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Dignity Health North State news
Everyone needs a personal doctor or other primary care
provider to stay as healthy as possible. That’s especially true
for people with a chronic illness, such as diabetes, high
blood pressure or heart disease.
“Having a provider to monitor your health can make the
difference between living life well or being controlled by your
disease,” says Phillip Miller, MD, a family physician and
Medical Director of Mercy Lake Shastina Community Clinic.
Among its many benefits, regular medical care can
prevent manageable problems from escalating into serious
ones and can keep people with chronic illnesses out of the
hospital.
And that’s clearly worthwhile, not only for patients
and their families but for society as a whole, says Morris
Eagleman, Vice President of Patient Care Services at Mercy
Medical Center Mt. Shasta.
Billions of dollars are spent every year in this country on
hospital readmissions, Eagleman says. And many of these
return trips involve patients with chronic illnesses who often
did not receive adequate follow-up care after their first
hospitalization.
Breaking barriers
Locally, Mercy Lake Shastina Community Clinic and
Mercy Mt. Shasta Community Clinic are helping to reverse
this trend. The doctors and staff at these two Dignity
Health North State clinics provide crucial care after a
hospitalization—care that otherwise might not be available
in rural areas, where doctors are in short supply.
“We wrap our arms around our patients and do our
absolute best to remove any barriers that might come between
them and high-quality medical care,” Dr. Miller says.
Specialists’ advice in an instant
As for the medical care itself, when a specialist’s expertise
is needed to help keep a chronic illness under control, that
support is available right away.
“If I have any questions about how to handle a
treatment,” Dr. Miller says, “I can consult with a specialist in
the Dignity Health network.”
Our locations
The Dignity Health North State rural clinics featured in the
main story are part of a family of clinics available to care for
patients of all ages:
Dignity Health North State accepts Anthem Blue Cross, Blue
Shield, Aetna and most other insurance. Call a clinic near you
to make an appointment or for more information.
Dignity Health Medical
Group–North State
2510 Airpark Drive,
Suite 301, Redding
Open Monday through Friday,
8 am to 5 pm
530.242.3500
2528 Sister Mary Columba
Drive, Red Bluff
Open Monday through Friday,
8 am to 5 pm
530.528.6100
Mercy Family
Health Center
2480 Sonoma St., Redding
Open Monday through Friday,
7:30 am to 5 pm
530.225.7800
Mercy Lake Shastina
Community Clinic
16337 Everhart Drive,
Lake Shastina
Open Monday through Friday,
8 am to 5 pm
530.938.2297
Mercy Maternity Center
1900 Railroad Ave., Redding
Open Monday through
Thursday, 8 am to 4 pm
530.225.7480
Mercy Mt. Shasta
Community Clinic
912 Pine St., Mt. Shasta
Open Monday through Friday,
8 am to 5 pm
530.926.7131
Complete care for your entire family
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