Adventist Health System West, also known as Adventist Health System/West[2] doing business as Adventist Health is a nonprofit organization[1] affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church[3] headquartered in Roseville, California, that operates facilities in 3 states across the Western United States.

Adventist Health
Adventist Health
Type501(c)(3)[1] Nonprofit organization
Founded1980; 46 years ago (1980)
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
California, Hawaii and Oregon
Key people
Kerry L. Heinrich (CEO)
Revenue805,066,340 United States dollar (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets3,164,459,975 United States dollar (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
28,600
Websiteadventisthealth.org

History

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In the 1960s, the General Conference transferred ownership of the hospitals in the United States to the local conferences. In 1972, the General Conference centralized the management of its healthcare facilities, creating Adventist Health Systems.[4] The conferences then transferred the hospitals to the system, creating the entities Northwest Medical Foundation, and Adventist Health Services at the union level.[4]

In 1980, they merged creating Adventist Health System/West, which changed its name to Adventist Health in 1995.[4] The headquarters for Adventist Health was in Los Angeles,[4] Adventist Health worried about the smaller hospitals being neglected, so the headquarters was moved to Roseville, California in 1982. In 2019, a new Roseville shared service center replaced the corporate office that opened in 1985.[4]

In 2019, its headquarters was among six organizations awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence.[5]

Hospitals

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Adventist Health operates twenty-seven hospitals mostly in California:

HospitalNumber of bedsPlaceFounding yearFormer namesAcquisition year
Adventist Health Columbia Gorge[6] 49 The Dalles, Oregon 1901 Mid Columbia Medical Center 2023
Adventist Health Bakersfield255Bakersfield and Kern County1910 San Joaquin Community Hospital 2017
Adventist Health Castle160Windward, Oahu
Adventist Health Clear LakeClearlake, California and Lake County[7]
Adventist Health Delano
Adventist Health Feather River101Paradise, California1950 Feather River Hospital 1973
Adventist Health Glendale515Glendale, California1905 Glendale Sanitarium, Glendale Adventist Medical Center
Adventist Health Hanford199[8]Hanford, California
Adventist Health Howard Memorial[9]Willits, California
Adventist Health Lodi Memorial270Lodi, California
Adventist Health Mendocino CoastFort Bragg, California
Adventist Health Portland302Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area1893 Portland Adventist Medical Center 1973
Adventist Health Reedley49Reedley, California1962Sierra Kings District Hospital[10]2011
Adventist Health and Rideout
Adventist Health Selma[11]57southern Fresno County satellite campus of Adventist Health Hanford.
Adventist Health Simi Valley201Ventura County, including Simi Valley, Moorpark, Thousand Oaks, and the west San Fernando Valley.[12]1965Simi Valley Community Hospital, Simi Valley Adventist Hospital
Adventist Health Sonora152Tuolumne and Mariposa County, California
Adventist Health St. Helena151Serving Napa, Lake, Sonoma, and Solano counties.1878Saint Helena Hospital2017
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley
Adventist Health TillamookTillamook, Oregon
Adventist Health Tulare
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley78Mendocino and Lake counties
Adventist Health Vallejo61Vallejo, California
Adventist Health White Memorial354Los Angeles1913 White Memorial Medical Center
Adventist Health White Memorial-Montebello180Montebello, California1946Beverly Hospital

Closed hospitals

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Fremont Memorial Hospital was a hospital in Yuba City, California, part of the Fremont-Rideout Health Group which later merged into Adventist Medical Group.[13] The hospital was closed in 2017.[14]

Mergers and acquisitions

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On February 29, 2024, Adventist Health bought Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, California and Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton, California for $550 million from Tenet Healthcare.[15][16][17] On March 29, Adventist Health took over the management of the hospitals.[18][19][20]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Adventist Health System West". ProPublica. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  2. "Adventist Health System/West". California Department of Health Care Access and Information. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
  3. Muoio, Dave (February 16, 2023). "Adventist Health launches reorganization, lays off 59 administrative employees". FIERCE Healthcare. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Adventist Health". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  5. "Six Health Care, Nonprofit and Education Organizations Win Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence". NIST. November 14, 2019.
  6. Zimmerlee, Jennifer (June 14, 2023). "Press Release June 14, 2023". Mid-Columbia Medical Center. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  7. "Adventist Health Clear Lake Celebrates 50th Year". Adventist Health.
  8. "Overview". Health.usnews.com. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  9. "New $64M Willits hospital opens". North Bay Business Journal. October 28, 2015.[permanent dead link]
  10. "Adventist to Take Over California's Sierra Kings Hospital". Becker's Hospital Review. October 21, 2011.
  11. "History of Central Valley". Adventist Health.
  12. Marsh, Carissa (September 23, 2011). "Residents welcome proposed ER expansion". Simi Valley Acorn. Simi Valley, California. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
  13. "History". Adventist Health. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  14. Summa, Robert (December 21, 2022). "'Absolute gift for our community': Adventist looking to utilize former Fremont Hospital for 'the most vulnerable populations'". The Appeal Democrat. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  15. Gooch, Kelley (February 29, 2024). "Adventist to acquire 2 Tenet hospitals". Becker's Hospital Review. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  16. Muoio, Dave (February 29, 2024). "Tenet Healthcare selling 2 California hospitals to Adventist Health for $550M". FIERCE Healthcare. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  17. Lee, Yeji (February 29, 2024). "Tenet To Sell 2 Calif. Hospitals To Adventist For $550M". Law360. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  18. Muoio, Dave (March 29, 2024). "Tenet Healthcare closes $550M sale of 2 California hospitals to Adventist Health". FIERCE Healthcare. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  19. Hamann, Emily (April 1, 2024). "Adventist Health completes $550 million acquisition of two Central Coast hospitals". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
  20. Leslie, Kaytlyn (April 2, 2024). "Adventist purchase of SLO County Tenet hospitals finalized". The Tribune. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
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