Awards and Recognition

How Many Hospitals in Southern California Received the

Top 100 Hospital^® Award?

 Only 1 . . . Pacific Alliance Medical Center

We are honored to be a 2006 Thomson 100 Top Hospitals^® Performance Improvement Leader. We believe this recognition is proof positive that our new approach to patient care is making all the difference.

We call it 360-degree patient care^® and only Pacific Alliance Medical Center has it. Beyond integrated, 360-degree patient care^® provides our patients with coordinated care that starts long before they need hospitalization. In fact, it begins with our dedicated team of outreach clinicians who go out into our community neighborhoods and help our patients understand their health care needs; and then, help them get the right medical treatment – from diagnosis through treatment. Our patients say they appreciate the ongoing guidance.

This is one of the reasons we believe we are now a 100 Top Hospital^®.

The other?

Our exceptional Programs of DistinctionÓ:

• The Center for Wound Healing

• California Spine & Joint Care

• Acute Rehabilitation

Visit Pacific Alliance Medical Center and

see for yourself why we are a Top 100 Hospital^®

 213-437-4209

www.pamc.net

 Thomson’s 100 Top Hospitals^® Performance Improvement Leaders’ study rated U.S. hospitals for eight factors, including patient safety, medical complications, profitability, and growth in patient volume.

 NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Pacific Alliance Medical Center has been recognized

as a community value Five-Star hospital

Los Angeles, CA –– (May 18, 2007) Pacific Alliance Medical Center (PAMC) was recently recognized as a top-ranked Community Value Provider by Cleverley + Associates, a leading healthcare financial consulting firm specializing in operational benchmarking and performance enhancement strategies. The firm released the findings as part of its new publication: State of the Hospital Industry — 2007 Edition.

“All of us at PAMC are deeply honored to be recognized by our industry as a hospital that provides value to its’ community,” said John Edwards, CEO. “It validates our staff’s hard work. But most of all, it reaffirms our commitment to making PAMC a great hospital.”

Written by William O. Cleverley, Ph.D., a noted expert in healthcare finance, the State of the Hospital Industry reports selected measures of hospital financial performance and discusses the critical factors that lie behind them.  The publication focuses on the US acute-care hospital industry over a three-year time period (2003-2005).

For the fourth year, the 2007 State of the Hospital Industry reports an exclusive measure: the Community Value Index^TM (CVI).  The CVI is a proprietary index created to offer a measure of the value that a hospital provides to its community.  The book outlines the data used to calculate the CVI as well as provides a list of the Top 100 and all Five-Star (top quintile) hospitals.

“The topic of healthcare value is increasingly being discussed.  Recent highlights on hospital performance and pricing have driven the dialogue; however, interested parties have been looking for objective information regarding the issues”, adds James Cleverley, co-author. “In response, the Community Value Index^TM was created to provide an assessment of a hospital’s performance in three areas: financial strength and reinvestment, cost of care, and pricing. 

Fundamentally, the CVI suggests that hospitals, like PAMC, that are low cost, low charge, and use financial resources efficiently for reinvestment back into the provision of healthcare are operating with a high degree of community value.”

ABOUT PACIFIC ALLIANCE MEDICAL CENTER

For almost 150 years, Pacific Alliance Medical Center has “pursued a vision of excellence to be the best” in Los Angeles. It is this vision that has inspired the hospital to assemble a first-class team of physicians, nurses, and technicians and to develop services and programs that are specially attuned to the needs of the community. The142-bed general acute hospital offers a wide range of services and medical specialties, including:

·                     General Medical and Surgical

·                     Intensive Care Service

·                     24-hour Urgent Care

·                     Maternity and Gynecology

·                     Pulmonology

·                     In-patient Rehabilitation

·                     Cardiology

·                     24-hour transportation is provided for Urgent Care patients

In addition, PAMC is home to two signature centers:

 ·                     California Spine and Joint Care

·                     The Center for Wound Healing

 ABOUT CLEVERLEY + ASSOCIATES

Cleverley + Associates is a Columbus, Ohio-based healthcare data and consulting services firm specializing in custom data analyses and reporting for healthcare providers, consultants, and vendors.  The company’s primary focus is to provide healthcare providers with solutions and recommendations that will enhance their financial performance through better pricing decisions; improved coding, capital restructuring, cost and productivity enhancements; and/or investment management changes.

 For more information, please contact Pacific Alliance Medical Center at (213) 437-4209.