Mountains Community Hospital

Description

Mission Statement

quotMountains Community Hospital makes possible essential quality medical services to the residents and visitors of the local mountainsquot

Vision Statement

quotProviding peace of mind by securing the health of the communityquot

Mountains Community Hospital located in the beautiful mountains of San Bernardino in Lake Arrowhead California MCH is a 35bed rural acute care hospital and skilled nursing facility We are listed as one of the toprated skilled nursing facilities in San Bernardino See our survey results at wwwmedicalgov Additionally MCH provides a full service basic hospital with the following core services
Emergency Department Outpatient Services Obstetrics and Skilled Nursing
The delivery of patient care is guided by interdepartmental collaboration Patient Care Services believes that each individual is a unique and integral part of our hospital family and community Patients and families are involved throughout the course of their loved ones care and are considered valued partners in care delivery MCH is accountable for providing compassionate competent costeffective patient care of the highest quality At all times the delivery of patient care reflects our Mission Vision and Core Values Respect Integrity Excellence and Compassion

We believe that Patient Care Services incorporates many aspects of care to include the physical developmental emotional social psychological cultural and spiritual MCH care recognizes and reflects the diversity of the patient population of our community We are committed to preserving their dignity and acting as an advocate on their behalf

We believe in the importance of a collaborative interdisciplinary team approach to patient care which takes into account the unique knowledge judgment and skills of a variety of disciplines in achieving desired patient outcomes and which serves as a foundation for integration Open communication between departments ensures efficient and effective patient care

Guiding principles of MCH are

Delivering the highest quality of care which meets or exceeds the patients expectations by supporting the patients rights and decisions concerning their care

Ensure the safety of our patients staff and community

Safeguard our longterm ability to serve the community by protecting financial viability

Provide services that are technologically current costeffective and socially morally and ethically correct

Maintain assure and improve the professional competence of all staff by periodically assessing competence and providing education

Provide accurate accessible and timely information and preserve the confidentiality of information

Ongoing evaluation of services provided through continuous quality improvement activities and following the hospitals plan and model for performance improvement

History

Since 1947 Mountains Community Hospital has been at the heart of mountain healthcare for locals and visitors alike

In 1947 most of the area that is now known as Arrowhead
Woods was owned by the Los Angeles Turf Club owners of the
Santa Anita Race Track

To foster a feeling of community on the mountain the Turf Club donated large tracts of land around Lake Arrowhead to the Boy Scouts churches and to the County of San Bernardino Perhaps their most significant donation however was to the Sisters of St Joseph of Orange an order of Catholic nuns dedicated to caring
for the sick orphans and women and children in need

The Sisters of St Joseph used the Turf Clubs donation of four and a half acres of landas well as 50000 in cashto build themountains first hospital The Turf Club also donated a Cadillac ambulance

On June 10 1951 Santa Anita Hospital opened its doors staffed by six Sisters of St Joseph and fifteen doctors nurses and technicians and administered by the orders Sister MaryAlma


The hospitals first patient was an expectant mother who arrived to find workmen clearing nails and sawdust from the floor of the delivery room By the end of that year six more babies had been born at Santa Anita Hospital


When it opened its doors the 30bed community hospital was heralded as one of the most modern medical facilities in the United States with two operating rooms an emergency clinic a delivery
suite and 8bed nursery onsite laboratory xray equipment and ambulance service The presence of a stateoftheart hospital was touted to mountain visitors as a convenience no less valuable than the mountain shops and restaurants or the Village barber