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Arrowhead Regional adds oncology/infusion center

Regional Medical Center in Colton has opened an oncology and infusion therapy center for its cancer patients. A ribbon-cutting was held earlier this month attended by San Bernardino County Supervisors Janice Rutherford and Joe Baca and Colton mayor pro tem Ernest R. Cisneros, according to a statement on the county’s website. …

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CSUSB street medicine program gets major assist

CSUSB street medicine program receives grant

Cal State San Bernardino’s street medicine program is about to cast a wider net in its effort to help homeless people in the Coachella Valley. The program, which operates out of the Palm Desert campus, is one of six street medical operations that will be allowed to use a $340,000 …

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Apple Valley looks at losing its only medical center

In a few years, 65-year-old St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley will be shut down and a replacement rebuilt in Victorville. That has Apple Valley officials and residents concerned, but there appears to be little they can do about it.   Thanks to California’s stringent earthquake laws, Apple Valley …

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Apple Valley reacts to potential loss of medical center

Riverside University trauma center receives level one designation

Apple Valley has responded to the potential loss of Providence St. Mary Medical Center, the 213-bed facility that has served the High Desert town since 1956. Last week, Providence Southern California announced it has partnered with Kaiser Permanente and will move the facility at 18300 Highway 18 to a hospital …

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Casa Colina Hospital ranks high with its patients

CSUSB street medicine program receives grant

Casa Colina Hospital in Pomona has been named one of the top patient-recommended hospital in the United States. At least 93 percent of the rehabilitative care hospital’s patients would “definitely recommend” the facility to family and friends,” according to a recent survey by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers …

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New health insurance for small businesses

Cigna, the global healthcare provider, and Oscar Health Inc. are now offering medical insurance to small businesses in eight California submarkets, including the Inland Empire. Covered employees will have access to virtual doctor visits 24 hours a day seven days a week with no co-pay, low cost prescription medicine, behavioral …

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