Glendale Adventist Medical Center

Glendale Adventist Medical Center
Adventist Health
Geography
Location 1509 East Wilson Terrace, Glendale, California, United States
Coordinates 34°9′2.48″N 118°13′49.09″W / 34.1506889°N 118.2303028°W / 34.1506889; -118.2303028Coordinates: 34°9′2.48″N 118°13′49.09″W / 34.1506889°N 118.2303028°W / 34.1506889; -118.2303028
Organization
Care system Private
Hospital type Community
Affiliated university Loma Linda University
Services
Beds 515
History
Founded 1905
Links
Website http://www.glendaleadventist.com/
Lists Hospitals in California

Glendale Adventist Medical Center (GAMC) is a non-profit organization located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California, USA. GAMC is one of the city's oldest businesses, founded in 1905, a year before Glendale was incorporated as a city. It was then known as Glendale Sanitarium, and it occupied the former Glendale Hotel, a 75-room Victorian structure on what is now Broadway Avenue.

It was owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, as part of its mission of community caring that helped form its reputation as a "health resort" of choice. It is now a part of Adventist Health with the same mission.

Today, Glendale Adventist Medical Center has eight centers of excellence: Advanced Surgical Program, Cancer Services, Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Orthopedic Services, Rehabilitative Services, Spine Institute and Women's Services. In 2011, GAMC had been voted Glendale's Best Hospital for several years running. It also has a reputation as a Certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center, One of the Best Places to Work in Los Angeles and San Fernando Valleys, Gold Performance Plus Achievement Award from the American Stroke Association, and Three-Year Certificate of Approval with Commendations from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. It offers more than 80 support groups and ongoing health education classes.

In 2009, GAMC started HEALTHline, a weekly television show helping people to understand their health and health options. HEALTHline can also be viewed online.[1]

GAMC is heavily involved with the community and supports and participates in many annual events such as Glendale Downtown Dash held on daylight savings day every March, the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Saving Strokes.

Glendale Adventist Academy

In 1907, the Glendale Sanitarium, as it was called, had a one-room school in its basement. In the 1930s, that school relocated to a building in Chevy Chase and called itself Glendale Union Academy. Eventually, GUA relocated to its current location on Kimlin Drive and Academy Place and renamed itself Glendale Adventist Academy.[2] [3] [4]

Hospital quality

The HealthGrades website has much rating information on this hospital. Two items are presented here: patient outcomes for admitted patients, patient safety indicators. For patient outcomes HealthGrades provides this information:

Glendale rates as follows on patient safety indicators:


Affiliation

The Hospital is part of Adventist Health, a health care organization headquartered in Roseville, California. Adventist Health represents regional delivery networks spanning California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. The networks comprise 85 distinct business units including 20 acute care facilities—controlled, managed or leased—with more than 3,000 beds, 17,000 employees, numerous clinics and outpatient facilities, medical foundations and 18 home health agencies.[6]

External links

See also

References

  1. ↑ HEALTHline, Glendale Adventist Medical Center website
  2. ↑ "Glendale Adventist To Pay $700K To Settle Patient Dumping Allegation," CBS Los Angeles online, August 27, 2014, at http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/08/27/glendale-adventist-to-pay-700k-to-settle-patient-dumping-allegation/ .
  3. ↑ US News and World Report online, at http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ca/glendale-adventist-medical-center-6930831 .
  4. ↑ Consumer Reports online, at http://www.consumerreports.org/health/doctors-hospitals/hospitals/hospital-ratings/glendale-adventist-medical-center-6930831-general-information.htm .
  5. ↑ HealthGrades website, at http://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/california-ca-los-angeles/glendale-adventist-medical-center-hgst97518d46050239 .
  6. ↑ Adventist Health: About Us
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