Mountain Vista Medical Center Implants First Leadless Pacemaker in the East Valley
September 22, 2022Mountain Vista Medical Center, a Steward Health Care Family Hospital, has implanted the region’s first single-chamber leadless pacemaker that offers the world’s only unique mapping capability for seamless implantation and retrieval. This state-of-the-art cardiovascular technology is only available at Mountain Vista in the East Valley. “It’s just one more cutting-edge procedure offered as part of M...
Employing Data, Steward Health Care Partners with Blue Cross to Eliminate Inequities in Care
August 19, 2022BOSTON, MA – News Service of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts published a new article today highlighting how Steward Health Care Network is partnering with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to improve care for all patients and tackle health inequities through the use of data. Read the full article HERE. Key excerpts below: Dr. Joseph Weinstein, a cardiologist who is Steward Health Car...
Mountain Vista Receives American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines Stroke Achievement Award
July 11, 2022Mountain Vista Medical Center, both a primary and comprehensive stroke center, has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus with Target: Stroke and Type 2 Diabetes Honor Rolls Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized-research-based guidelines. A strok...
Steward Health Care Expands Hospital Network and Acquires Abrazo Mesa Hospital
April 19, 2022Synergy Between Abrazo Mesa Hospital and Mountain Vista Medical Center will Allow More East Valley Residents to Receive Medical Care Right Where They Live Mesa, AZ – Steward Health Care, the nation’s largest physician-led health care network, announced today that it has acquired Abrazo Mesa Hospital, an 8-bed micro-hospital located at 5750 East Baseline Road in Mesa, AZ. The facility will now be n...
Mountain Vista Medical Center Receives DNV Knee & Hip Replacement Program Certification
February 15, 2022Mountain Vista Medical Center, a Steward family hospital, has been recognized as a DNV certified Hip & Knee Replacement Center. Certification as a Hip & Knee Replacement Center validates the hospital’s excellence across the spectrum of hip and knee replacement care, from diagnosis to treatment, rehabilitation, education and outcomes. “This certification tells our community that we have the...
Mountain Vista Medical Center is First Hospital in Arizona to Implant the remedē® 1100 device
January 31, 2022Mountain Vista Medical Center, a Steward family hospital, today announced they are the first hospital in Arizona to implant the remedē® 1100 device, a breakthrough treatment device for adult patients with moderate to severe Central Sleep Apnea (CSA). Individuals with moderate to severe CSA often suffer from chronic fatigue, daytime sleepiness and memory or concentration problems. The device was im...
Steward Health Care is First Hospital System in Arizona to Use Zeto’s State-of-the-Art EEG Headsets
December 14, 2021Steward Health Care is the first hospital system in Arizona to use Zeto EEG technology – the first true dry electrode EEG system cleared for clinical use by the FDA. Both Mountain Vista Medical Center and Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital now offer Zeto EEG headsets for routine EEG, one of the main diagnostic tests for epilepsy and other brain disorders. A zero-prep, easy to wear headset with no-residue e...
Mesa Marathon's 10th Anniversary Presented by Mountain Vista Medical Center
November 29, 2021The Mesa Marathon is proud to announce its new presenting sponsor Mountain Vista Medical Center, a Steward Family Hospital and Mesa’s premier hospital. The Mesa Marathon presented by Mountain Vista Medical Center will commence on February 12, 2022. “We are very excited to part of the 10th Anniversary of the Mesa Marathon,” said Damon Brown, Steward Health Care Arizona Market President and Mountain...
Steward Health Care System Names Christopher Dunleavy Chief Financial Officer
October 27, 2021Dunleavy joins the nation’s largest physician-led system from Brigham Health DALLAS, TX -- Steward Health Care today announced that Christopher Dunleavy, M.B.A, C.P.A., will join the physician-led hospital network as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 25, 2021. Dunleavy joins Steward from Mass General Brigham, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Brigham ...
Steward Health Care Recognized by the American College of Cardiology in the “Best Hospitals” Issue of U.S. News & World Report
October 18, 2021ACC acknowledges health systems nationally for their commitment to quality care for heart patients DALLAS, TX – Steward Health Care has been recognized by the American College of Cardiology in the “Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News & World Report as one of the top health systems in the U.S. for providing top quality care to heart patients in 2021. Steward is one of only 87 health systems nati...
