San Joaquin Community Hospital

Doug Duffield
President & CEO
  • A 254-bed acute care facility serving the city of Bakersfield and outlying communities of Kern County
  • Key services include: inpatient and outpatient burn care, neurology, cardiology, orthopedics, surgical weight loss, diabetes and wellness education, mobile children’s immunizations, imaging services, home health, maternity services, stroke treatment, 24-hour emergency services, comprehensive cancer care and Adventist Health Physicians Network
  • Staffed by 563 affiliated physicians; 2,095 employees and 443 volunteers
  • 17,910 admissions; 2,766 deliveries; 71,596 emergency visits; 17,344 home health visits; 91,372 outpatient visits
  • Raised $46,000 at the SJCH Foundation Golf Tournament benefiting The AIS Cancer Center’s Transportation Fund
  • Received a $250,000 donation from Wayne & Lynn Deats through a bequest to The AIS Cancer Center. As a result, the Wayne & Lynn Deats Family Radiation Therapy Waiting Area was named in their honor
  • Held the first annual Five-Alarm BBQ benefitting the Grossman Burn Center at SJCH – raising more than $65,000
  • Hosted 176 clinics and administered 17,832 free immunizations to 5,509 children via SJCH’s Mobile Children’s Immunizations Program
  • Partnered with Links for Life to “light the hospital and cancer center pink” during October for breast cancer awareness
  • For the third year, collaborated with the American Cancer Society for the Making Strides breast cancer awareness walk
  • Partnered with the American Lung Association to host a free workshop on lung cancer during Lung Cancer Awareness Month
  • Hosted community health events, including: The NICU Reunion, a nutrition workshop, sidewalk CPR as well as a summer picnic and Christmas party for burn survivors
  • Partnered with local organizations including: the American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, American Cancer Society, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, CASA of Kern County, March of Dimes, JJ’s Legacy, the Bakersfield Homeless Center, The Mission of Kern County, Kaiser Permanente, PG&E, Aera Energy and California State University, Bakersfield
  • Provided $20,943,308 for community health development
  • Opened a four-story, 60,000-square-foot comprehensive cancer center and outpatient surgery center
  • Announced partnership between SJCH’s AIS Cancer Center and UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, linking SJCH with the university health system’s Cancer Care Network
  • Opened an outdoor, walk-up Starbucks kiosk on campus, a first of its kind worldwide
  • Received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award – the highest honor for stroke care
  • Earned full accreditation for The Chest Pain Center with Percutaneous Coronary Interventions from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care
  • SJCH Home Care Services named to Outcome Concept Systems, Inc.’s 2013 HomeCare Elite list
  • Earned a 2013 Path to Excellence award for access to care; recognized at the 19th Annual International Patient-Centered Care Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland

DESCRIPTION

Doug Duffield
President & CEO

  • A 254-bed acute care facility serving the city of Bakersfield and outlying communities of Kern County
  • Key services include: inpatient and outpatient burn care, neurology, cardiology, orthopedics, surgical weight loss, diabetes and wellness education, mobile children’s immunizations, imaging services, home health, maternity services, stroke treatment, 24-hour emergency services, comprehensive cancer care and Adventist Health Physicians Network
  • Staffed by 563 affiliated physicians; 2,095 employees and 443 volunteers
  • 17,910 admissions; 2,766 deliveries; 71,596 emergency visits; 17,344 home health visits; 91,372 outpatient visits

COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT

  • Raised $46,000 at the SJCH Foundation Golf Tournament benefiting The AIS Cancer Center’s Transportation Fund
  • Received a $250,000 donation from Wayne & Lynn Deats through a bequest to The AIS Cancer Center. As a result, the Wayne & Lynn Deats Family Radiation Therapy Waiting Area was named in their honor
  • Held the first annual Five-Alarm BBQ benefitting the Grossman Burn Center at SJCH – raising more than $65,000
  • Hosted 176 clinics and administered 17,832 free immunizations to 5,509 children via SJCH’s Mobile Children’s Immunizations Program
  • Partnered with Links for Life to “light the hospital and cancer center pink” during October for breast cancer awareness
  • For the third year, collaborated with the American Cancer Society for the Making Strides breast cancer awareness walk
  • Partnered with the American Lung Association to host a free workshop on lung cancer during Lung Cancer Awareness Month
  • Hosted community health events, including: The NICU Reunion, a nutrition workshop, sidewalk CPR as well as a summer picnic and Christmas party for burn survivors
  • Partnered with local organizations including: the American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, American Cancer Society, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, CASA of Kern County, March of Dimes, JJ’s Legacy, the Bakersfield Homeless Center, The Mission of Kern County, Kaiser Permanente, PG&E, Aera Energy and California State University, Bakersfield
  • Provided $20,943,308 for community health development

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Opened a four-story, 60,000-square-foot comprehensive cancer center and outpatient surgery center
  • Announced partnership between SJCH’s AIS Cancer Center and UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, linking SJCH with the university health system’s Cancer Care Network
  • Opened an outdoor, walk-up Starbucks kiosk on campus, a first of its kind worldwide
  • Received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award – the highest honor for stroke care
  • Earned full accreditation for The Chest Pain Center with Percutaneous Coronary Interventions from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care
  • SJCH Home Care Services named to Outcome Concept Systems, Inc.’s 2013 HomeCare Elite list
  • Earned a 2013 Path to Excellence award for access to care; recognized at the 19th Annual International Patient-Centered Care Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland