation Noel Party
Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN) will be celebrating the 15th Annual Operation Noel Party at the Border Children's Health Center on Friday, December 8th from 4:00 - 5:30pm, located on 2001 N. Oregon (corner of University and Oregon). The Provi...
November 27, 2006
SPHN First in the State to Provide Data for National CDC Biosurveillance Project
State-of-the-Art Technology Will Help Identify Public Health Threats
Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN) announced it was the first hospital system in the state to provide real-time data to the CDC’s Biosense project, a program in...
November 9, 2006
SPHN announces Sierra Receives Chest Pain Center with PCI Accreditation
Sierra Medical Center received full Cycle II accreditation with PCI from the Accreditation Review Committee on September 6, 2006. Accreditation expires September 5, 2009. Sierra Medical Center becomes the only Chest Pain Center in El Paso w...
October 19, 2006
Independent Quality Study Rates Sierra Among Nation’s Best for Clinical Outcomes
Orthopedic and General Surgery Services Cited in Ninth Annual HealthGrades Quality Study
Sierra Medical Center announced today it has been rated number one in the El Paso region for clinical excellence in ove...
October 2, 2006
SPHN Announces Providence Receives HealthGrades 2006-2007 Maternity Care Excellence Award
Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN) is pleased to announce that Providence Memorial Hospital has been recognized with a 5-Star rating for clinical excellence in maternity care for the third consecutive year from HealthGrades, the nation’s leading...
September 27, 2006
SPHN and Simon Malls Announce New Sponsorship Play Area at Cielo Vista and Sunland Park Malls
Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN) is pleased to announce a partnership with both Cielo Vista and Sunland Park Malls by sponsoring the play area at both facilities. It will be named, "The Children’s Hospital at Providence" play area.
Our g...
Setpember 22, 2006
SPHN and EPDA Announce Collaboration to Fight Diabetes
Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN) is pleased to announce that The Providence Diabetes Center and the El Paso Diabetes Association (EPDA) will collaborate together to fight the diabetes epidemic in El Paso. They will work closely to promote the ...
September 22, 2006
Sierra Receives Chest Pain Center with PCI Designation
Sierra Medical Center received full Cycle II accreditation with PCI from the Accreditation Review Committee on September 6, 2006. Accreditation expires September 5, 2009. Sierra Medical Center becomes the only Chest Pain Center in El Paso with a P...
August 15, 2006
Binational Conference Focuses on Relief during Catastrophic Events
Sierra Providence Health Network (SPHN) in conjunction with the Far West Texas/Southern New Mexico Regional Advisory Council and Thomason Hospital announces that on August 24-25th a Binational Forum dealing with Trauma and Disaster will be held in...
July 31, 2006
SPHN Recognized for High-Quality Care in Bariatric Surgery
The ASBS Designates Sierra Providence Bariatric Center as a Center of Excellence Sierra Providence Bariatric Center announced today that it has been named an American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. The...
July 21, 2006
Sierra and Providence Recognized for Quality Cardiac Care
Sierra Medical Center and Providence Memorial Hospital are two of 173 hospitals in the United States being recognized in the July 17 issue of US News & World Report by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelin...
March 31, 2006
Sierra General Sugery Award
Sierra Medical Center has received HealthGrades 2006 General Surgery Excellence AwardTM, according to information recently released by HealthGrades, the nation’s leading provider of independent hospital ratings. Sierra Medical Center is the only ho...
02/10/2006
National Consumer Choice Winner
For the second year, Sierra Providence Health Network receives the Consumer Choice Award by the National Research Corporation (NRC). Consumer Choice Awards for hospitals are based on consumer preference responses. The award identifies hospitals that ...
AHA Tenet Hospitals
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced that 12 of its facilities have received one or more Get With The GuidelinesSM (GWTG) Performance Achievement Awards from the American Heart Association. GWTG is designed to ensure that patients with ...
Providence Diabetes Program
The prestigious American Diabetes Association (ADA) Education Recognition Certificate of a quality diabetes self-management education program was recently awarded to the Providence Memorial Hospital Diabetes Program in December 2005. The ADA believ...
03/01/05
Digital lab at PMH
Whether it’s with a paintbrush, or help from a mouse, pediatric patients at Providence Memorial Hospital are creating art and developing their self esteem. With help from a grant from Walt Disney, Creative Kids has established an in-house computer ...
03/01/05
Cleft palate treatment
It’s a defect not many parents are prepared to face when their baby is born. But cleft palates occur in 1 in 700 to 1,000 births in the United States making it the fourth most common major birth defect. Cleft palates are birth defects in which the ti...
01/04/05
Sleep center opens in East El Paso
A constant cough or a sneeze, an aching back or a lasting headache may lead people to seek out help from health care professionals. But when it comes to one sleepless night after another, many may ignore what could be a symptom of a serious health pr...
