Community Memorial Hospital

Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura
Community Memorial Health System
Geography
Location 147 North Brent Street, Ventura, California, United States
Organization
Care system Private, Non-profit
Hospital type Community, Teaching
Affiliated university None
Services
Helipad yes[1]
Beds 242[2]
History
Founded 1901
Links
Website www.cmhshealth.org
Lists Hospitals in California

Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura is a 242-bed community-based teaching hospital located in Ventura, California. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission.[2] In the most recent year with available data, 38,013 patients visited the emergency room, 13,314 patients were admitted to the hospital, and physicians performed 4,133 inpatient and 7,151 outpatient surgeries.[2]

Community Memorial Hospital started as a single hospital in 1901.[3] Today it has grown into an expansive healthcare system with two hospitals and eleven family practice centers serving various communities in the Ventura County area. [4]

Community Memorial Hospital has begun building a new six-story, 325,000 square feet (30,200 m2) hospital next to the current location. The new building is scheduled to open in 2015, and will have 250 private rooms.[5][6]

Medical education

Community Memorial Hospital operates a number of residency programs that train newly graduated osteopathic physicians (DO). Programs include family medicine,[7] internal medicine,[8] and orthopedic surgery,[9] and general surgery[10] residencies.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Community Memorial Hospital Heliport
  2. 1 2 3 "Community Memorial Hospital". US News & World Report. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ Mildred Ranger Schofield, A BRIEF HISTORY OF EUGENE P. FOSTER appended to HISTORY OF THE VENTURA COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT
  4. ↑ "Community Memorial Hospital", About Community Memorial Health System, November 3, 2012
  5. ↑ "CMHS Breaks Ground on New Community Memorial Hospital". Santa Paula Times. October 5, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ Kisken, Tom (Jul 21, 2014) "Construction to make Ventura hospital huge" Ventura County Star
  7. ↑ "Community Memorial Health System: Family Medicine". American Osteopathic Association. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Community Memorial Health System: Internal Medicine". American Osteopathic Association. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Community Memorial Health System: Orthopedic surgery". American Osteopathic Association. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  10. ↑ "OPTI-West/Community Memorial Health System - Surgery-General Residency". American Osteopathic Association.

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Coordinates: 34°16′28″N 119°15′29″W / 34.27444°N 119.25806°W / 34.27444; -119.25806

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