Glendale Adventist Medical Center

LIVING GODS LOVE BY INSPIRING HEALTH, WHOLENESS AND HOPE.

GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER (AHGL) PROVIDES QUALITY MEDICAL HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, HANDICAP, AGE, OR ABILITY TO PAY.ALTHOUGH REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED IS CRITICAL TO THE OPERATION AND STABILITY GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER, THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES THAT NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS POSSESS THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES.ADVENTIST HEALTHS VISION IS TO ENHANCE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE LIVE AND SERVE, BY ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR PATIENTS IN A NEW DEFINITION OF AND PARTNERSHIP FOR PERSONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH. IN KEEPING WITH THIS COMMITMENT TO SERVE ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE FOLLOWING WILL BE CONSIDERED WHEN INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED HEALTH CARE CANNOT PAY:PROVIDING FREE CARE AND/OR SUBSIDIZED CAREPROVIDING CARE TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT BELOW COSTPROVIDING HEALTH/WELLNESS ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMSNOT ONLY DOES GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDE LOW COST CARE TO INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY GOVERNMENT-PROGRAMS AND THOSE UNABLE TO AFFORD HEALTHCARE, IT ALSO HELPS PATIENTS FIND AND ACCESS PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENTAL RESOURCES FOR HEALTHCARE BENEFITS.AHGL RECOGNIZES BELOW-COST REIMBURSEMENT AS CHARITY AND UNCOMPENSATED CARE IN MEETING ITS MISSION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE UNREIMBURSED COST OF PROVIDING CARE TO THESE PATIENTS IN 2021 WAS $42,032,590.THE FOLLOWING INPATIENT SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED TO ALL OUR PATIENTS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDED:1,595 BABIES DELIVERED2,785 SURGERIES PERFORMED91,885 PATIENT DAYS THE FOLLOWING OUTPATIENT SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED TO ALL OUR PATIENTS. THESE SERVICES INCLUDED:47,398 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS3,166 OUTPATIENT SURGERIES PERFORMED108,932 OUTPATIENT VISITS 119,391 CLINIC VISITSAHGL RECOGNIZES IT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE HUMAN SERVICES ABOVE AND BEYOND ITS ROLE AS A HEALING FACILITY. THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY BENEFITS DEMONSTRATE THE TANGIBLE WAYS IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION IS FULFILLING ITS MISSION. THE TOTAL UNREIMBURSED COST OF THESE COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN 2021 WAS $19,625,152.ADVENTIST HEALTHS MISSION STATEMENT OF LIVING GODS LOVE BY INSPIRING HEALTH, WHOLENESS AND HOPE IS COUPLED WITH A VISION TO TRANSFORM THE HEALTH EXPERIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE HEALING MINISTRY AS REPRESENTED BY THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST AND BELIEVE WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE OUT OUR MISSION INTENTIONALLY IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. IN THE SMALL TOWNS, SUBURBS AND INNER CITIES WE SERVE, WE CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY TO PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTHCARE UNTIL EVERY PERSON MADE IN GODS IMAGE HAS EXPERIENCED THE BEST HEALTH TODAY, HOPE FOR TOMORROW, AND GODS LOVE THAT ENDURES FOREVER.THE FOLLOWING STORY ILLUSTRATES HOW ADVENTIST HEALTH GLENDALE IS ABLE TO PROVIDE QUALITY CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WHY OUR FOUNDATION HAS SUCH A PASSION FOR RAISING FUNDS TO CONTINUE IMPROVING THE CARE WE CAN PROVIDE:THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD REV. MICHAEL LEHMAN, SENIOR ASSOCIATE MINISTER AT THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF LOS ANGELES, WAS ROCK CLIMBING WHEN HE FELL AND TWISTED HIS NECK.WHEN HE ARRIVED AT ADVENTIST HEALTH GLENDALES EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WE DETERMINED THAT MICHAEL SUFFERED SHEAR INJURIES TO BOTH VERTEBRAL ARTERIES THAT SUPPLY BLOOD TO THE BACK OF THE BRAIN, THE BRAIN STEM, WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE DOWNTOWN OF THE BRAIN, SAID DR. MIKAYEL GRIGORYAN, INTERVENTIONAL NEUROLOGIST AT ADVENTIST HEALTH GLENDALE. BASICALLY, THE ARTERIES WERE TORN AND BLOCKED AND WERE NOT PUMPING BLOOD TO THE BRAIN STEM ADEQUATELY. THE SITUATION WAS CRITICAL AS MICHAELS SYMPTOMS CONTINUED TO WORSEN. DR. GRIGORYAN WAS ABLE TO REBUILD AND PLACE THREE STENTS IN MICHAELS LEFT VERTEBRAL ARTERY, A COMPLEX PROCEDURE THAT ULTIMATELY SAVED HIM FROM PROFOUND DISABILITY. TODAY, MICHAEL IS DOING GREAT AND HAS RESUMED HIS NORMAL ACTIVITIES. DR. GRIGORYANS DECISIVE ACTIONS SAVED MY LIFE, MICHAEL SAID. HIS EXPERTISE AND SKILL ARE INCREDIBLE.ADDITIONALLY, BOTH MICHAEL AND DR. GRIGORYAN CREDIT THE AMAZING ADVENTIST HEALTH GLENDALE TEAM THAT DIAGNOSED, TREATED AND CARED FOR MICHAEL DURING HIS STAY AT THE MEDICAL CENTER. THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STAFF, NURSING, IMAGING TECHS, CATH LAB TEAMS, CHAPLAINCY, TRANSPORT AND REHAB TEAMS ALL DESERVE SHOUTOUTS FOR THE WONDERFUL CARE THEY PROVIDED FOR HIM.PLEASE RECEIVE MY SINCEREST GRATITUDE FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK YOU DO, THE CULTURE OF HOLISTIC CARE YOU'VE NURTURED THERE, AND THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE YOU ARE, MICHAEL SAID. YOU ARE ALL THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. THANK YOU FOR SHINING SO BRIGHTLY.COMPASSIONATE, HIGH-QUALITY PATIENT CARE; LIFE-SAVING AND LIFE-PRESERVING MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SERVICES; ADVANCED TREATMENTS IN A COMMUNITY-BASED HOSPITAL; ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY SERVICES-THESE ARE THE REASONS WE ARE IN THE GLENDALE COMMUNITY.WEBSITE FOR OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT INFORMATION: HTTPS://WWW.ADVENTISTHEALTH.ORG/ABOUT-US/COMMUNITY-BENEFIT/