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Hospital announces major expansion

CSUSB street medicine program receives grant

Riverside Community Hospital has announced a $912 million expansion that will include an 11-story tower for patients and a parking garage. The tower will cover 459,496 square feet and will include labor and delivery, postpartum and antepartum, a pharmacy, radiology, and an endoscopy suite, according to a hospital statement. It …

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Adolescent health unit opens

Riverside University trauma center receives level one designation

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center has opened an adolescent behavioral health unit. The facility, which began operations this month, offers separate care for adolescent patients, according to a statement on Arrowhead Regional’s website. The behavioral health unit officially opened Aug. 7 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by Andrew Goldfrach, Arrowhead Regional’s …

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RUHS gets nod for social responsibility

Riverside University trauma center receives level one designation

The Riverside University Health System-Medical Center has been recognized for its social responsibility. The Lown Hospital Index placed the medical center on its 2025-’26 honor roll, which was published June 24, according to a statement on Riverside County’s website. The index ranks more than 2,700 U.S. hospitals on their approach …

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UCR health to expand

UCR receives Carnegie designation

UC Riverside Health will undergo a major expansion that will include an outpatient diagnostics center. The project, announced June 3 during an on-campus gathering, will cover 21 acres at Valley Springs Parkway and Gateway Drive in Riverside, with the possibility of future expansion, according to a statement on the university’s …

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LLUCH to open pediatric urgent care in Fontana

Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital has leased space at a Fontana shopping center that it will use for pediatric urgent care. The 8,400-square-foot facility at Highland Village is expected to open early next year, according to Progressive Real Estate Partners in Rancho Cucamonga. Progressive represented the landlord in the transaction, …

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Inland hospital gets renewable energy system

Medical Doctor Stethoscope

An Inland Empire hospital is being powered by what is reportedly the largest hospital-based, renewable energy microgrid system in the United States. Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center is getting an extra two megawatts of solar-generated power from the new system, and nine megawatt hours of non-lithium battery storage capacity, according …

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