O'Connor Hospital

O'Connor Hospital is a hospital operated by the Roman Catholic Church in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1889, and was the first hospital in Santa Clara County, California. O'Connor Hospital was built by Judge Myles P. O'Connor and his wife, Amanda. The original hospital was built on fifteen acres of property on the corner of Race Street and West San Carlos Street.

The O'Connors were very well known as being benefactors of many charitable organizations. The O'Connors' first thoughts were to build an elderly home, however the demands of the community at that time was for a hospital. Patrick Riordan, Archbishop of San Francisco, suggested that a hospital should be built. The O'Connors then asked the Daughters of Charity to operate the hospital. Four Daughters of Charity moved into the facility on May 1, 1889.

"In 1953, O'Connor Hospital moved to its present site on Forest Avenue. Still affiliated with the Daughters of Charity Health System, the hospital continues to provide care with a special focus on the needs of the poor and underserved.

About O'Connor Hospital

Mission and values

O'Connor Hospital, a member of the Daughters of Charity Health System, is a leader in promoting a healthy Santa Clara County. With the Daughters of Charity, we foster the Catholic Church's healing ministry and are a values-based health-care organization.

Mission Statement: O'Connor Hospital's mission is to support the sick and the poor. A religious based non-profit organization, Jesus Christ is O'Connor Hospital's model. Providing healthcare that is caring and thoughtful to patient needs of body, mind and spirit.

Values of St. Vincent:

• Respect
• Recognizing our own value and the value of others.
• Compassionate Service
• Providing excellent care with gentleness and kindness.
• Simplicity
• Acting with integrity, clarity and honesty.
• Advocacy for the Poor
• Supporting those who lack resources for a healthy life and full human development.
• Inventiveness to Infinity
• Being continuously resourceful and creative.

Community outreach

O'Connor Hospital's sole purpose is to serve the Santa Clara County and make the people in the community happy and healthier. To improve health care for everyone is a tradition. O'Connor Hospital has many Outreach Programs that are very helpful for all.

Leaders

Guided by a mission and values, the leaders at O'Connor Hospital and Daughters of Charity work together to improve and provide better healthcare throughout their hospitals. The leadership team is made up of experienced health care executives.

DCHS Board of Directors

System leadership

• Robert Curry - President and Chief Executive Officer
• Father Gerald Coleman - Vice President, Corporate Ethics
• Sister Marjory Ann Baez, D.C. - Vice President, Mission Integration
• Stephanie Battles - Vice President of Human Resources
• Candace Burden-Caballero - Vice President, Revenue Cycle
• Hon. Conway Collis - Vice President of Advocacy and Chief Government Affairs Officer
• Robert K. Cook - Vice President, Risk Management
• Richard Hutsell - Vice President & Chief Information Officer
• Hayden Klaeveman, M.D. - Vice President of Quality
• Annie Melikian - Vice President, Operational Finance
• Elizabeth Nikels - Vice President, Communications
• Gaynor Rabin - Vice President of Managed Care Contracting and Payor Relations
• Mike Stuart - Chief Financial Officer
• Robert Walter - Vice President, Facilities Planning and Development

O'Connor Hospital Leadership

Mr. Curry is the President and Chief Executive Officer of O'Connor Hospital since March 2003. He has 25 years of hospital administration experience.

Mr. Curry was with Banner Health System as President and Chief Executive Officer of Thunderbird Samaritan Medical Center in Glendale, Arizona for 13 years. The medical center received many awards and was named one of America's Best Hospitals in the July 2002 edition of U.S. News & World Report. All because of his outstanding leadership.

Mr. Curry's experience also includes 9-years with Western Reserve Care System in Youngstown, Ohio.

Mr. Curry graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with Bachelor of Science degrees in both Economics and Accounting and a master's degree in Health Administration.

During Mr. Curry's time as CEO, the hospital has faced several financial wind falls, and has had to cut back services offered to Santa Clara County. It has been argued that his success at O'Connor has at best been mediocre with several departmental directors asking as to why his resignation has not been asked for.

Clash with SEIU-UHW

During the fiscal year of 2007, O'Connor hospital proposed deep cutbacks into the staffing levels of UHW union members. This created significant controversy in the bay area, as the hospital management had no planned cutbacks for the staffing of CNA(nursing union) union members. In what became a drawn out union fight to preserve the jobs of almost 100 union members, an agreement was reached to reorganize the hospital in December 2007.Although many layoffs were avoided, hospital management would put off committee hearings to extend the UHW collective labor agreement in May 2008, in order to obtain rights to make layoffs easier for the organization.

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