Barlow Respiratory Hospital Center of Excellence Designation Celebrated June 7th

LOS ANGELES - May 30, 2016 - PRLog -- Barlow Respiratory Hospital interdisciplinary team and facility has earned the Passy Muir designation as a Center of Excellence by demonstrating a high standard of care for patients with tracheostomies, on and off the ventilator. Passy Muir presentation of the designation award will be at a reception at Barlow Respiratory Hospital, on Tuesday June 7, 2016 at 10:00 am at the hospital's main campus, 2000 Stadium Way, Los Angeles, CA 90026.

Barlow Respiratory Hospital interdisciplinary healthcare team includes board certified physicians, registered nurses, licensed respiratory therapists, social workers, physical, occupational and speech therapists, case managers, certified nursing assistants, and dietitians. Together, they devote their expertise to help each patient return home to loved ones or to a lower level of care.

Barlow Respiratory Hospital patients are typically referred by physicians and hospital Intensive Care Units. Specialty hospitals like Barlow fill an important role in the continuum of care because they serve a small, but growing patient population that cannot be effectively treated in the conventional healthcare setting. Barlow is recognized for a highly successful Ventilator Weaning program and a distinguished Wound Care program. Barlow is also an affiliated teaching facility for USC's Keck School of Medicine.

Barlow Respiratory Hospital is the only not-for-profit respiratory hospital in Los Angeles, Barlow Respiratory Hospital is recognized as a national leader in weaning ventilator-dependent patients and for treating patients with complex medical conditions that require longer hospital stays. Celebrating more than 100 years of service in Southern California, the long-term, acute care hospital works
with nearly 100 regional hospitals to provide care for medically complex patients dependent on a ventilator to breathe.

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