Riverside Health Care System

• Private
• US

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Most people think of a hospital as the place you go for an emergency, to deliver a baby or to undergo surgery. But perhaps the most important role of a hospital is to keep you out of the hospital. In other words, our job at St. John's Riverside Hospital is to help keep you healthy through prevention, early detection and treatment. Colorectal cancer is second only to lung cancer as the most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States, killing over 55,000 men and women each year. However, colorectal cancer is nearly 100 percent preventable through early detection and treatment. By undergoing a colonoscopy every five years after age 50, you can prevent this deadly disease. That's why we are pleased to announce the opening of our new state-of-the-art endoscopy suite for the detection of colorectal cancer and other gastrointestinal disorders. Public attention on the importance of screening colonoscopy has grown dramatically in recent years -- and so has the demand for these...

Number of Employees 2,999

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