Adventist Health Community Care-Hanford
An Adventist Health community-care clinic in Hanford, California, formerly operated as Central Valley General Hospital.
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Overview
Adventist Health Community Care-Hanford is a community healthcare facility in Hanford, California. It was formerly known as Central Valley General Hospital and, before Adventist Health ownership, as Sacred Heart Hospital. The facility is part of Adventist Health’s Central Valley Network, which serves communities across a broad portion of California’s San Joaquin Valley. Adventist Health acquired Central Valley General Hospital in 1998 during an expansion of its healthcare presence in the San Joaquin Valley. The organization acquired Selma Community Hospital approximately one year later, and the two facilities began developing rural health clinics intended to improve access for patients outside larger population centers. In 2005, the hospital licenses associated with the Hanford and Selma operations were combined. Central Valley General Hospital assumed responsibility for the Selma community clinics as part of an effort to consolidate operations, strengthen the network, and improve access and quality across the region. The broader Adventist Health/Central Valley Network includes Adventist Health Hanford, Adventist Health Selma, Adventist Health Reedley, more than 42 Adventist Health Community Care clinic sites, physical therapy centers, a sleep apnea center, and other healthcare services. The network covers a reported 2,500-square-mile area spanning parts of Kings, Fresno, Tulare, Kern, and Madera counties, although the Hanford facility’s immediate service area is centered on Kings County and nearby communities. A major transition occurred on March 7, 2016, when labor and delivery services moved from Central Valley General Hospital to the new Family Birth Center at Adventist Medical Center–Hanford on Mall Drive. The birth center was described as a $44 million facility with private labor and delivery rooms, operating suites, a neonatal intensive care unit operated by Valley Children’s Healthcare, postpartum rooms, and patient amenities. Following the transfer, the former hospital campus ceased operating as an inpatient hospital and was renamed Adventist Health Community Care-Hanford. The Hanford campus continues as an outpatient-oriented community-care location. Its listed services include primary care, behavioral health, dental care, family medicine residency activities, Healthy Beginnings, and specialty care. The institution’s present role is therefore distinct from its former role as a general acute-care hospital: it functions as part of an integrated community clinic network rather than as an inpatient hospital. Its positioning emphasizes local access, primary and specialty services, behavioral and dental care, and coordination within the wider Adventist Health Central Valley system.
History
The facility began as Sacred Heart Hospital in Hanford, California. In 1998, Adventist Health purchased the hospital during a period of growth in the San Joaquin Valley and operated it under the Central Valley General Hospital name. The acquisition extended Adventist Health’s presence in a region where residents faced geographic and transportation barriers to hospital and clinic services. In 1999, Adventist Health expanded the local platform by purchasing Selma Community Hospital, located roughly 15 miles north of Hanford. The Hanford and Selma operations developed rural health clinics intended to bring care closer to patients in smaller communities. This approach complemented hospital-based services with a distributed network of outpatient locations. The organizations underwent a significant administrative consolidation in 2005. The hospital licenses connected with the Hanford and Selma operations were combined, and Central Valley General Hospital took over the Selma community clinics. The consolidation was intended to create a stronger operating structure and improve access, quality, and service coordination across the three-hospital and clinic system. Over time, the Adventist Health Central Valley platform expanded beyond the original Hanford and Selma hospitals. The network came to include Adventist Health Hanford, Adventist Health Selma, Adventist Health Reedley, more than 42 Adventist Health Community Care clinics, physical therapy centers, a sleep apnea center, and other services. Its geographic footprint covered approximately 2,500 square miles across portions of Kings, Fresno, Tulare, Kern, and Madera counties. The most consequential change in the facility’s history occurred in 2016. On March 7, labor and delivery services moved to a new Family Birth Center at Adventist Medical Center–Hanford on Mall Drive. The new center was reported to have cost $44 million and was designed around a specialized maternity-care model. Its features included 11 private labor and delivery rooms, two surgical suites, a six-bed neonatal intensive care unit operated by Valley Children’s Healthcare, 16 postpartum rooms, and supporting amenities such as a café and gift shop. After the relocation, Central Valley General Hospital no longer operated as an inpatient hospital. The Hanford campus was renamed Adventist Health Community Care-Hanford, reflecting its transition toward outpatient and community-based care. The remaining services included Community Care–Hanford primary care, behavioral health, dental care, family medicine residency activities, Healthy Beginnings, and specialty services. The institution’s current identity is therefore that of a community-care clinic rather than a conventional general hospital. It remains part of Adventist Health’s Central Valley Network and contributes to a regional care model that combines hospital services at other network sites with distributed clinics and specialty facilities. The former hospital campus continues to serve local residents while the network’s inpatient, maternity, emergency, and specialty functions are organized across multiple locations.
