Caring with Compassion in Northern California
Providence in Northern California is a not-for-profit network of hospitals, physicians, clinics, home health services, and affiliated health services. We strive to give those we serve exceptional, compassionate healthcare that provides peace of mind.
Quality Healthcare for All
Hospitals in Northern California
Providence hospitals across Northern California are routinely recognized for excellence.
- Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital, Fortuna, CA
- Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, CA
- Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka, Eureka, CA
- Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa, CA
- Healdsburg Hospital, Healdsburg, CA
- Petaluma Valley Hospital, Petaluma, CA
Medical groups
At the core of each of our medical groups is dedication to personalized, compassionate, comprehensive healthcare. We strive to meet the needs of the communities we serve, providing care when you need it, where you need it, and with specialized expertise.
With robust networks, access to our award-winning hospitals and participation in most insurance plans, our medical groups provide the flexibility and high-quality care you would expect from your healthcare provider of choice. Learn more about our medical groups.
Community benefit investments are one way Providence lives its Mission. For generations, we’ve offered a caring hand to those with the greatest need in our community.
In the past year, we devoted millions in community benefit to make sustainable improvements in the health of our diverse communities throughout Northern California.
Learn More About Community Benefit in Northern California
Community Health Needs Assessments
In the face of rapidly changing healthcare, our commitment to our Mission to care for everyone remains unchanged.
This ministry greatly depends on partnering with others in the community who are equally committed to doing good and improving the health of all. Together with community partners we conduct community health assessments to understand what our community needs are. Then with our partners, we identify the greatest unmet needs among the people in the communities we serve. These include lack of access to affordable care; lack of access to mental health services; poverty and homelessness; and barriers to healthy behaviors and disease prevention.
Providence was formed by the journeys of courageous Catholic Sisters who sought to meet the needs of the communities they served. Two congregations in particular – the Sisters of Providence and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange – had major roles in establishing and guiding the health system Providence is today.
The roots of Providence’s Northern California ministries began in 1912, when the Sisters of St. Joseph came to Eureka to establish a Catholic school. When the flu pandemic hit Eureka in 1918, the Sisters expanded their services to healthcare to help nurse the sick in their homes. Two years later, the Sisters opened the 28-bed St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka.
Over the years that followed, the ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph expanded across Northern California and to Southern California and Texas. Further growth occurred in 2016, when Providence Health & Services (founded by the Sisters of Providence) joined with St. Joseph Health to establish Providence St. Joseph Health. The health system combines the two systems to strengthen the Mission across seven Western states.
Today, Providence carries forward the legacy of these pioneers by reimagining the future of healthcare delivery and improving the health of individuals and communities across seven Western states. The Providence family of organizations remains rooted in its Mission to serve all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable, and committed to fulfilling its vision of Health for a Better World.
