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New Name for St. John Health System

St. John Health System has been renamed and is now known as St. John Providence Health System. The change is effective immediately.

The name change to St. John Providence Health System represents a milestone in the organization’s history, demonstrating symbolically what we strive to achieve for all patients and families - a spiritually centered patient care experience that is coordinated at all points of care.

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Study Finds MRI Safe for Patients with Implantable Heart Devices

There is more evidence that patients with implantable heart devices can safely undergo an MRI. In a study at Providence Hospital, published in the online edition of the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, researchers found that the scans did not harm the patients or damage their devices.

Historically, MRI has been considered dangerous in most patients with defibrillators, pacemakers and loop recorders due to potential adverse effects on the device from the strong magnetic and radio frequency forces generated during the scan.

For this study a total of 92 MRI scans were performed in 38 patients. Researchers found that the scans did not cause any device circuitry damage, programming alterations, inappropriate shocks, failures to pace, or changes in sensing, pacing, or defibrillator thresholds.

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