HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/5/2011 - STAFF REPORTS - 00 (4) DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER is the Coachella Valley's first and still is its
most comprehensive hospital, offering critical medical services to people of all
ages.
DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, has the region's only neonatal intensive
care unit, the only designated Trauma Center, and offers specialty medical
services through The Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Institute of Clinical
Orthopedics and Neurosciences, and the new Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate.
DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER is one of the region's largest private
employers, providing a livelihood for more than 2,000 staff and contracted service
providers, as well as serving more than 300 independent physicians and their
offices in the community.
DESERT REGIONAL provides direct financial support to our community -- paying
more than $3.3 million in local property and sales taxes, providing $74 million in
charity care and another $31 million in discounts to the uninsured; also giving
back to the community through direct sponsorship of many community events.
Three years ago, the hospital decided to adopt a method of continuous quality
improvement outlined in the nationally recognized Baldrige Performance
Excellence Program, resulting in DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER becoming a
2011 winner in the California Awards for Performance Excellence allowing the
hospital to be a recipient of the Eureka Award, the highest level of recognition for
business excellence given at the state level each year.
On behalf of the citizens of the City of Palm Springs, California, I am honored to
recognize DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, for the support it provides our
community, and to express our congratulations on its achievement of a BRONZE
EUREKA AWARD in the California Awards for Performance Excellence for 2011.