HOSPITALS.Ranked by number of licensed beds EXECUTIVE SUMMARY HOSPITALS throughout the 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. area just keep getting smaller and smaller. Once again, the number of available beds, as well as the number of licensed beds, dropped in our latest survey. The 25 largest hospitals reported 12,369 available beds out of 15,434 licensed beds, that's down from 12,760 available beds and 15,487 licensed beds a year ago. And there is good reason for the shrinkage Shrinkage The amount by which inventory on hand is shorter than the amount of inventory recorded. Notes: The missing inventory could be due to theft, damage, or book keeping errors. . Hospitals not only in the county but across the country are reducing inpatient inpatient /in·pa·tient/ (in´pa-shent) a patient who comes to a hospital or other health care facility for diagnosis or treatment that requires an overnight stay. in·pa·tient n. beds as part of their drive to shift toward less-expensive preventative and outpatient outpatient /out·pa·tient/ (-pa-shent) a patient who comes to the hospital, clinic, or dispensary for diagnosis and/or treatment but does not occupy a bed. out·pa·tient n. care. The prime example of this locally is the VA Long Beach Healthcare System, which was the 11-largest hospital in Los Angeles County last year but dropped off the list this year when its licensed-bed total shrank shrank v. A past tense of shrink. shrank Verb a past tense of shrink shrank shrink from 529 to 351. A notable exception to the hospital downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing trend is Citrus Valley Medical Center, which increased its licensed beds from 508 to 564. The cause? Opening of a new $40 million, 84-bed birthing center birthing center n. A medical facility, often associated with a hospital, that is designed to provide a comfortable, homelike setting during childbirth and that is generally less restrictive than a hospital in its regulations, as in permitting midwifery , which lifted the facility five places to No. 8. Next Week The 50 Largest Hotels in L.A. County THE PACESETTER L.A. COUNTY-USC MEDICAL CENTER ONCE again, mammoth mammoth, name for several large prehistoric elephants of the extinct genus Mammuthus, which ranged over Eurasia and North America in the Pleistocene epoch. L.A. County-USC Medical Center tops our list as the largest hospital in the county, on the basis of its 1,417 licensed beds. But in many ways the hospital is just a shell of its former self. Badly damaged in the Northridge earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. , the facility is currently operating with only about half of its licensed beds actually available to patients. County budget troubles haven't have·n't Contraction of have not. haven't have not haven't have helped either, combined with a major shift toward less-expensive outpatient treatment. Still, with a workforce of 8,000 and an annual budget that tops $700 million, the facility is the centerpiece of the county's medical system. It also remains the largest teaching hospital in the country, serving USC's medical students. Meanwhile, work is starting next door on a new hospital that will replace the current 68-year-old facility. The $538 million complex, to be completed by October October: see month. 2006, has been designed to feature 600 beds and towers for outpatient services outpatient services Hospital-based services Managed care Medical and other services provided, to a nonadmitted Pt, by a hospital or other qualified facility–eg, mental health clinic, rural health clinic, mobile X-ray unit, free-standing dialysis unit Examples and diagnosis/treatment. Asbestos abatement Noun 1. asbestos abatement - the removal of asbestos from a public building abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement - (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance has begun on the former pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. , psychiatric psy·chi·at·ric adj. Of or relating to psychiatry. psychiatric adjective Pertaining to psychiatry, mental disorders and other facilities that will be torn down See tear down. to make way for the new complex. Demolition Demolition is the opposite of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. It contrasts with deconstruction, which is the taking down of a building while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use. is expected to start in a month, after which some 350,000 cubic yards of dirt must be excavated for the new foundation. Construction is scheduled to start in the fall of 2002. Entrances and other features of the existing facility are being altered as needed as needed prn. See prn order. so patients can continue accessing care until the new complex is ready. The demolition contract alone tops $9 million.
