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\u00a0Largest Public Hospital West of Texas Promotes Expansion of Innovative \u2018Safer at Home\u2019 Program to Treat as Many Patients as Possible Across a Wide Range of Health Needs, Charting the Future of Health<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

LA County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, Mayor Karen Bass, and Special Guests
\n<\/em><\/strong>Join Medical Center Leadership to Celebrate
\nthe Facility\u2019s Past, Present, and Future<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Los Angeles, CA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Today, Los Angeles County Medical Center (LAC+USC) leadership and Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis will be joined by Mayor Karen Bass to announce that the County\u2019s largest health care facility will now be known as Los Angeles General Medical Center (LA General). Members of LA General leadership and staff will gather alongside community supporters to unveil the new name while celebrating the facility\u2019s history and looking ahead to its future.<\/p>\n

The unveiling of a new name for the historic facility marks an extraordinary milestone for the entire community of Los Angeles. Just a few miles east of Downtown Los Angeles in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, the medical center dates to 1878 and serves thousands of residents across Los Angeles County. The facility\u2019s new name and brand reflect an active and intentional commitment to strengthen the trust between the medical center and the community of Los Angeles and to continue to expand its role as a partner in building healthy, full, and long lives within the communities it serves.<\/p>\n

Currently, Los Angeles General Medical Center provides world-class care across a broad range of specialties, in addition to providing trauma care and primary care. Its modern facilities include a Level-One trauma center, a training site for the U.S. Navy, and it is one of the nation\u2019s premier teaching hospitals. The medical center campus is also home to a nonprofit organization, The Wellness Center, which provides a range of programs for community residents.<\/p>\n

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the facility pioneered its award-winning \u2018Safer at Home\u2019 initiative, providing COVID-infected Angelenos with resources to fully and safely recover at home. This was a critical program for the most populous county in the nation to meet the ever-increasing need for care during the pandemic. LA General Medical Center\u2019s COVID-19 Safer at Home program won the prestigious Gage Award from America\u2019s Essential Hospitals for healthcare innovation; the program was also was adopted by the World Health Organization during the oxygen crisis in India in 2021. The program has successfully cared for more than 4,000 COVID-19 patients at home, on oxygen, with excellent patient outcomes and high patient satisfaction. It was so successful that it was expanded beyond COVID-19 in 2022 for patients with other selected diagnoses.<\/p>\n

Now, this program is officially expanding to serve patients with a wide array of health needs, including patients with skin or bone infections, kidney infections, bacterial pneumonia, exacerbations of COPD or asthma, and Congestive Heart Failure. Patients with these and other conditions who would have otherwise been hospitalized and away from their families are now being sent home with concierge-level, protocolized care, as well as pulse oximeters and other medical equipment to allow remote monitoring of their conditions. Follow-up includes daily calls, remote vital sign monitoring, and focused return visits. In the first eight months, 556 patients with 37 different diagnoses have been cared for at home instead of the hospital, saving nearly 1,742 bed-days, enough to admit 316 other patients.<\/p>\n

Through this first-of-its-kind program, LA General is providing world-class care to patients who need it most, as well as resources that directly address factors impacting access to care. In addition to cutting-edge medical technology, patients are often sent home with cell phones to bridge the digital divide so they can easily connect with their care team. LA General is charting the future of what health care looks like, providing world-class care to all regardless of income or background.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles General Medical Center will continue its affiliation with Keck School of Medicine of USC for graduate medical education, training interns and residents who are the county\u2019s next generation of physicians.<\/p>\n

The medical center\u2019s new name is followed by its new motto,\u00a0\u201cExceptional Care. Healthy Communities.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The new motto summarizes the medical center\u2019s mission to build healthy communities by being a trusted provider of excellent, whole-person care to all.<\/p>\n

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