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Causes: General Hospitals, Health
Mission: Renown health makes a genuine difference in the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve.
Programs: See schedule orenown regional medical center is an accredited, 808-licensed bed, general and acute-care hospital serving communities in nevada, northeastern california and the adjacent areas of oregon and idaho. A not-for-profit hospital offering a full range of medical, diagnostic and ancillary services, renown regional provides the only designated level ii trauma center between sacramento and salt lake city. It is a teaching hospital for the professional development of the region's healthcare professionals. Renown regional provides necessary healthcare services regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay. People in our community have access to renown regional services in specialties including: cancer, heart, neurosciences, orthopedics, surgery, intensive care, behavioral health, addiction, healthy aging, healthcare innovation and women's and children's health. Renown regional is governed by a board of community members, the majority of who live in our primary service area and who are neither employees, independent contractors or family members. Renown regional extends privileges on its medical staff to all eligible and qualified physicians. All surplus funds are retained in the organization to make improvements in patient care, medical education and research. As part of an integrated health network, renown regional medical center provides many services to the community that otherwise would require people travel to other cities to receive care. These programs, services and technology include: a level ii trauma center, a pediatric intensive care unit, tomotherapy high art system, varian truebeam, biplane angiography, a dedicated pet/ct scanner, a joint commission-certified primary stroke center, comprehensive amputee services, a naec accredited level iii epilepsy center, an abret-accredited epilepsy monitoring lab, an intersocietal commission-accredited echocardiography lab, multi-specialty da vinci robotic surgery program, a chest pain center using the d-spect heart camera, and first in the west to implement the pritikin intensive cardiac rehabilitation program. Renown regional also offers access to the largest number of clinical research trials in the region. Renown regional is comprised of the medical center and multiple centers for advanced medicine. These house medical specialty and subspecialty practices. In partnership with the 677 physicians on its medical staff, renown regional offers more than 40 physician specialties, including cardiac surgery, cardiology, endocrinology, geriatrics, gynecologic oncology, infectious disease, neurosurgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pediatric anesthesia, pediatric endocrinology, pediatric gastroenterology, pediatric neurology, pediatric oncology and hematology, perinatology, plastic surgery, psychiatry, pulmonary medicine, radiation therapy, radiology, rheumatology and urology. For the fiscal year ending june 30, 2017, renown regional, along with its parent, renown health and its subsidiaries, provided more than $118 million in benefit to the community (using community benefit numbers gathered by the nevada hospital association using state-approved criteria to ensure consistency). For a full report on the benefit renown health provided to our community as well as our needs assessment and community benefit plan go to www. Renown. Org/about-us/community.