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Adventist Health Mendocino Coast (Fort Bragg, Calif.). Adventist Health Mendocino Coast is a nonprofit critical access hospital that sees a geographically dispersed population across 70 miles of coastline, making it one of Northern California’s most isolated rural healthcare environments. The hospital treats more than 10,000 emergency department patients annually, admitting 872 inpatients and performing 649 surgeries in the past year. The hospital’s on-campus medical offices facilitate more than 37,000 patient visits each year, providing primary and specialty care in cardiology, orthopedics, ophthalmology, ENT, oncology and women’s health. Adventist Health Mendocino Coast has achieved 100% of Hospital Quality Improvement Platform metrics, earned geriatric emergency department certification, and holds a place on the “Opioid Care Honor Roll for Superior Performance” from Cal Hospital Compare. The hospital recently achieved intersocietal accreditation commission echocardiography re-certification, the only Adventist Health site in the county with this distinction, ensuring patients receive high-quality cardiac evaluations locally without traveling to urban centers. The hospital’s diabetes management team follows nationally recognized best practices to deliver measurable improvements in patient outcomes, and its laboratory is managed by certified clinical scientists providing accurate, timely diagnostic results. Since joining the Adventist Health system in 2020, the hospital has expanded services, recruited new providers and undertaken significant facility improvements to enhance patient care and comfort.

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