- 2016
Labor and delivery services relocate
[2]Labor and delivery moved to the new Family Birth Center at Adventist Medical Center–Hanford on March 7, 2016.
- 2016
The facility becomes Adventist Health Community Care-Hanford
[2]After inpatient services ended at the campus, Central Valley General Hospital was renamed Adventist Health Community Care-Hanford.
- 2005
Hospital licenses and clinic operations are consolidated
[1]The Hanford and Selma hospital licenses were combined, with Central Valley General Hospital assuming responsibility for the Selma community clinics.
- 1999
Selma Community Hospital joins Adventist Health
[1]Adventist Health purchased Selma Community Hospital and began expanding rural clinic access in the surrounding region.
- 1998
Adventist Health purchases the Hanford hospital
[1]Adventist Health acquired Sacred Heart Hospital in Hanford, which became known as Central Valley General Hospital.
Products and positioning
A community-based outpatient healthcare facility serving Hanford and surrounding Central Valley communities through the Adventist Health network.
Primary care
Community Care–Hanford primary care
The Hanford campus provides community-oriented primary care as part of Adventist Health’s outpatient network. The service is intended to provide ongoing local access and connect patients with additional services within the Central Valley system.
Behavioral healthcare
Behavioral Health
Behavioral health is one of the continuing services identified at the former hospital campus after its conversion to Adventist Health Community Care-Hanford. It forms part of the facility’s broader community-care offering.
Dental care
Dental services
Dental care is provided among the outpatient services associated with the Hanford community-care location, extending the site’s role beyond conventional primary medical care.
Medical education and primary care
Family Medicine Residency
The campus includes family medicine residency activity, linking clinical care with physician training and the development of primary-care capacity for the surrounding region.
Maternal and family health
Healthy Beginnings
Healthy Beginnings is one of the community services retained at the Hanford site after labor and delivery moved to the new Family Birth Center. The program is associated with family and maternal health support.
Specialty healthcare
Specialty care
Specialty services remain among the listed offerings of Adventist Health Community Care-Hanford, allowing the outpatient site to complement primary care and other services in the regional Adventist Health network.
Brand decisions
2016
Conversion from inpatient hospital to community-care clinicGeneration changeBackground
Adventist Health opened a new Family Birth Center at Adventist Medical Center–Hanford and moved labor and delivery services there.
Action taken
On March 7, 2016, labor and delivery services left the former Central Valley General Hospital campus. The campus stopped operating as an inpatient hospital and was renamed Adventist Health Community Care-Hanford.
Aftermath
The Hanford site continued with primary care, behavioral health, dental, family medicine residency, Healthy Beginnings, and specialty services.
Reported construction cost of the new Family Birth Center. $44 million (2016)
2005
Consolidation of Hanford and Selma operationsStrategyBackground
Adventist Health sought to consolidate operations and improve access, quality, and organizational strength across its Central Valley facilities.
Action taken
The Hanford and Selma hospital licenses were combined, and Central Valley General Hospital assumed the Selma community clinics.
Aftermath
The consolidation supported a larger regional clinic network serving communities across several Central Valley counties.
1998
Adventist Health acquisition of Central Valley General HospitalM&ABackground
Adventist Health was expanding its healthcare presence in California’s San Joaquin Valley and acquired the Hanford hospital, then known as Sacred Heart Hospital.
Action taken
The hospital was brought into the Adventist Health organization and operated as Central Valley General Hospital.
Aftermath
The acquisition became the foundation for Adventist Health’s broader Central Valley network and subsequent rural-clinic expansion.
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