February 19, 2015

Letters to 73 Hospitals Asking Them to End Their Partnerships With Life Line Screening

Public Citizen today urged 73 hospitals in 24 states to sever their partnerships with Life Line Screening and stop promoting the company’s community-wide cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis screening package, which is unethical and much more likely to do harm than good.

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Alabama

• Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Dothan, AL

California

• Citrus Valley Health Partners, San Bernadino, CA
• Corona Regional Medical Center, Corona, CA (Universal Health Services)
• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
• Mercy Medical Center, Mt. Shasta, CA (Dignity Health System)
• Mercy Medical Center Redding, Redding, CA (Dignity Health System)
• Mission Hospital, CA

• [View Mission Hospital’s March 25, 2015, response]
• Palmdale Regional Medical Center, Palmdale, CA (Universal Health Services)
• St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Red Bluff, CA (Dignity Health System)
• St. John’s Hospital, Oxnard, CA (Dignity Health System)
• St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Delaware

• Bayhealth Medical Center, Milford, DE

Florida

• Bay Medical Center at Sacred Heart, Panama City, FL (Sacred Heart Health System)
• Citrus Memorial Health System, Inverness, FL
• Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL (Trinity Health)
• Lehigh Regional Medical Center, Lehigh Acres, FL
• Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, FL (Universal Health Services)
• Parrish Medical Center, Titusville, FL
• Sacred Health Hospital on the Emerald Coast, Miramar Beach, FL (Sacred Heart Health System)
• Santa Rosa Medical Center, Milton, FL

Georgia

• Barrow Regional Medical Center, Winder, GA
• DeKalb Medical Center, Decatur, GA (DeKalb Medical Center)
• DeKalb Medical at Hillandale, Lithonia, GA (DeKalb Medical Center)
• Hutcheson Medical Center, Fort Olgethorpe, GA

Illinois

• Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL (Advocate Health Care)
• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, IL (Advocate Health Care)
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL (Advocate Health Care)
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL (Advocate Health Care)
• [View Advocate
  Lutheran General Hospital’s March 17, 2015, response]
• CGH Medical Center, Sterling, IL
• FHN, Freeport, IL
• Ingalls Health System, Harvey, IL
• Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb, IL (KishHealth System)
• Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, IL
• Valley West Hospital, Sandwich, IL (KishHealth System)

Indiana

• Community Howard Regional Health, Kokomo, IN
• Marion General Hospital, Marion, IN
• Pulaski Memorial Hospital, Winamac, IN
• Reid Hospital & Health Care Services, Richmond, IN
• St.Vincent Health, Indianapolis, IN

Kansas

• Stormont-Vail HealthCare, Topeka, KS

Kentucky

• Baptist Health Paducah, Paducah, KY

Louisiana

• Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette, LA
• Winn Parish Medical Center, Winnfield, LA

Maryland

• Atlantic General Hospital, Berlin, MD

Michigan

• Borgess Health, Kalamazoo, MI
• OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group, Escanaba, MI

Mississippi

• Field Memorial Community Hospital, Centreville, MS

Nevada

• Renown Health, Reno, NV
• St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, Las Vegas, NV (Dignity Health System)

New Jersey

• Hackensack UMC at Pascack Valley, Westwood, NJ (Hackensack University Health Network)
• Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen, NJ (Hackensack University Health Network)
• [View Hackensack University Health Network’s February 27, 2015, response]
• St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

North Carolina

• Angel Medical Center, Franklin, NC
• Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, NC

Ohio

• Premier Health, Dayton, OH
• Summa Western Reserve Hospital, Cuyahoga, OH

Oklahoma

• Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Lawton, OK
• Norman Regional Health System, Normon, OK

Pennsylvania

• Butler Health System, Butler, PA
• [View Butler Health System’s March 5, 2015, response]
• Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg, PA
• Good Samaritan Health System, Lebanon, PA
• [View Good Samaritan Health System’s March 5, 2015, response]
• Jameson Health System, New Castle, PA
• St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA (Trinity Health)
• Washington Health System, Washington, PA

South Carolina

• Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, Greenville, SC
• Laurens County Memorial Hospital, Clinton, SC

Tennessee

• UT Medical Center, Knoxville, TN

Texas

• Huntsville Memorial Hospital, Huntsville, TX
• Matagorda Regional Medical Center, Bay City, TX
• Seton Healthcare Family, Austin, TX
• Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics, Tyler, TX

Virginia

• Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richland, VA

West Virginia

• Thomas Health System, Charleston, WV