Ventura County Medical Center is a
hospital in the city of
Ventura, California
Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura (Spanish for "Saint Bonaventure"), is a city on the Southern Coast of California and the county seat of Ventura County. The population was 110,763 at the 2020 census. Ventura is a popular tourist des ...
, United States. It is a Level II Trauma Center with 229 bed acute care hospital. The county also operates a 49-bed campus in
Santa Paula
Santa Paula ( Spanish for " St. Paula") is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. Situated amid the orchards of the Santa Clara River Valley, the city advertises itself to tourists as the "Citrus Capital of the World". Santa P ...
. As a
teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...
, affiliated with
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...
, it was recognized as the best family-medicine residency program in the United States in 2014.
A 220,000 square-foot state-of-the-art replacement wing is currently under construction to meet California's updated seismic regulations, and is scheduled its completion mid 2017. replacing older facilities built in 1923 and 1953.
Services
Ventura County Medical Center is a full-service acute care hospital with a 24-hour emergency center. Along with intensive care and definitive observation units, it also houses specialty care units such as medical/ surgical, telemetry and oncology, pediatric, and neonatal.
In November 2014, the county health center launched the public health initiative ''How High Ventura County''. It is the largest teen marijuana education platform in California, launched in order to educate parents about the harm that consuming
marijuana causes to the adolescent brain.
The county board of supervisors formed the Ventura County Health Care System Oversight Committee in 2022 to ensure the county medical system follows rules for billing federal health care programs.
See also
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Santa Paula Hospital
Santa Paula Hospital (SPH) is a hospital in Santa Paula, California, United States. The hospital is a campus of the Ventura County Medical Center. SPH has 145 full-time employees, 30 shared patient beds, and 19 private patient rooms.
Services ...
References
External links
Ventura County Medical Center Official WebsiteThis hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas
A project by OSHPD
Ventura County Medical Center Patient Information Booklet
Hospitals in Ventura County, California
County hospitals in California
Buildings and structures in Ventura, California
Organizations based in Ventura County, California
Trauma centers
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