Long Beach Memorial Medical Center - Memorial Care Hospital

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center is a hospital in Long Beach, California. It is the flagship hospital of the MemorialCare Health System.

It was established as Seaside Hospital in 1907. Incorporated as Seaside Memorial Hospital on June 23, 1937. In 1960, it moved to its present location. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission.

Long Beach Memorial is one of only 3 hospitals in California with a 320 Slice CT Scanner and preventative technology and programs such as the Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscope (ENB) and the Division of Interventional Neuroradiology. "Centers of Excellence" include the MemorialCare Heart and Vascular Institute, the MemorialCare Todd Cancer Institute, the MemorialCare Rehabilitation Institute, the MemorialCare Orthopedic Institute, the MemorialCare Neuroscience Institute, MemorialCare Joint Replacement Center, Stroke Program and the Emergency Department and Trauma Center.

Miller Children's Hospital is located on the campus of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.

History

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Long Beach Memorial was first established as Seaside Hospital in 1907, then incorporated as Seaside Memorial Hospital on June 23, 1937. In 1960, it moved to its present location. In April 2012, Susan Melvin, D.O., clinical professor at UCI-School of Medicine and Western University of Health Sciences, assumed the position of Chief Medical Officer.

Rankings and Awards

2018 DFOS - Homepage - Memorial Medical Center Foundation. Source : supportlongbeach.memorialcare.org

The hospital first received Magnet designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in 2013 and again in 2018.

In the 2017 report card from the Leapfrog Group, an employer-backed nonprofit group focused on health care quality, Long Beach Memorial received a B.

In the 2017 US News & World Report nation's best hospital rankings, Long Beach Memorial is ranked 7th in Los Angeles County.

Union

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Registered Nurses of LBMMC have been represented by the California Nurses Association since 2001, a labor union and professional nurses association.

References

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External links

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• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center official site
• This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas A project by OSHPD
• http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/04/2-dead-in-long-beach-hospital-shooting.html

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