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The Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS) is a regional healthcare system of five hospitals spanning the California coast from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. Our sponsors are the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul who, for more than 370 years, have been serving the sick and the poor through healing ministries around the world. Each day we model the time-honored Vincentian Values of our sponsors, demonstrating that Catholic healthcare is a ministry - not an industry - and accomplishing Our Mission of providing quality, compassionate, holistic care to all who come to us, helping to heal them in body, mind and spirit. DCHS was formed on January 1, 2002, but Our History in California reaches back more than 150 years. Five Daughters of Charity arrived in San Francisco in 1852, founding a school, an orphanage and beginning their work of caring for the sick. In 1856, six Daughters arrived in Los Angeles, and within weeks began serving that community, establishing an orphanage and school and caring for patients brought to them even before they opened the Los Angeles County Hospital in 1858 and incorporated as the Los Angeles Infirmary in 1869. Until 1995, the Daughters of Charity hospitals were part of the Daughters of Charity National Health System (now Ascension Health). In 1995, the Daughters of the Province of the West merged their hospitals with Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), responding to market pressures and perceived opportunities to strengthen the wider Catholic health ministry in California. In 2001, after careful reflection, the Daughters of Charity of the Province of the West began a process to withdraw from CHW and, once again, directly sponsor their health ministries as the newly created Daughters of Charity Health System. To view or print a pdf file of our Annual Report for 2007 (6 MB) you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, download a free copy now from Adobe. DCHS Local Health Ministries (LHMs) encompass some of the finest physicians, nurses, staff and facilities in the state. LHMs include O'Connor Hospital, San Jose; Seton Medical Center, Daly City; Seton Coastside, Moss Beach; St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood; Saint Louise Regional Hospital, Gilroy; St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles; and Central Business Services, Redwood Shores, which provides support services to the Northern California LHMs. Other ministries of the Daughters of Charity Province of the West are an education ministry with nine schools, and social and other ministries, which range from daycare centers to senior services. Headline News & Events covers system-wide information and activities of interest to staff and patients in the communities we serve.
The Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS) is a regional healthcare system of five hospitals spanning the California coast from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. Our sponsors are the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul who, for more than 370 years, have been serving the sick and the poor through healing ministries around the world. Each day we model the time-honored Vincentian Values of our sponsors, demonstrating that Catholic healthcare is a ministry - not an industry - and accomplishing Our Mission of providing quality, compassionate, holistic care to all who come to us, helping to heal them in body, mind and spirit. DCHS was formed on January 1, 2002, but Our History in California reaches back more than 150 years. Five Daughters of Charity arrived in San Francisco in 1852, founding a school, an orphanage and beginning their work of caring for the sick. In 1856, six Daughters arrived in Los Angeles, and within weeks began serving that community, establishing an orphanage and school and caring for patients brought to them even before they opened the Los Angeles County Hospital in 1858 and incorporated as the Los Angeles Infirmary in 1869. Until 1995, the Daughters of Charity hospitals were part of the Daughters of Charity National Health System (now Ascension Health). In 1995, the Daughters of the Province of the West merged their hospitals with Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), responding to market pressures and perceived opportunities to strengthen the wider Catholic health ministry in California. In 2001, after careful reflection, the Daughters of Charity of the Province of the West began a process to withdraw from CHW and, once again, directly sponsor their health ministries as the newly created Daughters of Charity Health System. To view or print a pdf file of our Annual Report for 2007 (6 MB) you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, download a free copy now from Adobe. DCHS Local Health Ministries (LHMs) encompass some of the finest physicians, nurses, staff and facilities in the state. LHMs include O'Connor Hospital, San Jose; Seton Medical Center, Daly City; Seton Coastside, Moss Beach; St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood; Saint Louise Regional Hospital, Gilroy; St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles; and Central Business Services, Redwood Shores, which provides support services to the Northern California LHMs. Other ministries of the Daughters of Charity Province of the West are an education ministry with nine schools, and social and other ministries, which range from daycare centers to senior services. Headline News & Events covers system-wide information and activities of interest to staff and patients in the communities we serve.