MemorialCare Medical Group Named Among California's Best: Achieves Top Honors for Clinical Quality, Patient Experience, Health Information Technology

One of Only Two Medical Groups with Physicians in Both Los Angeles and Orange Counties to Receive Integrated Healthcare Association's Prestigious Award for Quality Performance

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Nov 19, 2014, 12:00 ET

ORANGE and LOS ANGELES Counties, Calif., Nov. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MemorialCare Health System's MemorialCare Medical Group once again was named one of the best physician organizations in California when it recently received top honors for clinical quality, patient experience and health information technology from the Integrated Healthcare Association.

One of only two medical groups with physician practices in both Los Angeles and Orange counties to achieve this top honor, MemorialCare Medical Group includes more than 1500 employed and contracted physicians and about 25 urgent care centers, ambulatory surgery centers and outpatient imaging centers throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties.

MemorialCare Medical Group is among only a handful of physician organizations that has received this statewide recognition nine or more times for consistency in quality performance.

"In a time when health care is under the microscope, we're extremely gratified to have our efforts on behalf of our patients and physicians recognized by this highly respected organization," says Mark Schafer, MD, Chief Executive Officer for MemorialCare Medical Foundation, which is part of MemorialCare Health System. "Our physicians and staff work tirelessly to ensure our patients continually receive the highest levels of patient care available—from advanced preventive measures, comprehensive screenings and state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures and technologies to expert treatment and management of medical conditions."

Integrated Healthcare Association is a nonprofit statewide leadership group that promotes quality improvement, accountability and affordability of health care in California. Its Value Based measurement program—the largest non-government physician program of this kind in the U.S.—includes 10 health plans and more than 200 medical organizations representing approximately 35,000 physicians providing care for 9 million members.

With more than 200 patient care sites throughout Southern California, MemorialCare Health System is a nonprofit, integrated delivery system that includes six top hospitals – Long Beach Memorial, Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, Community Hospital Long Beach, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley and Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills and San Clemente; a medical group - MemorialCare Medical Group; an Independent Practice Association (IPA) - Greater Newport Physicians; ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, urgent care centers and numerous outpatient health centers throughout the Southland. To learn more, visit memorialcare.org.

SOURCE MemorialCare Health System