Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Hospitals

White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles

1720 Cesar E Chavez Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 268-5000
www.whitememorial.com
This hospital is one of nearly 5,000 that U.S.News evaluated for the latest America's Best Hospitals rankings. See the complete hospital rankings

The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Religiously operated
Total beds: 277
Administrator:
Parent system: Adventist Health
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)|Accreditated, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)|

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (child)
  • Elderly/disabled:
    • Skilled nursing care
  • Heart surgery (adult)
  • Heart surgery (pediatric)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (child)
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Bariatric/weight control services*
  • Breast cancer screening/mammograms
  • Cancer services
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (child)
  • Fitness center
  • Geriatric services
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (child)
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Stop-smoking program
  • Women's health center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Single photon emission CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 17,300
Inpatient surgeries: 4,680
Outpatient visits: 128,019
Outpatient surgeries: 8,250
Emergency room visits: 41,296
Births: 3,289
Beds: 277

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
N/A
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Total full-time faculty:
N/A
Total part-time faculty:
N/A

Notes

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated June 2009.

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