Arcadia Methodist Hospital has been trying to reduce the number of heart failure patients that are readmitted to the hospital through education, teamwork, and follow-up. The Heart Failure Program was established in 2003 for this purpose. Since 2003, more than 600 patients have participated in the program with encouraging results.
Gastric bypass surgery patients who had the surgery at Methodist Hospital held a patients' reunion. Frank DeMarco, his wife and daughter were enthusiastic about the operation.
Methodist Hospital expects an increase in the number of emergency patients using its facilities because of the closure of the emergency room at Santa Teresita Hospital in Duarte.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital will no longer accept new patients with Blue Cross insurance. Blue Cross patients are being directed to Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Huntington Hospital, San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, and Citrus Valley Medical Center.
Arcadia officials approve expansion and seismic retrofitting plans for Arcadia Methodist Hospital. Expansion plans include a new five-story patient tower, a new ambulance bay, a larger emergency room and a larger critical care unit.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital opened a new four-level parking structure this week, completing the first phase of its expansion. The second phase will include a 152,000 square feet, five-story patient tower, with a bridge connecting the top three floors to the existing Berger Patient Tower. The new North Tower, to be completed in 2010, will house a new emergency department, medical and surgical inpatient beds, two intensive care units, and a pharmacy.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital has been named one of the top 100 U.S. cardiovascular hospitals by Solucient, a company that provides health-care business information to hospitals.
A survey gives City of Hope in Duarte and Huntington Hospital in Pasadena the highest rank in patient care. Methodist Hospital of Souther California in Arcadia received average to above-average ratings.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital has been accused of dumping homeless patients on Los Angeles' Skid Row. A hospital representative said it is compliant with the anti-dumping law, Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, and has done nothing illegal. The two alleged dumping incidents involve homeless patients Hector Salazar and Therese LaBossiere.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital employs a staff of seven full-time interpreters fluent in medical terminology and the most common Chinese dialects to help with patients who don't speak English. Dr. Andrew Lee, internist, occasionally talks to patients in the Spanish he learned as a resident, but the hospital will be having a team of Spanish interpreters next month.
A photograph with caption only shows a new MRI machine being lowered into a hole cut into the helicopter landing pad atop the Arcadia Methodist Hospital. The machine weighs 11,430 pounds.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital is celebrating its 100th year in 2003. This article traces its history back to 1903 when the hospital started in downtown Los Angeles.
Methhodist Hospital of Southern California has been named a "Distinguished Hospital" by two firms that rate medical facilities on the quality of patient care.
Arcadia Methodist Hospital celebrated its 53rd Annual Holiday Homes Tour. All proceeds go to support The Next Generation of Care campaign, toward a new patient tower, expanded Emergency department, and additional ICU beds.