PIH Health
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| name = PIH Health - Whittier
| org/group = InterHealth Corporation
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| caption = PIH Health Whittier Hospital in 2021
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| location = Whittier
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| state = California
| country = US
| healthcare = Private
| funding = Non-profit
| type = Community
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| emergency = Yes
| beds = 548
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| former-names = Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
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| opened = 1959
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File:PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital.jpg
PIH Health Hospital - Whittier is a community hospital in Whittier, California. It has 548 licensed beds as of 2013.{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=PIH Health Fact Sheet |url=https://www.pihhealth.org/app/files/public/ca929585-49d2-4ec1-a75a-7b7b47cf4176/PIH-Health-Fact-Sheet.pdf |website=pihhealth.org}} Founded in 1959 as Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital,{{cite web |title=Our History |url=http://www.pihhealth.org/about/our-history/ |website=pihhealth.org}} it has been managed by the nonprofit InterHealth Corporation since the mid-1980s. The organization changed its name to PIH Health in 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.whittierdailynews.com/article/ZZ/20121001/NEWS/121009607 |title=Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital changes its name |date=October 1, 2012 |newspaper=Whittier Daily News}} The PIH Health organization started as one hospital in Whittier but now operates three including PIH Health Hospital - Downey which was formerly known as Downey Regional Medical Center added in 2013 {{cite news|url=http://www.whittierdailynews.com/business/20131001/pih-health-officially-acquires-downey-regional-medical-center|title=PIH Health officially acquires Downey Regional Medical Center|date=2013-10-01|newspaper=Whittier Daily News}} and PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital located in Downtown Los Angeles, added in 2019 making it the third hospital in the medical network. Between all locations PIH Health has 7,100 full-time employees, three hospitals totaling 1,130 licensed beds, and 26 outpatient clinics.{{Cite web |title=Good Samaritan Hospital Joins PIH Health Network |url=https://www.pihhealth.org/about/news/good-samaritan-hospital-joins-pih-health-network/ |website=pihhealth.org}} The organization operates medical offices in primary care, specialist care and urgent care centers in the region that were formerly branded as Bright Medical and Pioneer Medical Group which was added in 2019 to expand the geographic footprint.{{Cite web |title=PIH Health welcomes Pioneer Medical Group patients |url=https://www.pihhealth.org/patients-visitors/welcome/ |website=pihhealth.org}} PIH Health is the largest employer in Whittier, and one of the largest in that region of Los Angeles County.
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Category:Hospitals in Los Angeles County, California
Category:Hospitals established in 1959
Category:Buildings and structures in Whittier, California
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