Daughters of Charity Health System

This article is about the California-based healthcare organization. For the St. Louis-based healthcare organization, see Ascension Health.

The Daughters of Charity Health System (abbreviated DCHS) is a Catholic healthcare organization based in Los Altos Hills, California, United States, that operates six hospitals in California. It is sponsored by the Western Province of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. The organization has 8,000 associates and physicians.[1]

History

The hospitals were originally part of the Daughters of Charity National Health System, now Ascension Health. In 1995, they withdrew from the national system to merge with Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), now Dignity Health. The present organization was formed on January 1, 2002, after the hospitals withdrew from CHW.[2]

After ending a one-year affiliation with Ascension Health in January 2014,[1] DCHS faced financial difficulties, losing $10 million a month. On October 10, the Daughters of Charity agreed to sell DCHS to Prime Healthcare Services for $843 million.[3] Prime Healthcare abandoned the acquisition on March 10, 2015, citing restrictions that California Attorney General Kamala Harris placed on the sale.[4]

Hospitals

References

  1. 1 2 Seipel, Tracy (January 13, 2014). "Daughters of Charity health system seeks buyer". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Who We Are". Daughters of Charity Health System. July 22, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Terhune, Chad (October 10, 2014). "Prime to buy six Catholic hospitals in California; SEIU opposes deal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Seipel, Tracy (March 11, 2015). "Prime Healthcare passes on Daughters of Charity deal". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
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