Enhanced referrals for WORLD-CLASS CARE , closer to home

Convenience for referring providers

From delicate robotic and catheter procedures to precision therapeutics, we’re proud to offer diagnostic and treatment options for adult and pediatric referring providers across Northern California and the Central Valley.

Your referred patients benefit from shorter drives, less traffic, affordable lodging, and more. We also offer robust telehealth and telemedicine options, for both initial consultations and follow up care.

Our physician referral liaisons are here to help navigate referrals and:

■ Facilitate access to our secure EMR system, PhysicianConnect

■ Assist with UC Davis Health clinical trials and telemedicine

■ Keep you abreast of new services, providers and research programs

■ Arrange meetings and webinars, and share information about CME and events

Your local Physician Referral Liaison: Joaquin Muñoz | 916-701-7161 | joamunoz@ucdavis.edu

Marike Zwienenberg, M.D. Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor Specialty: Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Kaiser Permanente Modesto and Manteca Medical Centers Recognized for Safe Patient Care

Cal Hospital Compare Patient Safety Honor Roll for 2023 recognizes hospitals with a strong culture of safety

Kaiser Permanente’s Modesto and Manteca Medical Centers are named to the Cal Hospital Compare 2023 Patient Safety Honor Roll for providing patients with safe care across dozens of measures.

The honor roll recognizes 82 of the state’s 347 adult, acute care hospitals. Kaiser Permanente Northern California had 14 hospitals on the honor roll – representing 17% of the hospitals recognized.

The Patient Safety Honor Roll uses objective, publicly available patient safety measures to evaluate hospitals across a variety of domains including hospital acquired infections, adverse patient safety events, sepsis management, patient experience, and Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.

Hospitals on the honor roll had to meet a rigorous threshold of performance by having at least two-thirds of measure results above the 50th percentile and no measure result below the 10th percentile and/or Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade A for the past three reporting periods.

Doctors Hospital of Manteca Launches Program to Provide More Comfort for End-of-Life Patients

In collaboration with Bristol Hospice and its hospitalist physician partners, Doctors Hospital of Manteca has launched a new general inpatient care program for hospice patients.

The goal of the program is to provide compassionate, individualized care and relief of suffering and pain for patients with acute or chronic symptoms who are in need of end-of-life care.

“We are so pleased to offer this service to our patients who may need extra care at the end of their life. By allowing patients to stay at our hospital for care, instead of transferring to an outside facility, it is not only less stress on the patient, but on the family as well,” said Eleze Armstrong, CEO of Doctors Hospital of Manteca. “It is always incredibly rewarding to engage in these types of partnerships that allow us to empathetically meet the needs of our patients and families during a very vulnerable time.”

The hospice program at Doctors Hospital of Manteca provides patients with around-the-clock comfort care and time with their families in a comfortable home-like setting. The hospital team provides expert medical care, pain management and emotional and spiritual support tailored to the patient’s needs and wishes.

Patients are accepted into the program at Doctors Hospital of Manteca through inpatient hospital care or those transported to the emergency department for a clinical need.

Manteca Physician Retires After Serving 50 Years

Doctors Hospital of Manteca held a special reception in March for Dr. Karl Wolf, who has retired after serving 50 years at the hospital. His family, friends and colleagues were there to help celebrate his retirement. He was also presented with certificates of recognition from Manteca Mayor Gary Singh and the Manteca Chamber of Commerce. Other speakers included DHM CEO Eleze Armstrong, DHM CNO Tina Burch, Dr. Anil Sain and Dr. Howard Miller. Approximately 80 people were in attendance.

Dr. Wolf also spoke at the reception and reflected on his time at the hospital. He said the people of Doctors Hospital of Manteca are what made his time at the hospital a privilege.

Dr. Wolf, who is a family medicine physician, started working at Doctors Hospital of Manteca in 1973 and dedicated himself to his patients, the hospital and our community right up until his retirement.