VBJ February 19

February 2019
THE VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL
www.TheValleyBusinessJournal.com
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Inland Valley Medical Center Receives
Verification as a Level II Trauma Center
The trauma center at Inland Valley
Medical Center, a campus of Southwest
Healthcare System, has been verified as
a Level II Trauma Center by the Verification
Review Committee (VRC) of
the American College of Surgeons. This
achievement recognizes Inland Valley’s
dedication to providing optimal care for
injured patients.
“The Level II designation allows for
the most serious injuries to be treated
right here in our community,” stated
Lana Bordenkecher, BSN, RN, CCRN,
Trauma Program Manager. “There’s
a huge spectrum of trauma services
available right here at Inland Valley.”
Inland Valley Medical Center now has
in-house 24 hours a day/7 days a week
trauma surgeons, and support staff to
assist in the treatment of patients.
The ACS Committee on Trauma’s
verification program provides confirmation
that Inland Valley’s trauma center
has demonstrated its commitment to
providing the highest level of care and
service available to Southwest Riverside
County. The actual establishment and
the designation of trauma centers is
the function of local, regional, or state
health care systems agencies, such as
the local emergency medical services
(EMS) authority.
There are five separate categories of
verification in the COT’s program. Each
category has specific criteria that must
be met by a facility seeking that level
of verification. Inland Valley Medical
Center received an on-site review by a
team of experienced site reviewers, who
use the current Resources for the Optimal
Care of the Injured Patient manual
as a guideline in conducting the survey.
“This verification was achieved
by a remarkable team of nurses, physicians
and staff focused on delivering
the highest care possible in Southwest
Riverside County,” stated Brad Neet,
CEO of Southwest Healthcare System.
“It displays our commitment to our
communities by demonstrating a high
level of expertise.” Maintaining a Level
II shows Inland Valley’s concerted effort
and commitment to the surrounding
communities by making these services
available to patients 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
- This campus of Southwest
Healthcare System is the only hospital
in the region to offer Level II Trauma
Services, a Certified Primary Stroke
Center, the region’s only Total Joint
Center now with advanced certification
from the Joint Commission and
is a nationally recognized center for
weight-loss surgery by the Metabolic
and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation
and Quality Improvement Program
(Also awarded the Blue Distinction for
outstanding bariatric surgical services).
www.inlandvalleymedcenter.com
Rancho Springs Medical Center
- This hospital campus of Southwest
Healthcare System features the largest
Women’s Center (Awarded the Blue
Distinction for Outstanding Maternity
Care) in the region which includes Rady
Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit (Rady San Diego: Ranked one of
the tops in the nation for neonatal care
by US News and World Report 2018),
a Certified Primary Stroke Center, and
the da Vinci © Robotic Surgical System
performing the region’s first virtually
no-scar single site procedures. www.
ranchospringsmedcenter.com
American College of Surgeons (ACS) -
The American College of Surgeons is a
scientific and educational association
of surgeons that was founded in 1913
to raise the standards of surgical education
and practice and to improve the
care of the surgical patient. The College
has over 72,000 members and it is the
largest association of surgeons in the
world. Longstanding achievements
have placed the ACS in the forefront
of American surgery and have made it
an important advocate for all surgical
patients. www.facs.org