Licensed Beds
Hospital (Ranking in 2000) * current
* name * year ago
Rank * address * available beds
1 L.A. County-USC Medical Center (1) 1,417
1200 N. State St. 1,417
Los Angeles 90033 770
2 Lanterman State Hospital and 1,286
Developmental Ctr. (2) 1,286
3530 W. Pomona Blvd. 633
Pomona 91769
3 Metropolitan State Hospital (3) 1,096
11401 Bloomfield Ave. 1,096
Norwalk 90650 1,045
4 VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare 1,002
System (4) 1,057
11301 Wilshire Blvd. 989
Los Angeles 90073
5 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (5) 875
8700 Beverly Blvd. 876
Los Angeles 90048 861
6 Long Beach Memorial Medical 741
Center (6) 743
2801 Atlantic Ave. 717
Long Beach 90806
7 UCLA Medical Center (7) 668
10833 LeConte Ave. 668
Los Angeles 90024 617
8 Citrus Valley Medical Center (13) 564
210 W. San Bernadino Road 508
Covina 91722 528
9 L.A. County - Harbor - UCLA 553
Medical Center (8) 553
1000 W. Carson St. 455
Torrance 90509
10 St. Mary Medical Center (9) 539
1050 Linden Ave. 539
Long Beach 90801 425 [4]
11 L.A. County-Martin Luther King 537
Jr.-Drew Med. Ctr. (10) 531
12021 S. Wilmington Ave. 270
Los Angeles 90059
12 Huntington Memorial Hospital (12) 522
100 W. California Blvd. 525
Pasadena 91105 522
13 Little Company of Mary 506
Hospital (17) 445
4101 Torrance Blvd. 392
Torrance 90503
14 Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - 492
Los Angeles (14) 492
4867 Sunset Blvd. 492
Los Angeles 90027
15 Glendale Adventist Medical 457
Center (16) 450
1509 Wilson Terrace 457
Glendale 91206
Occupancy Rate Employees
(percentage) Profile * total
* 2000 * owner * doctors
Rank * 1999 * year founded * nurses
1 90% county 8,000
90% 1878 825 [1]
1,200
2 84.6 state 1,499
88 1927 15
56
3 91 state 1,880
90 1916 96
255
4 72 United States Dept. 4,600
70 of Veteran's Affairs 285
1930 539
5 NA same 8,582
82.8 1961 1,735
1,500
6 65 Memorial Health 4,483
64.9 Services 2,100
1907 1,204
7 70 University of Calif. 5,220
68 1955 814
1,244
8 68 Citrus Valley Health 2,100
69.5 Partners 605
1998 800
9 72 county 3,213
72 1946 741 [3]
865
10 NA Catholic Healthcare 1,200
37.5 [4] West 500
1923 400
11 94.8 county 2,895
87 1972 402
265
12 60.1 Pasadena Hospital 2,542
60.8 Assoc. 950
1892 703
13 72.4 Providence Health 2,480
71.2 System 856
1960 451
14 67 Kaiser Foundation 4,556
68 Hospitals 550
1953 1,149
15 58.3 Adventist Health 2,036
54.5 Systems 650
1905 426
Hospital Specialties
Rank (partial list) Marketing Contact
1 acute, trauma service, burn Adelaida De La Cerda
service, AIDS, neonatal service
2 acute, nursing and intermediate none
care for persons with
development disabilities
3 acute psychiatric hospital Catherine
Bernarding
4 primary and tertiary care Beverly Fitzgerald
5 cardiology, cardiothoracic, cancer, DuShon
pediatrics, behavioral health, gas- Blackburn-Ryan
trointestinal/urology, neuro-
sciences, musculoskeletal
6 pediatrics, women, cancer, heart, Maureen Williams
rehabilitation, trauma
7 academic medical center Francine Chapman
8 acute care with full range of med- Irene Bourdon
cal, surgical and specialty ser-
vices including cardiac, diabetes,
maternity and oncology svcs.
9 academic medical center, trauma, Julie Rees
perinatal, vascular, psychiatric
10 heart center, oncology, women's and Steve Sibilsky
children's services, geriatric
psychology, renal transplant,
trauma center
11 trauma center, neonatal intensive Inez Beckon
care, diagnostic treatment and
rehab unit, eye clinic
12 heart, cancer, gastrointestinal, Connie Matthews
neonatal intensive care, trauma,
brain mapping, behavioral health
13 medical, surgical and critical Pete Senoff
care, diagnostic testing, long
term, home care, urgent care,
cardiology, oncology
14 tertiary care/acute care speciali- Gretchen Pugliese
zing in cardiac surgery and
radiation oncology
15 emergency, orthopedics and reh- Janice Newbold
abilitation, cardiology, maternity,
oncology, behavioral
Top Executive
* name
* title
Rank * phone
1 Roberto Rodriguez [2]
executive director
(323) 226-2622
2 Lou Sarrao
ceo
(909) 595-1221
3 William Silva
ceo
(562) 863-7011
4 Philip Thomas
ceo
(310) 478-3711
5 Thomas Priselac
ceo
(310) 855-5000
6 Byron Schweigert
ceo
(562) 933-2000
7 Michael Karpf
director
(310) 825-8911
8 James T. Yoshioka
ceo
(626) 331-7331
9 Tecla Mickoseff
ceo
(310) 222-2345
10 Tomi Hadfield
ceo
(310) 491-9000
11 Randall Foster
ceo
(310) 668-4321
12 Stephen Ralph
ceo
(626) 397-5000
13 Blair Contralto
ceo
(310) 540-7676
14 Anthony Armada
ceo
(213) 667-4011
15 Scott Reiner
ceo
(818) 409-8000
16 Methodist Hospital of Southern 450 85% non - profit
California 450 85% 1903
300 W. Huntington Drive 340
Arcadia 91007
17 Pomona Valley Hospital Medical 436 NA same
Center (18) 436 57 1903
1798 N. Garey Ave. 381
Pomona 91767
18 Queen of Angels-Hollywood 434 71.9 Tenet Healthcare
Presbyterian Med. Ctr. (19) 434 64.1 Corp.
