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Causes: Community Health Systems, Health
Mission: St. Francis medical center is organized and operated for the purposes of (i) maintaining an acute care hospital and related facilities, (ii) promoting research related to healthcare services, (iii) maintaining health plans using systems designed to maximize benefits to the communities served, (iv) promoting the general health of the community, and (v) providing financial and other forms of assistance for the benefit of other healthcare facilities affiliated with verity.
Programs: St. Francis medical center ("sfmc") is the only comprehensive, non-profit health care institution serving one million residents of southeast los angeles. A 384-bed facility, sfmc offers a full range of diagnostic and treatment services provided by more than 2,000 associates and 400 affiliated physicians. With 21,603 inpatient admissions and 140,618 outpatient visits during the june 30, 2017 fiscal year, sfmc operates one of the largest and busiest private emergency/trauma centers in los angeles county. Our family life center delivered 4,773 babies, 718 of whom were cared for in the state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit. Our heart and vascular center, maternal-child health program, orthopedics/joint replacement program, imaging services, behavioral health and would care facilities offer comprehensive services to the community. Our primary stroke care center and stemi receiving center, both approved by the los angeles county emergency medical services agency, fills a major gap in critical services in los angeles. In addition to our acute and outpatient health care services, sfmc operates a broad range of educational and community service programs. During the june 30, 2017 fiscal year, sfmc provided over $12 million in community benefit programs to the community in addition to the more than $19 million in care for the elderly.
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.