Rural Health Care

About Rural Health Care

California’s nearly five dozen rural hospitals, including 37 critical access hospitals, provide care to more than 2 million people. They are lifelines and economic pillars for the communities they serve. Many of these hospitals are on the financial brink, reducing services just to stay open and facing the possibility of closure. These challenges place the most vulnerable populations at risk as Californians will have to travel great distances to get the care they need.

The California Critical Access Hospital Network (CCAHN) is a statewide organization that creates collaborative working relationships among California critical access hospitals to strengthen their ability to care for their communities through sharing resources, education, and innovation.

Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley

Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley — composed of the 24-bed Tehachapi Hospital and three rural health clinics located in California City, Mojave, and Tehachapi — has been serving the residents of the Tehachapi area for over 50 years. Available services: Emergency room Acute care hospital Long-term care facility Ultrasound Mammography Clinical laboratory Respiratory therapy Pediatrics Radiology […]

Adventist Health Howard Memorial

Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital is part of Adventist Health, a not-for-profit, faith-based health system operating in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. Founded on the Seventh-day Adventist heritage of Christian health care, Adventist Health is comprised of 19 hospitals with more than 2,800 beds, 18,000 employees, numerous clinics and outpatient facilities, 16 home care agencies, […]

Adventist Health Mendocino Coast

Serving rural communities stretched along 70 miles of coastline from Gualala to Westport, Adventist Health Mendocino Coast Hospital in 2009 was designed as the nation’s first healing hospital. Its goal is to not only treat patients for disease, but to apply advanced techniques for maintaining wellness and enhancing patients’ quality of life. Accredited by The […]

Adventist Health Clear Lake

Adventist Health Clear Lake, part of the Adventist Health System, is a critical access hospital serving the communities of Middletown, Hidden Valley, Cobb, Lower Lake, Kelseyville, Clearlake, and Clearlake Oaks. Adventist Health Clear Lake offers 24-hour emergency care, surgery, medical imaging, intensive care, women’s care and obstetrics, and laboratory services at its Clearlake campus as […]