Valley Presbyterian Hospital is a 350-bed hospital in

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. Founded in 1958, architect

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designed the original building. The facility specializes in maternal and child health, cardiac care,

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, and critical care services. Valley Presbyterian Hospital is a STEMI Receiving Center for

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which ma ...

patients, equipped and staffed in the Cardiac Catheterization Unit to provide intervention within the critical 90 minutes following the onset of chest pain. The Women's and Children's Center features integrated medical specialty services and is accredited as a Baby Friendly Hospital. The Emergency Department is Approved for Pediatrics, one of the major EDAP hospitals in the San Fernando Valley, and the facility is certified as a Pediatric Medical Center for critically ill pediatric patients by Los Angeles County. Valley Presbyterian is one of the largest

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hospitals in central San Fernando Valley. It treats over 100,000 patients every year. The hospital features the Robert I. Schueler Pediatric Care Center, the Fritz B. Burns Valley Cardiac Cath Lab, a Nurse Development Program to meet the nurse shortage, and upgrades to operating rooms for more and new types of procedures. Valley Presbyterian Hospital is the only remaining full-service, independent, not-for-profit

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in the San Fernando Valley. It relies on donations and support.

Hospital rating data

The HealthGrades website contains the clinical quality data for Valley Presbyterian Hospital, as of 2017. For this rating section three different types of data from HealthGrades are presented: clinical quality ratings for nineteen inpatient conditions and procedures, thirteen patient safety indicators and the percentage of patients giving the hospital as a 9 or 10 (the two highest possible ratings). For inpatient conditions and procedures, there are three possible ratings: worse than expected, as expected, better than expected. For this hospital the data for this category is: *Worse than expected - 1 *As expected - 18 *Better than expected - 0 For patient safety indicators, there are the same three possible ratings. For this hospital safety indicators were rated as: *Worse than expected - 1 *As expected - 10 *Better than expected - 2 Percentage of patients rating this hospital as a 9 or 10 - 67% Percentage of patients who on average rank hospitals as a 9 or 10 - 69%HealthGrades website, https://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/california-ca-los-angeles/valley-presbyterian-hospital-hgst41518d46050126 .

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This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas
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