Dignity Health Medical Group – Sequoia (DHMG – Sequoia) is excited to announce the expansion of its Half Moon Bay primary care clinic to include urgent care services and extended hours of operation. Starting November 13, this pilot program will run for six months and aims to provide essential pediatric and adult urgent care services to the community while gaining valuable insights into the health care needs of coastal residents.

Radiology Medical Group (RMG) and Dignity Health Dominican Hospital are restructuring their long-standing joint venture, Santa Cruz Comprehensive Imaging, which includes Dominican Breast Center. 

Effective Nov. 1, 2024, RMG facilities will be rebranded as Dignity Health Advanced Imaging – Santa Cruz. This change brings a new name but ensures patients continue to receive the same expert care from the clinicians they know and trust.

Living with chronic neck and arm pain can be debilitating. It can affect your sleep, work, and your overall quality of life. But there's good news: if you've tried various treatments for your pain and are still struggling, a cervical disc replacement procedure may be an option for you.

Dr. Michael Cluck, with Dignity Health Medical Group — Merced, specializes in spinal surgery and minimally invasive cervical disc replacement. This procedure can relieve pain, improve your ability to move, and help you get back to doing the things you love. Dr. Cluck performs this procedure at Dignity Health Mercy Medical Center in Merced. We spoke with Dr. Cluck to get answers to common questions about the procedure below.

Parents, we know a lot of planning goes into packing for your family beach day. To ensure your family has a safe summer beach trip, Shi-Ying Chang, CPNP, a certified pediatric nurse practitioner with Dignity Health Medical Group — Inland Empire, shares a helpful packing guide with everything you need to keep your little ones happy and healthy while soaking up the sun and building sandcastles.

A conversation with with Dr. Roger Hicks, Dignity Health Medical Group — Sierra Nevada

Roger Hicks, MD is the medical director of Dignity Health Medical Group — Sierra Nevada’s urgent care location at 107 Margaret Lane in Grass Valley. He is on the Board of Directors of the College of Urgent Care Medicine and the founding president of California Urgent Care Association.