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Greater San Fernando Valley hospitals.


Ranked by average daily census daily census See Census.  of patients in 2004 *

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

GLENDALE Adventist Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. It was founded in 1905. Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a sister institution of Loma Linda University Medical Center and is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist hospital system.  ranks No. 1 on this year s list of top hospitals in the greater San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley

Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills.
, based on the average daily census of patients.

Glendale Glendale.

1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S.
 Adventist Adventist

Member of any of a group of Protestant churches that arose in the U.S. in the 19th century and believe that the Second Coming of Christ is close at hand. Adventism was founded during a period marked by millennialism by William Miller (1782–1849), a former U.
 has an average daily census of 294 patients, which is 66% of its 448 licensed beds.

No. 2 on this year's list is the recently expanded Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is a hospital in Burbank, California, USA. The hospital has 455 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. It's adress is: 501 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505. , with an average daily census of 287 patients.

Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, with its dual campuses in Encino and Tarzana, came in at No. 3 with its average daily census of 281. Encino-Tarzana's owner, Tenet Healthcare Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) is an operating company that owns and operates 57 hospitals in the United States [1]. It is based in Dallas, Texas. Its stock ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is NYSE: THC.  Corp., put the hospital up for sale in January January: see month. , along with many other hospitals the company owns, including 18 others in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). .

Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History
The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr.
 took the No. 4 spot this year. Northridge Northridge is the name of some places in the United States of America:
  • Northridge, Los Angeles, California, a community in California's San Fernando Valley
  • California State University, Northridge
 has an average daily census of 248 patients, which is 59% of its 426 licensed beds.

The San Fernando Valley lost a hospital in November November: see month.  when the Northridge Hospital Sherman Sherman, city (1990 pop. 31,601), seat of Grayson co., N Tex., near the Red River; inc. 1858. Originally on a stagecoach route, it is a highway and railroad junction. Manufactures include electronic equipment, processed foods, military equipment, and metal products.  Way Campus closed. Valley Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian Hospital can refer to several places:
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital, a hospital in New York City
  • Presbyterian Hospital (Charlotte), a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Presbyterian Hospital (Albuquerque), a hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico
, No. 7 on this year's hospitals list, recently expanded its facilities and acquired some of the assets of the Northridge Sherman Way campus.

Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  is said to be facing a wave of hospital closures as health care treatment costs rise while health insurer An individual or company who, through a contractual agreement, undertakes to compensate specified losses, liability, or damages incurred by another individual.

An insurer is frequently an insurance company and is also known as an underwriter.
 reimbursement Reimbursement

Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred.
 schedules decrease. Many hospitals are also struggling with problems of uninsured or under-insured patients and a shortage of registered nurses in California.

PACESETTER

GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER

AT the top of this year's list of hospitals is Glendale Adventist Medical Center, with a 2004 average daily census of 294 patients.

The hospital has 448 licensed beds, with a 2004 occupancy rate Noun 1. occupancy rate - the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time
pct, per centum, percent, percentage - a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
 of 66 percent, down slightly from last year's rate of 67%.

Glendale Adventist is a general acute care facility that offers among its services hyperbaric oxygen therapy Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO)
A treatment in which the patient is placed in a chamber and breathes oxygen at higher-than-atmospheric pressure. This high-pressure oxygen stops bacteria from growing and, at high enough pressure, kills them.
, aquatic therapy aquatic therapy Water therapy Rehab medicine The exercising of muscle groups under water, which increases range-of-motion and light resistance for rehabilitation. See Rehabilitation medicine. , and advanced MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface.
 and CT scanning CT scanning
Computer tomography scanning is a diagnostic imaging tool that uses x rays sent through the body at different angles.

Mentioned in: Apraxia
.

There are approximately 2,100 employees at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, including 700 doctors and 634 registered nurses.

The hospital is one of the oldest in Los Angeles County, and its roots predate even the city of Glendale itself. Glendale Adventist began as Glendale Sanitarium sanitarium /san·i·tar·i·um/ (-tar´e-um) an institution for the promotion of health.

san·i·tar·i·um
n.
See sanatorium.
 in 1905, started in the building formerly occupied by the 75room Glendale Hotel. The City of Glendale wasn't was·n't  

Contraction of was not.


wasn't was not
wasn't be
 incorporated until 1906.

