Dignity Health
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| Dignity Health | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | San Francisco, Calif. |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Top official: | Lloyd H. Dean, President and CEO |
| Founder(s): | Sisters of Mercy |
| Year founded: | 1854 |
| Website: | Official website |
Dignity Health, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit healthcare system based in San Francisco, California, originated in 1854. As of 2016, the organization was the largest hospital network in California and the fifth-largest healthcare system in the United States.[1][2]
Mission
According to the organization's website, Dignity Health described its mission as follows:
| “ | We are committed to furthering the healing ministry of Jesus. We dedicate our resources to: | ” |
Background
Dignity Health originated in 1854 as St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco, California. The hospital was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in order to care for typhoid, cholera, and influenza patients. St. Mary's Hospital expanded to multiple hospital networks, which later merged with the hospital system of a separate congregation of the Sisters of Mercy in 1986 to form a ten-hospital healthcare system under the name Catholic Healthcare West. In 2012, Catholic Healthcare West changed its name to Dignity Health.[4]
As of September 2016, Dignity Health was the nation's fifth-largest healthcare system with 39 hospitals across California, Arizona, and Nevada.[4]
Political activity
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Dignity Health has engaged in limited political activity in an educational or nonpartisan manner. These activities may include the production of voter education guides and participation in public forums, voter registration drives, and get-out-the-vote campaigns.[6]
Ballot measure activity
As of 2016, Dignity Health was a member of Yes on Proposition 52, a coalition of California healthcare organizations that supported the 2016 California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes. Proposition 52 would require voter approval to change the dedicated use of certain fees from hospitals used to draw matching federal money and fund Medi-Cal services. The ballot measure would also require a two-thirds majority vote of the California Legislature to end the hospital fee program.[3]
Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details Dignity Health's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for Dignity Health | |||
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| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes (2016) | 2016 | Supported[3] |  Approved
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| California Proposition 1, Water Bond (2014) | 2014 | Supported[7] | Approved
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| California Proposition 2, Changes to State Budget Stabilization Fund Amendment (2014) | 2014 | Supported[8] | Approved
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Leadership
The following individuals held leadership positions with Dignity Health in 2016:[9]
- Lloyd H. Dean, President and CEO
- Charles P. Francis, Senior executive vice president and chief strategy officer
- Daniel Morissette, Senior executive vice president and chief financial officer
- Marvin O'Quinn, Senior executive vice president and chief operating officer
- Rick Grossman, Executive vice president and general counsel
- Darryl Robinson, Executive vice president and chief human resources officer
- Elizabeth Shih, Executive vice president and chief administrative officer
- Robert Wiebe, Executive vice president and chief medical officer
- Deanna Wise, Executive vice president and chief information officer
- Liz Keith, Executive vice president for sponsorship and mission integration
Recent news
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See also
- California Proposition 52, Continued Hospital Fee Revenue Dedicated to Medi-Cal Unless Voters Approve Changes (2016)
- California 2016 ballot measures
- Healthcare policy in California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Dignity Health, "About us," accessed September 8, 2016
- ↑ GuideStar, "Dignity Health," accessed September 8, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Yes of Proposition 52, "Broad Consensus Forming for Key Medi-Cal Initiative," accessed September 8, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dignity Health, "Mission, vision, and values," accessed September 8, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Internal Revenue Service, "The Restriction of Political Campaign Intervention by Section 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Organizations," accessed August 11, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Proposition 1 Campaign Finance," accessed October 6, 2014
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Proposition 2 Campaign Finance," accessed September 17, 2014
- ↑ Dignity Health, "Governance and leadership," accessed September 8, 2016
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