St. Jude Medical Center

St. Jude Medical Center
St. Joseph Health System
Geography
Location	101 E. Valencia Mesa Drive, Fullerton, CA 92835, Fullerton, California, United States
Organization
Care system	Private
Funding	Non-profit
Type	Community
Network	St. Joseph Hoag Health Alliance
Services
Beds	351
History
Opened	1957
Links
Website	www.stjudemedicalcenter.org
Lists	Hospitals in California

St. Jude Medical Center is a 351-bed, non-profit Catholic community hospital located in the Sunny Hills area of Fullerton, California. It is a member of the non-profit St. Joseph Health System, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, and serves patients from throughout north Orange County.

St. Jude's identifies breast care, cancer, cardiac, maternity, orthopedics, rehabilitation and neurosciences/stroke as its areas of specialty. In fiscal year 2015, it handled 15,523 admissions (including newborns), and had 670 physicians and 2,280 employees on staff.

Awards

• Magnet Designation, the nation’s highest accolade for nursing excellence, awarded by the American Nursing Credentialing Center (10)
• Outstanding Achievement Award by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer—earned by only five percent of nation’s hospitals (11)
• Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center designation by The Joint Commission, a certification given to less than 3 percent of U.S. hospitals that recognizes the significant differences in expertise, resources and training necessary for the treatment of complex stroke. (12)
• Highest rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for outcomes during open-heart and minimally-invasive approaches to coronary bypass surgery—awarded to fewer than 15 percent of U.S. hospitals (13)
• One of two hospitals in Orange County to receive three-year accreditation from the American College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) (14)
• Named a Blue Distinction Center for cardiac care, maternity care, knee and hip replacement, and spine surgery by Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a designation designed to help consumers identify hospitals with better outcomes (e.g. fewer medical complications, fewer admissions and higher survival rates)in the delivery of specialty care. (15)

History

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet began operating their first hospital in Eureka, California in 1919 as a response to the Spanish Flu epidemic. The Order moved its mother house to Orange County in 1922. Their Fullerton General Hospital, a historic facility designed by Frederick Eley, did not meet postwar standards for operation, and a campaign ensued in the 1950s to build a new hospital for north Orange County. On November 24, 1953, the hilltop property on which St. Jude Hospital was later built was blessed and dedicated. A businessman, Miles Sharkey, donated the land with the stipulation that it is used to build a hospital. Of the 17 acres (6.9 ha) acquired by the Sisters, the first 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) was deeded to them for $10. St. Jude's Hospital was publicly dedicated on May 11, 1957, with 2000 spectators in attendance as well as dignitaries including Congressman James B. Utt and Cardinal James McIntyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles.

See also

• Mission Hospital - located in Mission Viejo, California, also owned by the St. Joseph Health system

External links

• St. Jude Medical Center
• St. Jude Medical Center Historical Timeline
• This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas A project by OSHPD