Destination Humboldt Initiative

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