01/07/05
Pediatric emergency services at Providence
A view from Mars, a trip around the moon or a look across the galaxy, these are just some of the sights to help ease the stress of an emergency room visit for child at Providence Memorial Hospital. With the latest addition to the Providence Childre...
01/04/05
Sierra Providence consumer choice
Sierra Providence Health Network has been named a Consumer Choice Award winner by the National Research Corporation. Sierra Providence was among the 187 hospitals in over 150 markets chosen as Consumer Choice Award winners. Every year, National Resea...
01/04/05
RetCam at Providence
Among the many challenges facing premature infants is a potentially blinding eye disorder called Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). Premature and low birth weight infants are at risk for ROP because the blood vessels supplying the retinas are not co...
March 8, 2004
Sierra Teen offers new Daddy Baby Camp
The Sierra Teen Health Resource Center is offering a new class aimed at helping young fathers-to-be how to take care of their newborn infants. The Daddy’s Baby Camp will teach fathers, brothers and uncles about burping, bottle feeding, holding and ...
March 15, 2004
Lumbar artificial disc clinical trial at Sierra
Back pain, limited flexibility and stiffness are just a few of the symptoms that come with Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD). Seen as a part of the natural process of growing older, this disease starts when intervetebral discs, the gel-like cushions wi...
March 30, 2004
Providence radiology receives accreditation
Providence Memorial Hospital has been awarded a three year term of accreditation in Breast Ultrasound, and Core Needle Biopsy as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology.
The ACR, hedquartered in Reston, VA, awards accredit...
05/01/04
Boys and Girls Scouts at Sierra Providence
More than 300 scouts will earn the new medicine merit badge after spending a day with health care professionals at Sierra Medical Center and Providence Memorial Hospital. The Yucca Boy Scout Council and Girl Scouts of the Rio Grande will bring seve...
August 1, 2003
New Chief Operating Officer appointed at Sierra Medical Center
Sierra Providence Health Network names Teresa C. Urquhart as Senior Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer at Sierra Medical Center. Prior to assuming this position, Urquhart served as Chief Operating Officer at Rio Vista Physical Rehabilitation Ho...
Diabetes Insulin Pump available at Providence
It’s only the size of a pager but what it delivers helps hundreds of people with diabetes gain control over their insulin levels and their lives. From daily injections to constantly managing blood sugar levels, millions of Americans diagnosed with di...
July 2002
Sierra Teen Health Resource Center opens third location
Teens and adults living in South El Paso now have a neighborhood source for basic health care information, prenatal care, and free pregnancy testing. The Sierra Teen Health Resource Center located at the Armijo Center at 710 East 7th Street offers:
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TotalCare opens in El Paso
TotalCare, a service of Sierra Medical Center, offers efficient scheduling processes, prompt appointment availability, friendly staff, and smooth interactions between staff and guests who work together to create a high level of customer service in to...
Sierra renovates labor and delivery rooms
The past several months, crews have been working on remolding and renovating the Labor and Delivery, Nursery and Post-Partum sections of Sierra Medical Center. This project was completed last month.
These new bigger and private patient rooms have sh...
Sierra Providence Volunteer Director appointed to state board
Lynne Futrell, administrative director for volunteer services at Sierra Providence Health Network has been elected president of the Texas Association Directors of Volunteer Services. Futrell will oversee the organization’s events and be a represent...
Border Children Health Center relocates
Border Children’s Health Center and its 17 specialized clinics are located at the corner of Oregon and University. Located in the Skilled Nursing Facility, Border Children’s Health Center will have more space and rooms to accommodate the needs of our...
November 2002
Brain Injury Support Group at Rio Vista
A brain injury can affect who we are, the way we think, act and feel. It can change everything about ourselves in a matter of seconds. When a person sustains a brain injury, the need for support is an important tool, not only for recovery but for reb...
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| | News Flash | | SPHN NEEDS YOU: Volunteers Make a Hospital Special
Whether it's reassuring smiles for anxious family members or playtime diversions for young patients, the volunteers at Sierra , Providence and Rio Vista provide that special touch. That's why Sierra Providence Health Network is looking for individua...
Rio Vista Receives National Recognition
The National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA) has selected the Rio Grande Chapter as Outstanding New Chapter. Sukie Armendariz, representing the rehabilitation specialists at Rio Vista Physical Rehabilitation Hospital, received the national aw...
Stealth Technology Assists Surgeons Performing Cranial and Spinal Surgery
The ability to see can often be taken for granted. We rely on our vision at work and at play, but for health providers trying to detect healthy tissue inside the body, a visual examination often is limited to two-dimensional scans. However, with the ...
Get the Facts About Diabetes
"Are you at Risk?"Approximately 15.7 million people, or 5.9 percent of the population in the United States, have diabetes, a disease that prevents the body from producing or properly using insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar...
Sports and Kids: How to Stay Safe and Healthy
Competitive sports can be demanding on a young body. Each year thousands of kids get involved in team sports like soccer and baseball, and many others play individual sports like golf and tennis. Whichever sport your child prefers, it is important t...
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