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Causes: Community Health Systems, Health
Mission: Continuecare hospital at bakersfield, inc. (cchb) was established to provide an appropriate venue in the continuum of care for patients requiring an extended stay in an acute care setting and who reside in or around bakersfield, california. Cchb was established to provide long term acute care services to individuals with critical disease or disorders including, but not limited to, chronic or acute infection, cardiovascular and respiratory disorders, post surgical and cancer patients, and those weanable patients dependent upon ventilator care whose condition is so significant that a hospital stay of at least 14-30 days (aggregate 25 days) is expected. Cchb intended to meet the medical, therapeutic, and familial needs of individuals in the bakersfield, california area using an interdisciplinary team approach, effectively implementing a responsive continuum of care. As of june 30, 2017, cchb had not begun operations or been licensed as a hospital facility.
Programs: Continuecare hospital at bakersfield, inc. (cchb) was established as a long-term acute care hospital operating as a hospital within a hospital at mercy hospital of bakersfield in bakersfield, california. Cchb would have provided an avenue of care for patients that require extended lengths of stay in an acute care setting. Typically, lengths of stay will average 25 days or longer. Conditions appropriate for treatment in an ltach include the following: medically complex respiratory disorders including tracheotomy, ventilator dependent cardiac/cardiovascular conditions, renal disease, oncology, and wound care. As of june 30, 2017, cchb had not begun operations or been licensed as a hospital facility.
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