12 December 2022 | SPOKANE, WASHINGTON – Douglas Brant, 56, was killed during a home health visit with a patient on December 1, 2022. His career as a caregiver with Providence Home Health spanned approximately two decades and he was well-known among the patients. That Thursday, Brant was conducting a standard visit with his patient, […]
6 December 2022 | ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA – According to an article in Chief Healthcare Executive, hospitals and health systems say they are feeling the pressure of non-traditional rivals entering the healthcare space. This month, VillageMD, backed by Walgreens Boots Alliance, purchased Summit Health-CityMD in an $8.9 billion deal. In September, CVS Health announced the $8 billion […]
From ANN, May 23, 2016: More than 500 Adventist business professionals raised approximately $50,000 (USD) to help fund the construction of the East-Central Africa Division (ECD) Medical School in Kigali, Rwanda, in order to address the nation’s tremendous need for expanded health services. The fundraising event took place May 15 on the campus of […]
From ANN, May 18, 2016: About 6,000 people are on track to receive free healthcare at three clinics operating on the sidelines of a major Seventh-day Adventist evangelistic series in Rwanda. Hundreds of people eagerly lined up Sunday for free dental, medical and eye care at the largest of the three clinics, a recently […]
From ANN, May 5, 2016: A Memorandum of Understanding signed last week between administrators of Health City Cayman Islands and Adventist Healthcare Services Inter-America (AHS-IA) will seek to provide free cardiac surgeries to children and minimally-invasive surgeries at affordable costs across Adventist-operated hospitals in the Caribbean. Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) is an accredited […]
From ANN, May 5, 2016: Helping women who have suffered from the horrendous trauma of genital mutilation has become a life mission for Dr. Cornelia Strunz. Anyone who sees her interacting with the women at group meetings can see how much love and enthusiasm she brings to her work, which is helping women find […]
From ANN, April 28, 2016: Crowds lined up at the Los Angeles Convention Center in the U.S. state of California on Wednesday for the opening of a Seventh-day Adventist-organized mega-clinic that hopes to provide $30 million worth of free healthcare to 10,000 people over 2 and a half days. Separate lines of people seeking […]
From ANN, April 6, 2016: The Adventist hospital in Haiti, Hopital Adventiste d’Haiti (HAH), celebrated 35 years of providing health care services with the inauguration of a state-of-the-art surgical suite, a new laboratory and the installation of a private multi-med clinic, in Diquini, Carrefour, near Port-au-Prince on April 1, 2016. The event drew top […]
From ANN, April 5, 2016: Researchers from the Center for Perinatal Biology at Loma Linda University School of Medicine (LLUSM) have announced that their 417-page application for a program project grant (PPG) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been funded for a total of $6.29 million over the next five years. Grant […]
From ANN, March 9, 2016: As global alarm grows about the Zika virus, hundreds of thousands of Seventh-day Adventists in one of the most affected countries, Brazil, decided to respond with their hands and feet. The Adventist denomination in Brazil kicked off the Zika Project, a national campaign to raise awareness, prevent new infections, […]
From ANN, December 23, 2015: Washington Adventist Hospital has received long-sought state approval to relocate to a $331 million facility that will be constructed in White Oak, Maryland, just down the road from the Seventh-day Adventist world church headquarters. The Maryland Health Care Commission granted formal approval on Dec. 17 for the Adventist HealthCare-owned […]
From News Release, August 6, 2015: More than 1,600 healthcare professionals and volunteers operated a no-cost medical and dental clinic in Spokane, Washington on August 3-4, 2015. According to event organizers, a total of 7,757 free services were offered to 3,111 noninsured and underinsured residents of Spokane, including 319 who were given surgical services […]