Kaweah Health has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Silver Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and […]
CEO of Kaweah Health Gary Herbst will retire from his position as early as June 30, 2026, ending nine years as the head administrator of the Kaweah Delta Health Care District. Herbst assumed the role in August 2017, becoming the district’s fourth chief executive officer. He replaced longtime CEO Lindsay Mann. Herbst Says the […]
Kaweah Health has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Primary Stroke Center Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. Kaweah Health underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review in […]
Diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder at the age of 5, Ariana Ramos of Tulare was only expected to live until the age of 13. Now 25, she’s a teacher’s assistant alongside her mother who owns and teaches at a daycare in Tulare. Ramos has beaten the odds, thus far, due to Medi-Cal assistance that […]
Three Adventist Health hospitals in the Central Valley earned “A” Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. The “A” grades were awarded to Adventist Health Hanford, Adventist Health Selma, and Adventist Health Tulare. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across […]
Kaweah Health celebrated its Rehabilitation Hospital’s 30th anniversary with an Open House on April 10. From its humble beginnings with just 14 beds, the program has expanded to include 45 licensed beds for mobility and self-care rehabilitation, 16 Skilled Nursing beds, cardiac rehab, a wound center, a 32-bed subacute hospital, and six outpatient clinics throughout […]
The Kaweah Health Hospice Foundation and Kaweah Health Continuing Medical Education will present the 42nd Annual Norman Sharrer Symposium at College of the Sequoias in Visalia this spring. “Starting a Comfortable Conversation” will take place at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the COS theatre. The event will focus on effective advance care planning […]
Two Visalia senior living communities have been highlighted by the U.S. News & World Report for providing exceptional care for seniors in 2025. Quail Park of Shannon Ranch was recognized as a Best Independent and Best Assisted Living Community and Quail Park Memory Care Residences of Visalia was recognized as a Best Memory Care Community. […]
Students from Visalia high schools explored the diverse world of healthcare during the Doc Build and Navigate Your Destiny (Doc B.A.N.D.) event at Kaweah Health. The event provided high school students interested in healthcare careers with hands-on opportunities in Kaweah Health’s nationally recognized Simulation Laboratory (SIM Lab), as well as a dinner where students could […]
After a finding by state authorities that a series of failures and neglect led to the untimely death of a patient in the Kaweah Health Medical Center emergency department, the family of the dead man is seeking damages from the Kaweah Delta Health Care District in Tulare County Superior Court. In legal filings, the district […]