Mesa United Way has honored Mountain Vista Medical Center with its Trailblazer award for increasing employee donations by 80 percent during the 2009 campaign.

Mesa’s Mountain Vista Medical Center celebrated five years of service Monday with an ice cream social for the community.

Mesa’s Mountain Vista Medical Center announced that the Arizona Department of Health Services/Division of Trauma has named it a Provisional Level III Trauma Center.

Mesa's Mountain Vista Medical Center will host several seminars in January that range in topics from heart health to feet health and more.

Mountain Vista Medical Center will host several free seminars in November, led by physicians on the medical

Mesa's Mountain Vista Medical Center has received a Cycle III Chest Pain Center accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC). Mountain Vista earned this accreditation by demonstrating a higher level of expertise in diagnosing and treating patients who arrive with symptoms of a heart attack - which is one of the top reasons adults visit the emergency room each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

HealthGrades, a national independent health care ratings organization, has named Mesa's Mountain Vista Medical Center as a "distinguished hospital for clinical excellence." This distinction places Mountain Vista among the top 5 percent of hospitals nationwide for clinical performance.

Construction on a Tempe Marketplace-sized shopping and luxury apartment development in east Mesa will begin Tuesday with a ceremonial groundbreaking. Work is already under way on the 114-acre Mountain Vista Marketplace.

Mesa’s Mountain Vista Medical Center has earned a Cardiac Receiving Center Designation from the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Mountain Vista Medical Center, 1301 S. Crismon Road, Mesa, will host several free seminars in June, led by physicians on the medical staff. Topics include information about minimally invasive urological procedures, exercise and arthritis, importance of proper footwear, peripheral vascular disease and options for minimally invasive knee surgery.

Banner Health broke ground Wednesday on the first phase of its newest hospital — Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert. At the southwest corner of U.S. 60 and Higley Road, the 165-bed hospital is scheduled to open in fall 2007. "Banner Gateway Medical Center represents a $189 million investment in medical excellence in the East Valley," said Becky Kuhn, the hospital’s chief executive.

Banner Health broke ground Wednesday on the first phase of its newest hospital — Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert. At the southwest corner of U.S. 60 and Higley Road, the 165-bed hospital is scheduled to open in fall 2007.

Making sure hospital patients receive the correct medicine is now as easy as scanning groceries at the supermarket. Mountain Vista Medical Center in east Mesa uses a high-tech safety program that helps ensure patients receive the right medicines at the right time.

Mesa firefighters who respond to low-level 911 calls are now taking along medical staff from a hospital under an experiment to lower the cost of emergency treatment while improving patient service.

Mesa's Mountain Vista Medical Center will host several free seminars, led by physicians on the medical staff, on a variety of health topics in August. Seminars include information about foot injuries, heart health, stroke information, rotator cuff tears, the respiratory system, varicose veins and minimally invasive hip surgery. SeniorAdvantage is a program at Mountain Vista Medical Center that promotes healthy living in local residents 55 and older. To register for an upcoming event, visit www.mvmedicalcenter.com or call (877) 924-9355.