Dennis Knox, CEO

Big changes -- some of them years in the making -- are happening now at Southwest Healthcare System (SWHCS). Here are the latest developments at our hospitals.

At Rancho Springs Medical Center
The $53 million Patient Care Pavilion at Rancho Springs Medical Center is projected to open this spring. This is the new home for our Emergency Department (ER), which more than triples the capacity of the previous ER from eight to 27 beds.

Other ER features include:

• Two major treatment rooms for patients who require immediate care
• Two triage rooms for assessing and treating less critical patients in a timely manner
• A private examination room for treating and counseling victims of sexual assault
• A spacious, comfortable waiting area

• 17 private labor and delivery suites
• 24 private postpartum rooms
• Two cesarean section rooms
• The first and only 11-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Valley

At Inland Valley Medical Center
Several projects are well under way at Inland Valley Medical Center, including the following:

• Emergency Department expansion from 13 treatment bays to 27
• Intensive Care Unit expansion from eight beds to 18
• Imaging Department expansion

"Overall, we're adding about 100,000 square feet of new space to our current 240,000 square feet," says SWHCS Chief Executive Officer Dennis Knox.

More New Services
We also have added two new services at SWHCS hospitals. Our teleneurology service enables neurologists from the UCLA Medical Center Department of Neurology to provide bedside consults via real-time videoconferencing for patients who have warning signs of stroke. UCLA neurologists can see patients and their families, guide the doctors and nurses at a patient's bedside through exams and recommend treatments.

Many of our inpatients now receive 24-hour care from hospitalists, internal medicine physicians who specialize in managing the multiple medical needs of hospitalized patients. Hospitalists work with patients' personal physicians, but patients no longer need to wait until their doctors visit them after office hours.

"It's a really exciting time for us at SWHCS," Mr. Knox says. "We're proud to be growing along with our community and offering these world-class facilities and services."

Growing with You
For more on the exciting new developments at Southwest Healthcare System, please visit www.swhcs.com.

Inland Valley Medical Center 36485 Inland Valley Drive, Wildomar, CA 92595 (951) 677-1111 Rancho Springs Medical Center 25500 Medical Center Drive, Murrieta, CA 92562 (951) 696-6000