History
In 1946, community leaders called for a study that recommended a hospital district should be formed for mid- and south-Peninsula cities. Later that year, a majority of voters agreed to form a hospital district and be assessed a property tax.
Four years later, on Oct. 10, 1950, the 106-bed Sequoia Hospital was dedicated.
In the early 1990s the advent of managed care and the development of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) began to affect the health care delivery system dramatically, and a major study of the hospital concluded that hospitals of the future would be smaller, supported by state-of-the-art technology, seismically constructed, and part of large systems.
In 1996, District voters approved the transfer of assets to a new entity, Sequoia Health Services, with a 96% affirmative vote. On October 1, 1996, the hospital began operating as Sequoia Health Services (SHS) under the management of Catholic Healthcare West.
2011 Status of Two Sequoias
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Sequoia Healthcare District |
Sequoia Hospital |
| Special district applying taxpayer funds to support more than two dozen community healthcare organizations in Atherton, Belmont, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, Woodside and parts of Foster City and San Mateo | Owned and operated by non-profit Catholic Healthcare West, which operates 40 hospitals and medical facilities in California, Nevada and Arizona |
| Headquartered at 525 Veterans Blvd., Redwood City | Hospital located at 1700 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood City; corporate headquarters at 185 Berry St., San Francisco |
| Two full-time and two part-time administrative staff | One thousand, eighty employees and 345 medical staff serving 330-bed hospital |
| Made $75 million contribution to Sequoia Hospital to help pay for rebuild and shares profits, if any, generated by the hospital | Received $75 for rebuild and compensates healthcare district a portion of revenues after depreciation and amortization |
| Five-member publicly-elected board of directors set policy | Appointed administrative advisory board |
