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“Everyone at HOI prepared and helped reassure me before surgery”

“I have no doubt that if we had landed at any other hospital, Mark wouldn’t have made it,” Cindy says. “It sounds corny, but Hoag is special.”

Its website discloses readmission rates, surgical site infections, and price. Everyone is calling for transparency in prices for health care services. If you could shop for health care services it is likely competition would improve quality and lower costs. But, as we all know too well, health care is not like shopping for computers, cars, … Read More

Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach has named Patrick Anderson as its senior vice president and chief information officer. Anderson previously worked in a similar position for Ochsner Health System in Louisiana, where he led telemedicine efforts and other systems across a network of 25 hospitals. “We are pleased to welcome Patrick Anderson to Hoag and … Read More

Hip pain can often discourage people from pursuing their daily activities, as well as stop them from enjoying favorite pastimes. Fear of surgery and the unknown can also be significant deterrents to getting a needed joint replacement procedure. Surgery to treat hip pain has often been assumed to be a long, painful route for relief. … Read More

For Sam Wolgemuth the problem was perplexing. After a day of clearing fallen trees on his vacation property in Wisconsin, Wolgemuth felt something he hadn’t ever felt before. His heart was pounding. It was uncomfortable, but not painful. It definitely wasn’t a heart attack, but then what was it? Wolgemuth’s wife, a nurse, listened to … Read More

Ken Darby was in pain. His aortic valve had grown so calcified, his cardiologist likened it to porcelain. He couldn’t walk up hills without getting winded, he was tired all the time, and a trip he and his wife, Annette, had planned to France had to be put on hold. He needed surgery. Darby had … Read More

For more than six decades, Hoag has fulfilled its promise to the community. Since our inception, we have vowed to provide the best in health care, enrich the lives of those we serve, and to do so with excellence. In committing to excellence, we also strive to achieve more — to continue to lead, innovate … Read More

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian opened Hoag Urgent Care Aliso Viejoon Sunday. Hoag Urgent Care Aliso Viejo will provide scheduled primary care appointments as well as urgent care services. This is Hoag’s eighth urgent care facility in Orange County, with other locations in Anaheim Hills; Huntington Beach; Huntington Harbour, Irvine (Woodbridge and Woodbury), Newport Beach; and … Read More

For scores of Americans, easing comfortably into sleep at night is a frustrating, exhausting dilemma. At times, falling asleep on demand is a certain impossibility. One local doctor claims he is helping these sleepless individuals, through a sleep school. Dr. Jay Puangco is the director of the Sleep Disorders Program in Newport Beach, and he … Read More