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Palomar Pomerado Health offers a full spectrum of health services, with two state-of-the-art hospitals, both fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organization. Some of the hospital features include family-friendly birth centers that provide mothers with labor, delivery and recovery care in homelike comfort, as well as Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Other services of Palomar Pomerado Health include rehabilitation and long-term care centers, plus home healthcare and hospice services.
Palomar Medical Center, located in Escondido, includes 319 beds with the only North County trauma center. Pomerado Hospital is located in Poway and includes 107 beds.
SPECIALTIES AND RESEARCH
At Palomar Pomerado Health, some of the specialties offered include womens services, cardiology, trauma services, senior services and cancer care. The Womens Health Connection is designed to be of assistance to women as they face challenges in their lives: the birth of a baby, health crisis, midlife transitions and beyond. Palomar Pomerado Health is the premier provider of cardiac care services in North County San Diego, offering a full range of diagnostic, medical, surgical and rehabilitative care services for the heart. For senior services, Palomar Pomerado Health provides comprehensive acute care services as well as health and wellness education. The facilities and staff are committed to meeting the needs of the community. The Cancer Care program includes inpatient and outpatient care, chemotherapy and radiation therapy services, Varian 2300 C/D linear accelerator, education and support groups. The Cancer Care program at Palomar Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital participates in the national tumor registry, which provides comparative information on current treatments for different cancers.SERVICES
Palomar Pomerado Health offers a wide variety of services and programs, such as Palomar Pomerado Home Care, Cancer Resource Centers, Behavioral Health Services, Outpatient Rehabilitation Services, Radiology Services, Wound Care Clinic, Sleep Lab, Womens Health Connection, Health Care Advisory Councils, Forensic Health Services, The Heart Centers, Employee and Corporate Health Services, Diabetes Health and The HealthSource.HONORS AND RECOGNITION
Advance for Nurses magazine awarded the Welcome Home Baby program the Best Adaptability Nursing Team for the 2006 Best Nursing Team contest. Cardiology: exclusive sponsor of the American Heart Associations Go Red for Women Campaign Get with the Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease Performance Achievement Award for heart attack care, two years in a row. In the Get with the Guidelines stroke program, Palomar Pomerado Health received the 2006 Health Heroes award in March for its work with Partners for Community Access Cardiac Alert Program. The Cardiac Rehabilitation Program received National Certification from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in August 2005Contact Information
Palomar Medical Center: 760-739-3000 Pomerado Hospital: 858-613-4000 The HealthSource free referral service: 800-628-2880 pph.orgDo you like what you read? Subscribe to San Diego Magazine »
