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Causes: General Hospitals, Health
Mission: Chinese hospital, a community owned, not for profit organization, exists primarily to deliver quality health care in a cost effective way, responsive to the community's ethnic and cultural uniqueness, providing health care accessibility to all socioeconomic levels.
Programs: Inpatient nursing services - chinese hospital is a 54 bed, acute care, community-owned, non-profit hospital offering a wide range of medical, surgical and specialty programs. Pharmacy department (inpatient & outpatient combined)- the hospital pharmacy provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services that ensures that patient's medication requirements are met. The pharmacy department services include dispensing of pharmaceuticals in accordance with federal and state of california regulations, appropriate inventory maintenance functions, drug monitoring, patient drug assessment functions, appropriate record keeping, drug information, education services and performance improvement functions. Radiology departments (inpatient and outpatient combined)- chinese hospital's radiology/imaging services offers quality diagnostic imaging testing for patients of all ages, in all stages and variations of health and disease. These tests allow physicians to make comprehensive evaluations, and diagnose, plan, and monitor treatments. The department is fully digital with advanced radiology information systems (ris) and picture archival communications systems (pacs). Diagnostic imaging services available include: x-rays and fluoroscopy, 64-slice ct, computed tomography, digital mammography, ultrasound, dexa bone densitometry, nuclear medicine and interventional radiology. Other program services include coardiopulmonary services, community clinics, immunization services, hepatitis b program, outpatient medical therapy center, same day surgery and endoscopy services, and support health services. During 2014 the hospital provided the following medical services: *care to 162 medi-cal inpatients and 11,256 medi-cal outpatients. *care to 324 persons unable to pay for their care. *emergency room care to 6,586 persons in its 24-hour treatment center. *offered blood pressure screenings to area residents at the sunset health clinic. This program served 193 persons. *offered general health screenings to area residents free of charge. These programs served 130 persons. *reduced cost immunizations/flu vaccines were provided to over 2,000 persons.