Mountain Vista Medical Center Expands Services with Neurosurgery
September 28, 2021Neurosurgical services are now available at Mountain Vista Medical Center with the addition of neurosurgeons, Dr. Marco Marsella, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Dr. Niteen Andalkar, M.D. Services provided include inpatient and outpatient treatment, as well as 24-hour emergency department support. “We are excited to have both Drs. Marsella and Andalkar join our medical staff and be able to offer neurosurgical...
Physician-Led Steward Health Care, Nation’s Largest Accountable Care Organization, Achieves CMS’ 100% Quality Ranking
September 24, 2021Amid COVID-19 Headwinds, Steward Generated Millions in Shared Savings for Medicare CMS Awards Steward Second Largest Medicare Savings Payment in Nation DALLAS--Steward Health Care, through its subsidiary Steward National Care Network, ranked first in membership, tied for first in quality, and earned the second highest shared savings payout out of 513 participants in the Center for Medicare and Med...
Steward Health Care Names Marisela Marrero, M.D., Regional President for South Florida
September 14, 2021In her concurrent role as President of Hialeah Hospital, Dr. Marrero will now oversee Steward’s five newly acquired South Florida hospitals Miami, FL – Steward Health Care today announced Marisela Marrero, M.D., will become Steward’s first Regional President for the South Florida Region. Dr. Marrero will oversee the five hospitals Steward acquired from Tenet Healthcare Corporation last month, in...
Mountain Vista Medical Center Receives Level III Trauma Re-verification from the American College of Surgeons
September 13, 2021Mountain Vista Medical Center’s trauma center has once again been re-verified as a Level III Trauma Center after a comprehensive on-site review by the American College of Surgeon’s Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT). The achievement confirms the hospital’s overall readiness to care for trauma patients from pre-hospitalization through rehabilitation. “Our team prides itself on providing the highest stan...
Mountain Vista Medical Center Earns National Recognition for Stroke Treatment
August 24, 2021Mountain Vista Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized-research-based guidelines. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of ad...
Mountain Vista Medical Center and MDsave Partner to Increase Access to Medical Care for East Valley Patients
August 16, 2021With an ever-increasing number of Americans paying out of pocket for healthcare, Mountain Vista Medical Center is taking steps to help these patients get the medical care they need, when they need it. By partnering with online healthcare marketplace MDsave, Mountain Vista is providing a new way for patients to buy their medical services upfront at reduced prices that are bundled together with rela...
Steward Health Care Completes Acquisition of Five South Florida Hospitals Bringing Physician-Led Care To More Communities In The Region - En Español A Continuación
August 2, 2021Innovator in coordinated, compassionate care, Steward is ready to tackle COVID-19 surge and bring high-quality healthcare to the many diverse communities in South Florida DALLAS, TX (August 2, 2021) – Today, Steward Health Care System, LLC (Steward) successfully completed the acquisition of five hospitals in South Florida from Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) including North Shore Medical ...
Steward Health Care Appoints Sr. Vimala Vadakumpadan to Board of Directors
July 12, 2021DALLAS, TX -- Steward Health Care today announced the appointment of Sr. Vimala Vadakumpadan to its Board of Directors. A member of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, she has served as Chairperson of the Board of Steward’s Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Massachusetts since 2005. A native of Kerala, India, Sr. Vimala received a Bachelor of Arts in Management from Bhopal School of Sci...
Patrick Dunn Selected New Mountain Vista Medical Center and Florence Hospital Chief Nursing Officer
June 28, 2021Mountain Vista Medical Center and Florence Hospital, both Steward family hospitals, have selected Patrick Dunn, RN, MSN/MHA, as their new chief nursing officer. Dunn will be instrumental in aligning clinical best practices across the affiliated hospitals, and responsible for decisions related to patient safety and clinical quality. “Patrick’s nursing leadership experience, along with his dedicatio...
Steward Health Care To Acquire Five Hospitals In The Miami-Dade/Southern Broward Area From Tenet Healthcare
June 16, 2021Acquisition of Tenet hospitals and hospital-affiliated operations will bring greater access to high-quality care in South Florida DALLAS, TX (June 16, 2021) – Today, Steward Health Care System, LLC (Steward) and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced that they have signed a definitive agreement regarding the acquisition by Steward of Tenet’s five hospitals and related hospital operat...