Mission and History
Our Mission
The mission of the Marin Healthcare District is to enhance the provision of quality health care in the communities served by the District; to support the highest quality medical, trauma, and psychiatric care at MarinHealth Medical Center; and to monitor and enforce the lease of MarinHealth Medical Center to ensure the optimum operation of the Hospital for the benefit of the communities it serves.
The Marin Healthcare District advocates quality and reasonably priced health care, provides a public forum for discussion of health care issues affecting communities served by the district, and is an advocate for California district hospitals at large.
Our History
1946
The California legislature creates healthcare districts, elected entities with the mandate to improve health care in their communities. Like most other districts, Marin Healthcare District embarks on plans to build a hospital to meet the healthcare needs of its residents.
1952
Marin General Hospital opens under full operation and control of MHD.
1981
Marin Healthcare District issues a bond to build Marin General Hospital's West Wing, adding 78 beds to the hospital.
1985
The Marin Healthcare District Board leases the hospital to a new nonprofit, Marin General Hospital Corporation, under a 30-year agreement. Soon after this, Marin General Hospital Corporation enters an affiliation with California Healthcare Systems.
1995
California Healthcare Systems merges with Sutter Health, which assumes ownership of Marin General Hospital.
2006
An agreement is made between Sutter Health and Marin Healthcare District to transfer control of the hospital back to the community.
2010
On June 30, Marin Healthcare District resumes control of Marin General Hospital.
2019
Marin General Hospital becomes MarinHealth Medical Center. MarinHealth includes three major entities that together form an integrated, comprehensive healthcare enterprise:
- MarinHealth Medical Center, formerly Marin General Hospital
- MarinHealth Medical Network, formerly Prima Medical Foundation
- MarinHealth Foundation, formerly Marin General Hospital Foundation
2020
The Oak Pavilion at MarinHealth Medical Center opens, a 260,000-square-foot hospital building, home to state-of-the-art Emergency & Trauma, Surgery, Maternity, Imaging, and Radiology departments. The new building includes 114 private rooms