Though many facilities have been added, the medical center has been at its current location since 1924.

Glendale Adventist is owned by Adventist Health, a Roseville Roseville.

1 City (1990 pop. 44,685), Placer co., N central Calif., a suburb of Sacramento in the foothills of the Sierras; inc. 1909. Marked by rapid growth in the late 20th cent.
, Calif.-based non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes.  that owns 20 hospitals in California List of hospitals in California (U.S. state), grouped by county and sorted by hospital name. Alameda County
  • Alameda Hospital - Alameda, California
  • Alta Bates Medical Center - Berkeley, California
  • Washington Hospital - Fremont, California
, Oregon Oregon, city, United States
Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products.
, Washington and Hawaii, including Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction
Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital.
 and White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Rank   Hospital                                          Avg. Daily
       * name                                              Census
       * address                                           * 2004
                                                         * licensed
                                                            beds

   1   Glendale Adventist Medical Center                  294
       1509 Wilson Terrace                                448
       Glendale 91206
   2   Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center             287
       501 S. Buena Vista St.                             427
       Burbank 91505
   3   Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center             281
       18321 Clark St.                                    396
       Tarzana 91356
   4   Northridge Hospital Medical Center (4)             248
       18300 Roscoe Blvd.                                 426
       Northridge 91328
   5   Glendale Memorial Hospital                         230
       1420 S. Central Ave.                               334
       Glendale 91204
   6   Providence Holy Cross Medical Center               222
       15031 Rinaldi St.                                  254
       Mission Hills 91346
   7   Valley Presbyterian Hospital                       164 (1)
       15107 Vanowen St.                                  380
       Van Nuys 91405
   8   Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital               155 (2)
       23845 McBean Pkwy.                                 217
       Valencia 91355
   9   Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center    143
       5601 De Soto Ave.                                  212
       Woodland Hills 91367
  10   Sherman Oaks Hospital                              121
       4929 Van Nuys Blvd.                                153
       Sherman Oaks 91403
  11   Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center     119
       13652 Cantara St.                                  262
       Panorama City 91402
  12   West Hills Hospital & Medical Center               114
       7300 Medical Center Drive                          236
       West Hills 91307
  13   Simi Valley Hospital                               105
       2975 Sycamore Dr.                                  185
       Simi Valley 93065
  14   Mission Community Hospital                         100
       14850 Roscoe Blvd.                                 145
       Panorama City 91402
  15   Lancaster Community Hospital                        72
       43830 N. 10th St. West                             117
       Lancaster 93536

Rank   Occupancy Rate             Profile             Employees
       (percentage)               * owner              * total
          * 2004            * year established        * doctors
          * 2003                                    * registered
                                                        nurses

   1        66%              Adventist Health         2,100
            67%                    1905                 700
                                                        634
   2         67              Providence Health        2,285
             67                   System                629
                                   1943                 755
   3         71           Tenet Healthcare Corp.      1,600
             na         1954, Encino; 1973, Tarzana      na
                                                        590
   4         59             Catholic Healthcare       1,682
             59                    West                 845
                                   1955                 545
   5         69             Catholic Healthcare       1,600
             71                    West                 580
                                   1926                 460
   6         87              Providence Health        1,544
             87                   System                580
                                   1961                 525
   7         43             private, non-profit       1,000
             na                    1958                 500
                                                         na
   8         71             private, non-profit       1,200
             66                    1975                 361
                                                        350
   9         67              Kaiser Foundation        2,148 (3)
             na                  Hospitals              355
                                   1986                 657
  10         79            Sherman Oaks Hospital        601
             na                    1958                 375
                                                        231
  11         45              Kaiser Foundation        2,793 (3)
             na                  Hospitals              260
                                   1962                 650
  12         48            Hospital Corporation         820
             na                 of America              450
                                   1962                 275
  13         57              Adventist Health           912
             na                    1965                 225
                                                         na
  14         68             private, non-profit         550
             61                    1975                 248
                                                        158
  15         62              Universal Health           560
             81                  Services               290
                                   1964                  na

