Medical

Riverside University Health System-Public Health has been accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, a national agency. “The designation affirms much of what we have always known at Public Health,” said Kim Saruwatari, director of the 650-employee department, in a statement. “The doctors, nurses, nutritionists, social workers, lab technicians, epidemiologists, …

The Riverside University Health System—Medical Center has received top honors for its stroke, heart attack and shock treatments from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. This is the sixth consecutive year the stroke program at the public teaching hospital in Moreno Valley has earned the Gold Plus award from the …

Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare in Pomona has been awarded a five-star rating for its knee-replacement program by Healthgrades, an online source of information regarding doctors and hospitals. The hospital’s Revive Joint Replacement Program offers two methods of treatment: one classified as “minimally invasive,” and a second in …

The Inland Empire Autism Assessment Center of Excellence, a local nonprofit agency, has opened a clinic in Riverside. Located at 19314 Jesse Lane, the facility is an evaluation-only operation whose staff includes neuropsychologists, pediatric neurologists, pediatricians and speech and language pathologists, according to a statement. The center determines the severity …

Casa Colina Hospital in Pomona has received the Healthgrades 2019 Patient Safety Excellence Award, which recognizes hospitals that do an outstanding job preventing their patients from sustaining injuries and complications during their treatment. The award puts Casa Colina among the top 10 percent of hospitals regarding patient safety data as …

Riverside University Health System has added five beds to its emergency department and trauma center. The beds, which were added to keep up with increased demand for service at the health system’s medical center in Moreno Valley, brings the number of emergency and trauma beds at the hospital to 45, …