Memorial Medical Center (Modesto, California)

Memorial Medical Center
Sutter Health
Geography
Location	1700 Coffee Road,, Modesto, California, United States
Organization
Care system	Private & Other
Hospital type	Public
Affiliated university	Sutter Health Network
Services
Standards	Joint Commission
Emergency department	One 24-hour Emergency Center
Beds	423
History
Founded	May 1, 1970
Links
Website	http://www.memorialmedicalcenter.org/
Lists	Hospitals in California

Memorial Medical Center is a not-for-profit organization that exists to maintain and improve the health status of citizens in the greater Stanislaus County. Licensed for 423 acute care beds and accredited by The Joint Commission, Memorial extends selected services to other communities whenever this will meet the critical needs and when it will enhance the productivity of local resources.

Memorial is affiliated with Sutter Health, a family of not-for-profit hospitals, physician organizations and other medical services that share resources and expertise to advance health care quality and access. Serving more than 100 communities in Northern California, Sutter Health is a regional leader in cardiac care, cancer treatment, orthopedics, obstetrics, and newborn intensive care, and is a pioneer in advanced patient safety technology.

The hospitals mission is to provide and promote effective health care services and by fostering an integrated system of care in partnership with physicians, other health care providers, and payers. Also to provide access to a full continuum of care, built upon a core of sophisticated hospital-based services.

History

Memorial Medical Center opened as a 72,000 sq. ft., 99-bed facility on May 1, 1970. The hospital was developed and constructed by Memorial Hospitals Association, an organization of community residents dedicated to providing quality health care in Stanislaus County.

Throughout its history, Memorial Medical Center has grown along with the community, because Memorial is guided by the community’s health care needs and supported by community contributions. Memorial is governed by a volunteer board of local leaders and health care professionals, and shareholders are the residents of Stanislaus and neighboring counties. They reinvest any funds left after paying for patient care to enhance treatment, improve facilities and equipment, provide health education and research, and fund community benefit programs.

Memorial affiliated with Sutter Health, one of the nation's leading non-profit networks of community health services, in 1996. Since then, Memorial has benefited from the affiliation by enjoying reduced operating expenses and stronger contractual relationships with health insurance plans.

Memorial has been proud to provide a number of significant milestones in the community’s health care history:
1970 - Memorial Medical Center opened with 99 beds and five floors, two of them shelled in for future growth and completed a few years later.
1972 - 24-hour emergency services initiated.
1978 - Medi-Flight introduced as the first air ambulance service in Stanislaus County and one of only nine programs of its kind throughout the nation.
1980 - Same Day Surgery, the county’s first outpatient surgical service, opened.
1981 - Community cancer accreditation awarded by the American College of Surgeons.
1988 - Advanced Medical Diagnostic Center initiated with specialized equipment for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), angiography, myelography, ultrasound and nuclear medicine, as well as an expanded cardiac catheterization laboratory.
1989 - Open heart surgery program added.
1991 - Project 40, the five-story west expansion of Memorial Medical Center, opens two floors featuring additional birthing services and intensive care beds, with the remaining three floors completed by 2000.
1994 - Level II Nursery created to provide care for high-risk infants.
1996 - Memorial developed a full affiliation with Sutter Health.
1999 - Health Center initiated, providing comprehensive outpatient programs for breastfeeding assistance, cardiac and pulmonary independence, diabetes management and heart failure education. 2001 - Outpatient Surgery Center at Spanos Court opened.
2003 - Weight Loss Surgery Program initiated.
2004 - Level II Trauma Center designation awarded.
2007 - Opening of the first five floors of the North Tower expansion, a seven-story patient care tower featuring 112 inpatient beds and 18 operating rooms. As with previous construction, the remaining two floors have been shelled in to accommodate future expansion.