Community Regional Medical Center

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Community Regional Medical Center
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Community Regional Medical Center
Geography
Location Fresno, California, United States
Coordinates 36°44′35″N119°47′4″W / 36.74306°N 119.78444°W / 36.74306; -119.78444
Organization
Affiliated university UCSF School of Medicine
Services
Emergency department Level I trauma center
Beds685
History
Opened1897
Links
Website communitymedical.org
Lists Hospitals in California

Community Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is a 685-bed regional hospital and trauma center in Fresno, California. [1] It hosts the Medical Education program of UCSF Fresno, [2] part of a leading medical school in the United States. [3]

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CRMC is owned by Community Medical Centers, a private not-for-profit health system with four hospitals as well as long-term care and other facilities. [4] It began in 1897 with the Burnett Sanitarium, which was sold to the nonprofit corporation Fresno Community Hospital in 1945. [5]

Community Regional Medical Center is one of 15 level I trauma centers in California. [6] [7] In 2018, it had the eighth-most Medicare inpatient discharges in California, of 808 total. [8]

In 2020, its neurosurgical trauma services were reinstated after a brief suspension of services. [9] [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Community Regional Medical Center". U.S. News. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  2. ↑ "UCSF Fresno" . Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  3. ↑ "2023 Best Medical Schools (Research) - US News Rankings". U.S. News & World Report .
  4. ↑ "Community Medical Centers - About Us".
  5. ↑ "Community Medical Centers - Fact sheet: Historical Highlights".
  6. ↑ "Trauma | EMSA".
  7. ↑ "Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Top Hospitals in California Ranked by Volume with Key Statistics".
  9. ↑ Yesenia, Amaro (November 3, 2020). "The fight that jeopardized top care at Fresno hospital appears to end. What we know". Fresno Bee. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  10. ↑ Gligich, Daniel (November 4, 2020). "Community Medical Centers strikes long-term deal for neurosurgeons". The San Joaquin Valley Sun. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
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