Antelope Valley Hospital is a 420 Bed Level II trauma and is the only full-service, acute-care hospital in the Antelope Valley and has delivered exceptional care to the community for 65+ years. As the region’s largest and most comprehensive hospital, Antelope Valley Hospital provides care to over 220,000 patients every year. It serves as a significant economic engine in the community with almost 2,300 employees, 450+ volunteers, and more than 650 physicians on staff who represent 66 different specialties. As a facility of the Antelope Valley Healthcare District, our service area spans more than 1,500 square miles. We offer a wide array of services, some of which are only offered at AVH and within a 50-mile radius. Medical services include:
National Cardiovascular Data Registry – MI Silver Performance Achievement Award:
AV Hospital for its performance in caring for patients with heart attack symptoms. The award reflects the hospital’s commitment to and success in implementing a higher standard of care for these patients. The hospital was one of 86 facilities nationwide to receive the honor.
Health & Human Services Platinum Recognition Award:
The HHS Platinum Award recognizes AVH’s efforts for raising awareness about organ donation. The hospital is one of only nine hospitals in an expansive southern California service area to receive the award, which is the highest honor for organ-and-tissue-donation awareness
Certified Chest Pain Center:
Antelope Valley Hospital received full Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the American College of Cardiology. The accreditation, initially earned in 2015, reaffirms the hospital’s comprehensive Institute for Heart & Vascular Care (IHVC) as the leading source of cardiovascular care in the Antelope Valley.
Reaccredited by The Joint Commission:
AVH again earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for hospital accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.
AVH underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite survey. During the review a team of Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated compliance with hospital standards related to several areas, including emergency management, environment of care, infection prevention and control, leadership, and medication management. Surveyors also conducted onsite observations and interviews. The accreditation is awarded for a three-year period.
The Antelope Valley Outpatient Imaging Center opened in January 2004 and is staffed by Renaissance Imaging. It is a completely digital facility with voice recognition on the phone for dictations. It is located across the parking lot from the hospital. Its radiologists cover all sub specialties of radiology and they have 2 neuroradiologists. The Medical Director is Dr. Andrew Deutsch. Dr. Deutsch is an expert in musculoskeletal radiology having trained under Dr. Donald Resnick at UCSD. Prior to coming to AVOIC, Dr. Deutsch practiced at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
You can view the services offered there by clicking on the Antelope Valley Hospital web link here. The Radiology/Imaging Center Icon have the following equipment:
GE Large-bore LX Echo Planar 1.5. Tesla
General Electric Ultrafast Helical CT Scanner
PET Scanner
The hospital also has PACS. This allows you to have access to all these digital images anywhere on the hospital campus and its medical office buildings. AVH is affiliated with Antelope Valley Community College and its nursing program. The hospital pays for one of its nursing instructors. Each year the program graduates close to 40 new nurses and almost all of them join the hospital or its medical community. All hospital staff members have cordless phones for calls within the hospital. This has helped increase the level of communication and eliminate callbacks.
