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Huntington Hospital Earns Blue Distinction® Centers+ Designation for Cardiac Care

March 16, 2023

Blue Shield of California has recognized Huntington Hospital with a Blue Distinction Centers+ for Cardiac Care designation as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated providers that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from […]

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No One Dies Alone

November 12, 2019

Huntington participates in the No One Dies Alone (NODA) program, an internationally recognized volunteer program that supports actively dying patients who have no one at their bedside to provide comfort. The program was created by a nurse at an Oregon hospital who was deeply affected when one of her dying patients passed away with no one at his side. Her […]

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Teo

January 26, 2021

When Teo Praslin started running a fever in April 2020, he promptly got tested for COVID-19. Two of his co-workers had been diagnosed with the virus, already, so he knew he was at risk. Though Teo tested positive, he was initially well enough to return home, where he quarantined in a separate area of the […]

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Huntington Hospital to provide free flu shots throughout Altadena, Pasadena and South Pasadena

October 2, 2017

As we move into flu season, it is important that Pasadena residents and our neighbors throughout the San Gabriel Valley and surrounding communities take steps to guard against the flu. As our community’s leading hospital for 125 years, Huntington Hospital is pleased to offer free flu shots at various locations throughout Altadena, Pasadena and South […]

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Anita

November 7, 2019

Thanks to care received at Huntington Cancer Center, an affiliate of Cedars-Sinai Cancer, Anita Chavez is now cancer-free. When she found a lump during a breast self-examination, “I knew immediately that it was cancer,” she says. “I had a history of developing cysts — and the lump I found felt different.” Anita’s physician referred her […]

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Huntington’s Blood Donor Center Seeks Blood Donations

January 16, 2024

January is National Blood Donor Month, which spreads awareness about the importance of giving blood and celebrates those who roll up their sleeve to give lifesaving blood to patients in need. Why January? Although the need for blood is year-round, winter is the most difficult time to maintain a sufficient blood supply. Because of this […]

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Huntington Hospital brings Stop the Bleed training to over 90 local teachers, school nurses and staff at Pasadena Unified School

April 3, 2019

Michelle Baker, RN, Huntington Hospital, instructs Alma Juarez, community assistant at Madison Elementary School, how to control bleeding in a traumatic injury at Stop the Bleed training session at PUSD’s Development Day. On April 1, Huntington Hospital nurses provided Stop the Bleed training at Pasadena Unified School District’s Professional Development Day at Pasadena High School. […]

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Jim and Eleanor Randall Breast Center Now Offers 3-D Tomosynthesis to Detect Breast Cancer

September 19, 2017

Jim and Eleanor Randall Breast Center is now home to the latest technology to detect breast cancer. Known as 3-D tomosynthesis, this three-dimensional mammography system provides images of the breast in “slices” from different angles. While traditional 2-D mammography remains one of the best tools available for detection of abnormalities, the emergence of 3-D mammogram […]

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