List of Current Projects in Need of Funding

• The In-House MRI, located in the Radiology Department will allow St. Joseph’s Medical Center to perform MRI procedures for over 800 inpatients and Emergency Department patients.
• The new MRI will eliminate an expensive ambulance ride, ($450 per trip, per year spending more than $350,000) across the street to our Outpatient Imaging Center. This will improve patient care, patient satisfaction and surgeon satisfaction by managing patient logistics and movement in a much less disruptive fashion. 
• Presently there are very few hospitals of similar size, scope and activity as ours that do not have an in-house MRI. The community expects and needs this advancement. 
• A new MRI costs $2.4 million, with a philanthropic goal of $1 million raised by June of 2012.

• With a volume of almost 4,000 cardiac procedures annually, which includes over 400 cardiac surgeries a year, St. Joseph’s is among the top ten volume cardiac surgery programs in the state of California and ranks among the top programs in the nation.
• An essential component of cardiac surgery is a Heart Lung Machine which helps provides blood oxygenation and circulation to organs and the brain while the patient’s heart and lungs are temporarily stopped. 
• Our current Heart Lung machines will be upgraded by a purchase of a new, “Sorin S5 Heart/Lung Console and 3T Heater/Cooler”
• This state-of-the-art upgrade costs $200,000 and will be 100% funding by philanthropy.

• The Cancer Navigator is a free program to help anyone newly diagnosed or experiencing a recurrence with cancer to navigate through the tests, procedures, treatments, and support issues that follow a positive biopsy.
• The Cancer Navigator offers referrals and support with educational, practical, emotional, or logistical issues surrounding the diagnosis of cancer. 
• The program is funded primarily through community donations and serves over 400 people.

• Provides health care services for over 4,000 low-income, medically underserved and vulnerable populations in Stockton.
• Annually the CareVan hosts 20 bilingual clinics that specialize episodic care while also offering preventative education like diabetes classes and resources sharing.
• The CareVan decreases unnecessary hospitalizations including Emergency Department visits and assist patients in finding “medical homes”.
• The annual cost of providing the CareVan is $600,000.

Resuscitaire

• St. Joseph's Medical Center's Women & Infants Center is honored to help welcome 2,500 babies each year!
• The Women & Infants Center has two Operating Rooms dedicated to Cesarean Sections.
• The Drager Resuscitaire is a lightweight, east-to-maneuver neonatal thermoregulation and respiratory support device. It has been meticulously developed to reliably meet a wide range of Labor & Delivery needs.
• The addition of the Resuscitaire to the Labor & Delivery Operating Room will ensure the best possible care for newborns by offering exceptional patient access from either side, height custom-configuration for the caregiver and multiple accessories such as, instrument trays, IV pole, shelf for related devices and an easy-to-use scale with one-touch operation.
• This state-of-the-art equipment costs $15,000 and will be 100% funding by philanthropy.