1300 N. Vermont Ave. 413 1924
Los Angeles 90027
19 Brotman Medical Center (20) 432 40.7 Tenet Healthcare
3828 Delmas Terrace 436 29.3 Corp.
Culver City 90231 244 1927
20 Providence Saint Joseph 427 66 Providence Health
Medical Center (15) 455 70 System
501 S. Buena Vista St. 427 1943
Burbank 91505
21 Northridge Hospital Medical 426 53 Catholic Healthcare
Center (21) 426 53 West
18300 Roscoe Blvd. 413 1955
Northridge 91328
22 Good Samaritan Hospital (22) 408 58 non - profit
1225 Wilshire Blvd. 408 56 1885
Los Angeles 90017 408
23 Rancho Los Amigos National 395 98.9 LA County Board
Rehabilitation Ctr. [5] (24) 395 96.2 Dept. of Health Svcs.
7601 E. Imperial Highway 270 1889
Downey 90242
24 Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical 387 64.13 Tenet Healthcare
Center [6] 387 70 Corp.
18321 Clark St. 358 1951 [7]
Tarzana 91356
25 Centinela Hospital Medical 384 47.2 Tenet Healthcare
Center (23) 400 47 Corp.
555 E. Hardy St. 367 1947
Inglewood 90301
16 1,200 acute psychiatric hospital, Tom Casacky
650 children's program and skilled
380 nursing facility
17 2,400 acute care Kathy Roche
600
NA
18 1,160 general acute care Gregory Monette
699
408
19 817 24-hour emergency, rehabilitation, Susan Widem
472 sleep disorder center, alcohol and
260 drug rehabilitation, transfusion
free medicine, surgical weight
loss
20 2,286 acute medical/surgical, Stephanie Olson
559 transitional care, cardiac,
611 oncology, women's services
21 1,550 women and children's services, Teddy Grant
870 behavioral health, cancer center,
420 heart center, rehab services,
emergency medicine
22 1,550 heart care, neuroscience, Tom Baumann
650 lithotripsy, obstetrical and
550 neonatal ICUs, ophthalmology,
wound care, orthopedics,
gastroenterology
23 1,650 medical rehabilitation for Christine Thomas
100 individuals with disabilities
285
24 1,396 emergency, diabetes, geriatric, Ron Yukelson
1,200 mental health, neonatal and
543 pediatric care, pulmonary
rehabilitation
25 1,550 acute care Jan Yergan
580
500
16 Dennis Lee
president
(626) 898-8000
17 Richard Yochum
ceo
(909) 865-9500
18 Lou Lazatim
ceo
(213) 413-3000
19 Sonja Hagel
ceo
(310) 836-7000
20 Georgianne Jessen
ceo
(818) 843-5111
21 Michael L. Wall
ceo
(818) 885-8500
22 Andrew B. Leeka
ceo
(213) 482-2750
23 Consuelo Diaz
ceo
(562) 401-7111
24 Dale Surowitz
ceo
(818) 881-0800
25 Michael Rembis
ceo
(310) 673-4660
NA - Not Available (1.)2,387 physicians, 825 Resident Doctors. (2.)Resigned, last day is June June: see month. 30, 2001. There has not been a new Executive Director appointed ap·point tr.v. ap·point·ed, ap·point·ing, ap·points 1. To select or designate to fill an office or a position: appointed her the chief operating officer of the company. 2. yet. (3.)Included full-time full-time adj. Employed for or involving a standard number of hours of working time: a full-time administrative assistant. full faculty, per-diem physicians, residents, interns  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . and physician fellows. (4.)Provided by the Office of Statewide Planning and Development, 1999 figures. (5.)Specializes in medical rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. and it is not a general acute care hospital. (6.)There Encino and Tarzana campuses. (7.)Encino campus founded in 1951, Tarzana campus founded in 1974. Note: The information on this list was provided by representatives of the hospitals themselves unless otherwise noted. Hospitals are ranked by the number of licensed beds and available beds, respectively. The survey was completed during the week of May 14, 2001. To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors typographical error - (typo) An error while inputting text via keyboard, made despite the fact that the user knows exactly what to type in. This usually results from the operator's inexperience at keyboarding, rushing, not paying attention, or carelessness. Compare: mouso, thinko. sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to the Research Department, Los Angeles Business Journal, 5700 Wilshire Not to be confused with Wiltshire. Wilshire may refer to:
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