Destination Humboldt Initiative

Purpose: Attracting the best and brightest clinicians and addressing the urgent need for better access to care. Tackling the physician shortage through philanthropy.

Geographic Scope: Humboldt County, California (Eel River Valley and surrounding communities)

Program Overview: Groundbreaking initiative begun in Humboldt and being duplicated in other Providence ministries. The program utilizes philanthropy funds for physician recruitment and retention.

Focus Areas:

• Physician Recruitment, Retention and Clinician Wellbeing
• Bringing more doctors, nurses, technicians, and support staff to the region
• Honoring and retaining healthcare providers who have dedicated their careers to the North Coast

Support Areas: The initiative will focus resources on physician recruitment and retention through incentives such as:

• Loan repayment assistance
• Aid with relocation costs
• Leadership development
• Wellness support
• Family establishment in the community
• Additional incentives as needed

Incentive Structure: Incentives will be given in exchange for multi-year commitments to practicing in the region.

Current Funding Priorities - Integrated Surgical Suite Needs:

1. Mazor Intraoperative Robot - Goal: $500,000
   • Automated robotic arm that holds key surgical instrumentation in place for the surgeon
   • Robotic guidance helps surgeons execute custom surgical plans with exceptional precision through micro incisions
2. S8 Stealth Image-Guided System - Goal: $150,000
   • Intuitive StealthStation™ S8 system
   • Enables clear visualization and surgical navigation of every segment in the spine
3. O-Arm Intraoperative CT Platform - Goal: $600,000
   • O-arm Surgical Imaging System
   • Provides real-time, intra-operative imaging of patient's anatomy
   • High quality images with large field-of-view in both two and three dimensions

Early Success Impact: Since April of 2023, the community has generously responded to this pilot program by donating more than $1.3 million toward Destination Humboldt. This has resulted in:

• Successful recruitment of more than a dozen new providers
• Key role in retaining several current providers
• Funding of needed equipment to expand services
• Potential to serve as many as 9,000 members of the community with primary care provider access
• Far-reaching benefits felt by patients' families, communities, and local health systems operations

Contact Email: redwoodmemorialfoundation@providence.org

Contact Phone: 707-725-3361

Contact Address: 3300 Renner Dr, Fortuna, CA 95540