Services

A full-service community hospital, Methodist Hospital’s services range from obstetrics to complex neurosurgery. Its most frequently accessed services are (2013): 

• 47,000 emergency department visits per year (129 per day)


• 16,800 outpatient diagnostic patient visits per year


• 16,600 inpatient admissions per year, including 11,814 admissions through the emergency department


• 5,100  surgeries per year


• 1,800  deliveries per year


• 1,300  cardiac catheterization procedures per year

Centers of Excellence

Methodist Hospital has been designated a center of excellence in the following services by various accrediting organizations: 

• LA County EMS (Emergency Medical Services) STEMI (heart attack) Receiving Center


• LA County EMS Approved Stroke Center


• Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics (EDAP)


• Comprehensive Community Cancer Center – designated by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer


• Bariatric (weight loss) Surgery Center of Excellence – designated by the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery


• Heart Care – Heart Failure Gold Plus Award by the American Heart Association and the Mission Lifeline Gold Performance Award for STEMI treatment


• Disease-specific certification by The Joint Commission for acute coronary syndrome, acute myocardial infarction and heart failure


• Stroke Care – Advanced Certification by The Joint Commission as a primary stroke center and the Gold Plus Award by the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association