Rank   Hospital Services                              Marketing Contact
       (partial list)

   1   general acute care facility                        Tony Yang
   2   cancer, heart & vascular, orthopedics,           Brian Greene
       womens services, occupational health,
       emergency, surgery
   3   cardiology, obstetrics, pediatric intensive      Daphne Yousem
       care unit, neonatal intensive care unit,
       orthopedics, bariatric surgery
   4   general acute care, medical/surgical,             Teddi Grant
       obstetrics, behavioral health, cardiopul-
       monary, emergency & trauma services
   5   cardiac services, cancer center, 24-hour         Bob Quarfoot
       emergency services, spine services,
       women's breast center, prenatal clinic
   6   heart & vascular, trauma, cancer, women's        Brian Greene
       services, orthopedics, surgery, digestive
       disorders
   7   cardiac care and rehabilitation, womens        Lisa Chakos-Knapp
       services, children's center, orthopedics,
       emergency services
   8   trauma services, acute rehabilitation,           Andie Bogdan
       behavioral health, oncology, wound care

   9   breast health center, craniofacial clinic,       Peter Seibold
       children's center for attentional problems,
       high risk obstetrics, neonatal intensive
       care unit
  10   Grossman Burn Center, senior services,            Lysa Barry
       wound care, transitional care unit, psychi-
       atric care, radiology
  11   surgery, cardiology, health education, pain      Peter Seibold
       management center, teenage health care
       center, nuclear medicine, opthalmology
  12   full service acute care                               na
  13   Nancy Reagan Breast Center, behavioral           Jeremy Brewer
       health unit, cancer services, emergency
       care, rehabilitation services, diagnostic
       imaging
  14   general acute care services, ICU/CCU,            Jim Sullivan
       medical/surgical unit, inpatient and
       outpatient surgery center, 24-hour emergency
       dept.
  15   open-heart surgery, cardiac catheterization       David Sell
       lab, wound care (hyperbarics), bariatric
       surgery, 16-bed acute rehabilitation unit

Rank   Top Executive
       * name
       * title
       * phone

   1   Scott Reiner
       president/ceo
       (818) 409-8000
   2   Arnold Schaffer
       ceo
       (818) 843-5111
   3   Dale Surowitz
       ceo
       (818) 881-0800
   4   Michael L. Wall
       president
       (818) 885-8500
   5   Catherine M. Pelley
       president
       (818) 502-1900
   6   Arnold Schaffer
       ceo
       (818) 365-8051
   7   Robert C. Bills
       president, vice chairman
       (818) 782-6600
   8   Roger Seaver
       president/ceo
       (661) 253-8000
   9   Cathy Casas
       director of hospital operations
       (818) 719-2000
  10   David Levinsohn
       president, ceo
       (818) 981-7111
  11   Jane Finley
       senior vice president
       (818) 375-2000
  12   Beverly Gilmore
       president/ceo
       (818) 676-4000
  13   Margaret R. Peterson
       president/ceo
       (805) 955-6000
  14   Bill Daniel
       ceo
       (818) 787-2222
  15   Robert Trautman
       ceo
       (661) 948-4781

na--not available

* Average daily census is the average number of in-patients the
hospital cares for each day.

Data for this list was provided by the hospitals. Occupancy rates were
computed by dividing the average daily census by the number of licensed
beds.

(1) Does not include nursery.

(2) Through Sept. 30, 2004

(3) Kaiser's employee numbers include the medical facilities
surrounding the hospitals.

(4) Does not include the Sherman Way campus, which closed in Nov.

To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press
time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and the
throughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors sometimes
occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to
the Research Department, San Fernando Valley Business Journal, 21600
Oxnard St., Suite 250, Woodland Hills, CA 91367. [c] 2004 San Fernando
Valley Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in whole or in
part without prior permission from the editor. Reprints are available
from Reprint Management Services, (800) 494-9051 ext. 130.

Research by Shannon Sindorf
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