St. Joseph Medical Center

St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica plans sale to Providence

2013-05-17 16:26:00

The owner of St. John’s Health Center intends to sell the storied Santa Monica hospital to Catholic chain Providence Health & Services. The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System in Denver said it has entered into exclusive negotiations...

St. John's picks Providence Health & Services in bidding war

2013-05-17 20:57:00

After months of controversy, the owner of St. John's Health Center said it plans to sell the landmark Santa Monica hospital to Catholic chain Providence Health & Services. The hospital has been at the center of an intense competition that featured...

Medicare charges vary widely at California hospitals, new data show

2013-05-08 07:35:00

Federal officials are shedding new light on how much hospital bills vary across Southern California and the rest of the country. Medicare released pricing information Wednesday for more than 3,300 U.S. hospitals on the top 100 procedures and...

Gerald D. Klee dies at 86; psychiatrist involved in Army LSD experiments

2013-03-08 19:50:00

Gerald D. Klee, a retired psychiatrist and LSD expert who participated in experiments with the hallucinogenic drug on volunteer servicemen at U.S. military installations in the 1950s, has died. He was 86. Klee died Sunday of complications after...

Poisoning suspected in sudden death of coroner's official

2012-04-27 21:34:45

PASSINGS: Sid Melton, Leonard Stone, Liz Anderson, Thomas McNeeley Jr., George Rountree

2011-11-04 00:00:00

Sid Melton Character actor in dozens of TV, film projects Sid Melton, 94, a character actor perhaps best known for his roles in the hit television shows "Green Acres" and "The Danny Thomas Show," died of pneumonia Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph...

2 LAPD officers pull woman from burning motor home

2011-09-14 21:35:26

Motion Picture & TV Fund in talks with Providence and UCLA to run hospital and nursing home

2010-12-01 16:32:57

Teen, 17, fatally stabbed during fight in Romeoville parking lot

2013-05-17 15:48:00

A 22-year-old Romeoville man suspected of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old Joliet male outside of a Romeoville supermarket Thursday night is scheduled to appear in Will County Holiday Court Saturday morning for a bond hearing. Will County state's attorney...

Carmel Quinn, volunteer

2013-05-15 12:27:00

Carmel Quinn, a homemaker and volunteer, died of a heart attack Sunday at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 83. Born Mary Katherine Carmel Fay in Belturbet, in County Cavan, Ireland, she moved to Baltimore in...

Local doctors say Jolie's decision is courageous

2013-05-16 07:14:02

Most women considering a double mastectomy place too much emphasis on that relatively simple procedure when they should focus more on breast reconstructive surgery. "A mastectomy is a relatively simple, uncomplicated surgical procedure that usually...

A better way for Towson to get around

2013-05-12 05:00:00

Downtown Towson is on the cusp of a building boom that will transform this suburban county seat into one of the most dynamic, cosmopolitan communities in Maryland. All the elements are in place for this transformation. Towson has two institutions of...

Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank was the only area hospital to receive an A grade this week in a national evaluation of patient safety by The Leapfrog Group.

2013-05-10 16:55:00

Donna Yack, a nurse at St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, treated several of her neighbors throughout the night of the 1990 tornado. Even though her own home was destroyed, she stayed at the hospital to help.

2013-04-12 12:58:10

Archbishop William E. Lori of the Archdiocese of Baltimore gives a blessing to the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.

2012-12-17 00:00:00