LAC+USC Healthcare Network

The Department of Medicine continues to deliver the highest quality patient care in the LAC+USC Medical Center, which is the centerpiece of the Department’s excellent postgraduate training and education of housestaff, fellows and medical students. The Department remains committed to working closely with the administrative, physician and nursing leadership of the Medical Center to continue to provide quality care for the greatest number of patients to the fullest extent possible consistent with resources available.

In Fiscal Year 2008, Department of Medicine admissions accounted for 50% of all admissions to LAC+USC Medical Center and 65% of all admissions to General Hospital. When formal consultations are considered, DOM is intimately involved in the care of over 75% of all patients in General Hospital. Because of our successful efforts to reduce the average length of stay for medical patients to 4.9 days, our Average Daily Census was slightly reduced by 3.8% despite a 7.5% increase in admissions. In addition to our busy inpatient service, the Department of Medicine continues to provide supervision and direct patient care for over 100,000 patients in our outpatient clinics.

The Department of Medicine gratefully acknowledges the continued active support from the LAC+USC Medical Center Administration and Nursing Departments. Our physicians, nurses, administrators and clerical personnel continue to work closely together, enabling us to maintain outstanding clinical services for our patient population. The Department of Medicine looks forward with anticipation to the opening of the state-of-art replacement facility for the Medical Center, with a continued close and successful working relationship with Administration and Nursing.

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