Kern Medical Center

Name :

Kern Medical Center

Address  :

1700 Mount Vemon Ave

Town  :

Bakersfield

State  :

California

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

93306

Phone  :

661 326 2000

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

complaint@jcaho.org

Description

Since our beginning in 1867 Kern Medical Center has been striving for excellence in serving the community in which we operate Employing an average of 1300 staff members Kern Medical Center is an integral part of the community

Kern Medical Center is a 222 bed acute care teaching hospital The Medical Center serves a community of approximately 650000 and the hospital is owned and operated by the County of Kern The health of the citizens of Kern County is a priority to Kern Medical Center and it is the only hospital dedicated to physician resident training

As an academic teaching hospital Kern Medical Center trains more than 90 residents per year in the fields of Emergency Medicine Family Practice General Surgery Internal Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology Psychiatry and a Transitional Year Program ranging in duration from one to five years We are affiliated with UCLA UCSD and UCI Schools of Medicine giving nearly 1000 visiting doctors researchers and other professionals and opportunity to assist our 65 fulltime faculty physicians and take an active role in the teaching process

Kern Medical Center provides care for over 16000 inpatients annually while the clinics provide care and services for over 100000 patients

Mission Statement
Kern Medical Centers Vision
Kern Medical Center will become the regions premier health system through partnership with the best people committed to excellence in healthcare education and research

Kern Medical Centers Mission
We at Kern Medical Center are guided by our vision and values in all our actions and relationships We will improve the health and well being of our community through leadership in prevention treatment education community involvement and access to care