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Capistrano Unified School District hosted its second community lecture event in partnership with Hoag Hospital. The 2019-2020 series titled, “Helping Teens and Families Navigate Mental Health and Wellness,” will feature discussions on a variety of topics that impact today’s young people. The second session of the series, dedicated to identifying substance abuse disorders and vaping … Read More

Twelve percent of women will get breast cancer at some point in their life. Getting a cancer diagnosis is devastating and will have a huge impact on a woman’s life. What’s foremost on the mind of a mother with breast cancer — helping her children cope along the journey. This, of course, begins with communication. … Read More

Women who suffer from the chronic-pain condition vulvodynia often feel isolated from their partners. But a better medical understanding is helping. In her 18 years as a sex therapist in Orange County, California, Stephanie Buehler has come to recognize a certain tense, fraught dynamic in couples when a female partner has vulvodynia. The chronic-pain condition … Read More

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., November 7, 2019 — The Leapfrog Group has awarded Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian straight “A’s” on the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for its hospitals in Newport Beach and Irvine. Achieving the nation’s top honor for patient safety, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade rates how well hospitals protect patients from accidents, errors, injuries … Read More

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., November 12, 2019 — Hoag Medical Group was one of just 28 physician organizations statewide to receive the 2019 Excellence in Healthcare Award from the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) for top performance on clinical quality, patient experience and cost measures. “We are honored that Hoag Medical Group was recognized for providing high … Read More

KNX-1070 AM interviewed Michaell Rose about the recently released OCHCA report highlighting the rising suicide rate in Orange County. Listen to the broadcast here.

The Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) announced the winners of its annual Excellence in Healthcare Award, California’s top honor for physician organizations, including Hoag Medical Group. The award recognizes physician organizations that achieve top marks on quality and patient experience measures while managing costs. To earn this recognition, physician organizations must perform in the top 50% … Read More

Dr. Dipti Itchhaporia, director of Disease Management for the Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart & Vascular Institute at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, has been appointed as the American College of Cardiology vice president for 2020-2021. She will move on to lead the college as president in 2021- 2022. Itchhaporia will be the fifth female president in … Read More

Hoag Hospital plans to roll out one of the region’s largest and most ambitious preventive health and wellness centers early next year at a new location in Foothill Ranch. The nearly 40,000-square-foot Hoag Health Center Foothill Ranch facility will include everything from a tech-infused exercise studio with digital monitoring, healthy food and beverage options, brand-name … Read More

A large cross section of Orange County healthcare and civic leaders expect a forthcoming $40 million facility in the city of Orange to mark the first step in a unified approach by the county toward combating mental health problems and treating drug abuse—and in doing so alleviating some of the area’s homelessness issues. Be Well … Read More