| Long Beach Memorial Medical Center | |
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| MemorialCare Health System | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Long Beach, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 33°48′30″N118°11′14″W / 33.80826°N 118.18719°W /33.80826; -118.18719 |
| Organization | |
| Type | Teaching[1] |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level II trauma center |
| Beds | 420[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1907 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.memorialcare.org/... |
| Lists | Hospitals in California |
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (LBMC), formerly known as Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, is ahospital inLong Beach,California. It is the flagship hospital of the MemorialCare Health System. The hospital is accredited by theJoint Commission.[1]
Long Beach Memorial is one of only 3 hospitals in California with a 320 Slice CT Scanner and preventive technology and programs such as the Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscope (ENB) and the Division of Interventional Neuroradiology.[2] The hospital includes facilities such as 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.[3]
Miller Children's Hospital is located on the campus of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.[4]
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Long Beach Memorial was first established as Seaside Hospital in 1907, co-founded byFanny Bixby Spencer and Dr. A.C. Sellery.[5] Seaside Memorial Hospital was incorporated on June 23, 1937. In 1960, the hospital moved to its present location; Seaside Park now occupies the original site.[5] In April 2012, Susan Melvin,D.O., clinical professor atUCI-School of Medicine andWestern University of Health Sciences, assumed the position of Chief Medical Officer.[6]
The hospital first received Magnet designation by theAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in 2013 and again in 2018.[7][8]
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.[9]
In the 2017U.S. News & World Report nation's best hospital rankings, Long Beach Memorial is ranked 7th in Los Angeles County.[10]
Registered Nurses of LBMMC have been represented by theCalifornia Nurses Association since 2001, a labor union and professional nurses association.
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