Loma Linda University Community Medical
Center Board of Trustees Report to the Constituencies 1997
Overview
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| Chaplain Lynaia Freund provides spiritual care to patients while Linda Whitener, RN, adjusts the patient’s IV flow. |
Loma Linda University Community Medical Center is a 120-bed acute-care hospital that opened in 1972 and joined Adventist Health System-Loma Linda, in 1982. LLUCMC merged with Loma Linda University Medical Center on January 1, 1994, and is located a short distance east of the Medical Center.
Just for Seniors
LLUCMC’s Just for Seniors club (for individuals over 60 years of age) has almost 8,000 members. Seniors receive free services to improve their overall lifestyle--quarterly newsletters, cafeteria and gift shop discounts, VIP parking, hospital room upgrades, plus complimentary rooms for family members (if space is available), notary services, programs such as monthly health screening/education, free annual flu shots, and other programs of interest to seniors such as 55 Alive and health plan information.
Patient care services
Coronary care/intensive care--Level II
Medical/surgical acute care for ages 13 and older
Outpatient surgery
Inpatient surgery
Emergency services--24-hour basic
Physical therapy
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| As early as 6:00 a.m. on October 1, hundreds of cars lined up and crowds of people gathered at Community Medical Center as seniors from all over the Inland Empire took advantage of the walk-up/drive-through flu clinic presented by LLUCMC’s Just for Seniors club. More than 1,400 seniors received their flu shots free of charge. The event was corporately sponsored by PrimeAmerica Medical Group Network. |
Speech therapy
Social work
Respiratory care
Imaging services
Executive fitness evaluation
Pharmacy
Gastroenterology laboratory
Patient education
Sleep study lab
Family practice residency
Spiritual care
Statistics
Areas
- Number of beds, ICU/CCU: 8; medical/surgery: 93
- Patient days, ICU/CCU: 4,590; medical/surgery: 13,045
- Patient admissions, ICU/CCU: 801; medical/surgery: 3,232
- Average length of stay, ICU/CCU: 5.7; medical/surgery: 4.0
Emergency department
- Visits: 9,049
- Admissions to CMC: 1,910
- Patients 18 years and younger: 2,002
Operating room
- Inpatient cases: 1,283
- Outpatient cases: 2,419
- Total cases: 3,702
1997 highlights
A flu shot clinic was held in October, which served more than 1,400
seniors.
A sleep study laboratory opened in March.
An executive fitness program opened in May.
The physician’s lounge was remodeled.
New Hill-Rom beds were purchased for the intensive care and cardiac care units.
Information systems were improved by connecting to Medical Center systems.
The gastroenterology lab was moved into the operating room to improve patient flow and service.
The facility upgraded to meet Americans with Disabilities Act requirements to improve handicapped accessibility.
VIP rooms were designated and remodeled.
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