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Arcadia Methodist Hospital faces severe shortage of available nurses. Socially-distanced union representatives and exhausted nurses protested the patient-to-staff ratio during the pandemic at Arcadia Methodist Hospital The hospital is using a state waiver to circumvent nurse-to-patient safe staffing standards. Nurses are urging Methodist Hospital to staff “for safe patient care, not to use the pandemic as an excuse to put patients at serious risk.”

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35888
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 7, 2021
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 7, 2021
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p. 1
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Nurses
Pandemics
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Gastric bypass surgery patients who had the surgery at Methodist Hospital held a patients' reunion. Frank DeMarco, his wife and daughter were enthusiastic about the operation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27469
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
Reunions
Item ID
27666AN
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Methodist Hospital expects an increase in the number of emergency patients using its facilities because of the closure of the emergency room at Santa Teresita Hospital in Duarte.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27376
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2004
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Methodist Hospital of Southern California
Santa Teresita Hospital
Item ID
27575AN
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital boasts a quick response time in treating patients with chest pains and heart ailments.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30049
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
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p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Cardiology
Baruch, Dr. Terrence
Cardiac Catherization Laboratory
Item ID
30236AN
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital will no longer accept new patients with Blue Cross insurance. Blue Cross patients are being directed to Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Huntington Hospital, San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, and Citrus Valley Medical Center.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2008
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p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Blue Cross
Medical insurance
Item ID
31077AN
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital has been trying to reduce the number of heart failure patients that are readmitted to the hospital through education, teamwork, and follow-up. The Heart Failure Program was established in 2003 for this purpose. Since 2003, more than 600 patients have participated in the program with encouraging results.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 27, 2006
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 27, 2006
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p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital of Southern California
Heart Failure Program
Health
Cardiology
Cardiologists
Item ID
30123AN
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital employs a staff of seven full-time interpreters fluent in medical terminology and the most common Chinese dialects to help with patients who don't speak English. Dr. Andrew Lee, internist, occasionally talks to patients in the Spanish he learned as a resident, but the hospital will be having a team of Spanish interpreters next month.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2003
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 22, 2003
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p. A1
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
Lee, Dr. Andrew
Interpreters
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25848AN
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No rest for the weary. Inundated with COVID-19 patients and short on staff and supplies, Arcadia Methodist Hospital faces its toughest test. They may have to choose which patients will receive care if the situation gets any worse. The California Department of Public Health has sent 13 nurses to support the hospital, says spokesperson Cliff Daniels.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2021
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p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2021
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p. A3, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Daniels, Cliff
Nurses
Pandemics
Viruses
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A survey gives City of Hope in Duarte and Huntington Hospital in Pasadena the highest rank in patient care. Methodist Hospital of Souther California in Arcadia received average to above-average ratings.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2003
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2003
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p. A5
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
Item ID
25850AN
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Malicious computer hackers breach Arcadia Methodist Hospital's donor database and some patient information but they don't believe the information has been released publicly. Methodist Hospital uses Blackbaud Inc. to host its foundation's fundraising databases.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2021
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2021
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p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Crime and Criminals
Cybercrime
Data breaches
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Union opposes changes to nurse-to-patient ratio. The California Nurses Association plans to stage rallies at nearly 70 hospitals and medical centers today to protest waivers that allow facilities to staff some units below state-mandated nurse-to-patient ratios as nurses are shifted to more critical patients. Union reps will gather at several Southern California hospitals, including Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2020
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p. A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2020
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p. A10
Subjects
California Nurses Association
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Newsom, Gavin (Governor of California)
Nurses
Unions
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Carotid artery stenting is a procedure done on stroke patients. It is less invasive than the surgical procedure called carotid endarterectomy that is most commonly done in the United States. Dr. Rajesh Chawla of Methodist Hospital has performed carotid artery stenting on Don Gustafson.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2005
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 19, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Medicine
Medical procedures
Chawla, Dr. Rajesh
Gustafson, Don
Carotid artery stenting
Stroke patients
Item ID
29775AN
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Updated homeless ordinance in Arcadia raises more questions than answers. Arcadia installs 65 "No Camping" signs within city limits. The anti-camping ordinance, updated in 2021, makes accommodations for people experiencing homelessness that are camping by necessity, but does so in a way that is consistent with case law and includes restrictions on where, when and in what manner camping is allowed on public property.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 23, 2021
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 23, 2021
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p. 1
Subjects
Brucker, Michael
Homeless
Homelessness
Social issues
Tiny homes
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A young woman dropped off a baby boy at Arcadia Methodist Hospital, exercising her right to surrrender the newborn without fear of prosecution under the Safe Haven law.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2003
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p. A3
Subjects
Methodist Hospital
Safe Haven Law
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25847AN
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Methhodist Hospital of Southern California has been named a "Distinguished Hospital" by two firms that rate medical facilities on the quality of patient care.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26333
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2003
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2003
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p. A3
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Methodist Hospital
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26533AN
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The newly renovated auditorium at Methodist Hospital has been named for Samuel J. Vance, a former patient there. This was made possible by the Berger Foundation. The article includes the names of family members.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29065
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22 - 28, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 22 - 28, 2001
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p. 1
Subjects
Methodist Hospital - Auditorium
Vance, Samuel J.
H. N. and Frances Berger Foundation
Memorials
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29251AN
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Homeless count has massive overtones. Canvass has huge expectations because of political pressure and new programs, including the governor's move to conect homeless population with mental health services in the CARE Courts. The Los Angeles County total homeless count is 65,111 in 2022, that is a 2% increase from the count done in 2020. Arcadia's homeless count was 106 in January 2020 and in February 2022, it was 174, an increase of 68.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2023
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p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 22, 2023
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Homeless census
Homeless population
Homelessness
Social issues
Unhoused persons
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Arcadia officials approve expansion and seismic retrofitting plans for Arcadia Methodist Hospital. Expansion plans include a new five-story patient tower, a new ambulance bay, a larger emergency room and a larger critical care unit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30969
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 3, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Buildings
Item ID
31164AN
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Arcadia Methodist Hospital celebrated its 53rd Annual Holiday Homes Tour. All proceeds go to support The Next Generation of Care campaign, toward a new patient tower, expanded Emergency department, and additional ICU beds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33208
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 17, 2007
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p. 1, 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 17, 2007
Pages
p. 1, 2
Subjects
Arcadia Methodist Hospital
Bade, Diane
Fundraisers
Item ID
33405AN
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Methodist Hospital works with school nurses in the area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26604
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Pasadena Star News U section,
Date
October 13, 2003
Pages
p. 8
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Pasadena Star News U section,
Date
October 13, 2003
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Nursing
Methodist Hospital
Item ID
26804AN
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