Loma Linda University Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation announce joint venture partnership to build new inpatient rehabilitation facility
08 Mayo 2024 - 2:00PM
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Loma Linda University Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a
business unit of Lifepoint Health, announced today that they have
entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new
inpatient rehabilitation facility in Loma Linda.
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For 30 years, Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus
has provided comprehensive rehabilitation services to patients with
various conditions and injuries, with an ongoing focus on
patient-centered care, advanced treatments, and innovative
research. The new, free-standing, 80-bed facility will help to meet
a growing community need for specialized rehabilitation services,
nearly doubling the health system’s capacity for inpatient
rehabilitation care. Upon completion of this project, Loma Linda
University Health will transition its existing inpatient
rehabilitation units to the new rehabilitation facility.
"Today marks an important milestone in our commitment to
providing exceptional care and support to our community," said
Trevor Wright, CEO of Loma Linda University Health Hospitals.
"Through our partnership with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, we're not
only establishing a facility but also enhancing rehabilitation
services to ensure every individual receives the specialized care
they need."
The new rehabilitation facility will provide intensive nursing,
physical, occupational and speech pathology services for adults
recovering from conditions such as stroke, neurological disease,
brain or spinal cord injury, and other debilitating illnesses or
injuries. Through investment in leading-edge technology, adaptive
units, multidisciplinary therapy gymnasiums and more, the partners
will be able to provide highly specialized care that meets each
patient’s unique needs.
Upon completion, Lifepoint Rehabilitation will manage day-to-day
operations, bringing its evidence-driven, personalized inpatient
care model to the new facility.
“We are pleased to partner with Loma Linda University Health as
we expand access to high-quality rehabilitation care in the Inland
Empire,” said Russ Bailey, president, Lifepoint Rehabilitation.
“Loma Linda University Health’s reputation for excellent patient
outcomes and their legacy in providing specialized inpatient and
outpatient rehabilitation care is the foundation we will build on
together. We know they share our commitment to a patient-centered
care model and that together we can meet the growing need for
rehabilitation care in the San Bernardino and Riverside counties
and advance our mission of making communities healthier.”
Pending regulatory approvals, construction for the new inpatient
rehabilitation facility is expected to begin in 2025. The facility
is anticipated to open in 2027.
Upon completion, this facility will join a growing network of
more than 40 inpatient rehabilitation facilities across the country
operated by Lifepoint Rehabilitation.
About Loma Linda University
Health
Loma Linda University Health includes Loma Linda University's
eight professional schools, Loma Linda University Medical Center's
six hospitals — including The Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical
Campus, which opened in August 2021, housing the new adult hospital
and Children’s Hospital expansion — and more than 1,000 faculty
physicians located in the Inland Empire of Southern California.
Established in 1905, Loma Linda University Health is a global
leader in education, research and clinical care. It offers over 100
academic programs and provides quality health care to over 40,000
inpatients and 1.5 million outpatients each year. A Seventh-day
Adventist organization, Loma Linda University Health is a
faith-based health system with a mission "to continue the teaching
and healing ministry of Jesus Christ."
About Lifepoint
Rehabilitation
With more than 40 freestanding inpatient rehabilitation
facilities (IRFs), Lifepoint Rehabilitation is a leading partner of
choice for many major hospital systems in the creation of joint
venture operations that are industry-leading in clinical and
financial outcomes. Through its IRFs and more than 250
hospital-based rehabilitation units, medical/surgical and
outpatient therapy settings, Lifepoint Rehabilitation brings proven
rehabilitation management and services expertise to help our
patients recover and return home quickly from a number of
conditions, including strokes, brain injuries, spinal cord
injuries, orthopedic injuries, neurological conditions, amputations
and trauma. Lifepoint Rehabilitation is a business unit of
Brentwood, Tennessee-based Lifepoint Health.
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Kelsey Culler Loma Linda University Health 909-558-3456
Kculler@llu.edu Aileen Bennett Lifepoint Rehabilitation
615-920-7668 aileen.bennett@lpnt.net