LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Republican Women Federated group of Lake County held its weekly meeting outside at the Green View Restaurant in Hidden Valley lake on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

The guest speaker for the event was David Santos, president and CEO of Adventist Health Clear Lake.

Santos gave an inspiring talk regarding the new philosophy of and progress of Adventist Health Clear Lake, which is to offer the most comprehensive primary care services focusing on prevention, wellness and lifestyle medicine.

Going beyond primary care, Santos explained, the hospital will include expanding the Live Well Institute, establishing partnerships with mental health and addiction recovery services, and enhancing relationships with several other community organizations.

Santos said the innovative Live Well Program includes a partnership with Konocti Wellness Center which is a collaborative effort between the hospital and the Konocti Unified School District and includes a clinic located on the campus of Lower Lake High School.

Adventist Health Clear Lake has also opened Restoration House and will soon be opening Hope Center. Both facilities are dedicated to helping Lake County’s most vulnerable residents.

In the last six years, Adventist Health Clear Lake has raised its ratings nationally in many categories of health care, indicating that the current philosophy of total health care, although innovative, is providing positive results.

The hospital, said Santos, will be opening more clinics in Lake County, and his overall health care vision is to not only improve health care per se but by doing so raise the living standard of Lake County residents in general.