CMHS Blog – News and Information from Community Memorial Health System

Ojai Valley Community Hospital Enhances Services Despite Trend of Rural Hospital Closures

Jan 16

Ojai Valley Community Hospital Enhances Surgical Services with Robotic Technology

Nov 15

CMHS Hosts Diabetes Awareness, Education & Screening Events

Nov 4

When Back Surgery Is Not The Answer

Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 6:00 PM

The Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Ethics in Healthcare: Does Technology Make You Healthier?

Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 5:30 PM

Ethics in Healthcare: Viva la Vida

Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 5:30 PM

The Sun Is Not Your Friend

Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Ojai's Newest Choice In Women's Healthcare

Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 9:00 AM

Women's Health Symposium

Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 8:00 AM

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Timeline Photos PARKING ALERT: Please be advised that portions or all of the City of Ventura parking lot located behind the 99 Cent Store and adjacent to Community Memorial Hospital continue to be intermittently CLOSED for repaving and upgrades. We encourage patients ... 9 Likes

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Timeline Photos Happy President's Day from everyone at CMHS! A special THANK YOU to all of our physicians and staff who are caring for patients at Ojai Valley Community Hospital, Community Memorial Hospital, and the Centers for Family Health today! 34 Likes

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Timeline Photos Happy Valentine's Day from everyone at Community Memorial Health System! Did you know we have the region's leading Heart & Vascular Program? Learn more at MyCMHHeart.org! 1 Comments
My husband still has his red heart and I made a small heart quilt like the one Mary has hanging ...
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Timeline Photos It was standing room only at this week's Ojai Valley Community Hospital Foundation Guild meeting! This month's meeting was held at the NEW Continuing Care Center, located on the campus of Ojai Valley Community Hospital. Scheduled to open this year, ... 25 Likes

Posted: 6 days ago
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Timeline Photos SAVE THE DATE - CMHS and Vitalant - Central Coast are hosting a blood drive at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura on Wednesday, March 11th from 10am - 3:30pm! All donations will directly impact the lives of local patients! To ... 11 Likes

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Timeline Photos The CMHS Cancer Resource Center, in partnership with Camarillo Health Care District , is hosting a FREE Chronic Pain Self-Management Series! JOIN US for this 6-week series designed to teach practical skills for managing chronic pain in order to moderate ... 4 Likes

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Timeline Photos Show yourself some LOVE this Valentine’s Day by taking our online heart health assessment! The 7 minutes it takes to complete this test could save your life. Visit https://bit.ly/315kFIa to get started! 7 Likes

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Timeline Photos It's national Wear Red Day, so we're flashing it back to this great shot of our Director of Cardiovascular Services Diane Cornell and our Structural Heart Disease Coordinator Erin Carlander at the 2018 American Heart Association Go Red For Women ... 2 Comments
Love hearts ♥️ ♥️♥️♥️ go red for women!Looking good Diane
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#OurNewCMH With the latest technology and the physicians you know and trust, the NEW Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura represents the future of healthcare in Ventura County. Learn why you should choose the new Community Memorial Hospital at OurNewCMH.org. 32 Likes

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Timeline Photos The CMHS Outreach Team had a great time at last week's Mind and Body Wellness Fair hosted by Navy Life NBVC! We provided health screenings, giveaways and healthcare services information to event attendees. We're looking forward to our next opportunity ... 30 Likes

Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Timeline Photos Community Memorial Health System is PROUD to announce that our President & CEO, Gary Wilde, has been elected Chair of the California Hospital Association! You can learn more about the role Gary will play with the CHA on the CMHS ... 37 Comments
CONGRATULATIONS!Thanks Virginia. It's an honor to represent CMHS!Wow. What an honor. Congratulations to you Dr Wilde. I hope you will be a blessing to many in this ...Thanks Rebecca. It's an honor to represent CMHS.Congratulations Gary, hopefully your experience will elevate the care in our state.Thanks Mo. It's an honor to serve.
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Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Timeline Photos HEALTH ALERT: Community Memorial Health System is not treating any possible cases of Novel Coronavirus at this time. We continue to take proactive preparedness measures in accordance with county, state, and CDC recommendations to keep our community safe.
Let your ... 35 Likes

Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Timeline Photos Did you know cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women, accounting for 1 in 3 deaths each year? CMHS invites you to JOIN US this Friday, February 7th for Wear Red Day - a national movement that brings ... 1 Comments
Will nursing staff be allowed to wear red scrubs that day?😃Petie Barnum yes you should be able toCommunity Memorial Health System Hi Petie! We would encourage you to check with your unit supervisor or department head on this!Petie Barnum Why not?
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Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Timeline Photos PARKING ALERT: Please be advised that beginning Monday, February 3rd 2020, portions or all of the City of Ventura parking lot located behind the 99 Cent Store and adjacent to Community Memorial Hospital will be CLOSED for repaving and upgrades. ... 1 Comments
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Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Timeline Photos Please JOIN US is congratulating Community Memorial Hospital Urologic Surgeon Dr. Seyed Khoddami on recently completing his 500th daVinci Robotic surgery! CMH has the most daVinci robotically trained surgeons of any hospital between Pasadena and Monterey, and Dr. Khoddami has ... 42 Comments
Congratulations Dr. Khoddami!!! Your super powers saved my heart of hearts 💕Cherisse Barrett we share the love for your beautiful man. Thank you for letting me taking care of him. Dr Khoddami CONGRATULATIONS...
You are a great doctor. Thank you for caring for my mom Lillian Sullivan.
😊😊😊💖💖💖🌻🌻🌻Sharon Joy Gomez thank you for letting me serve her.Wow, he’s my son’s dr !❤️congrats 🎉Shannon Dubois 🙏🙏
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Posted: 2 weeks ago
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#MyCFHFamily When you need healthcare close to home, choose the Centers for Family Health. Let our family take care of your family. Learn more at MyCFHFamily.org 1 Comments
Is this Christopher’s great film work again?Community Memorial Health System Yes! We're so luck to have such a talented filmmaker!Community Memorial Health System He's quite impressive!!
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Posted: 2 weeks ago
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Timeline Photos HEALTH ALERT: As of January 27th, 2020, five cases of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have been confirmed in the United States. All cases had travel to Wuhan, China. Community Memorial Health System is taking proactive preparedness measures in accordance with county, ... 3 Comments
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Posted: 3 weeks ago
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Timeline Photos Flu season is well underway in Ventura County and the news isn’t great. Flu was the cause of death for three people in Ventura County so far this season and 105 deaths statewide since Sept. 29. If you or your ... 2 Comments
Stop pushing a vaccine that doesn't work!!! Help patients be truly healthy, instead of injecting them with garbage and then ...Stop giving this flu shot so that flu “season” is not a thing anymore. What this vaccine does is get ...
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Posted: 3 weeks ago
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#OurNewCMH This week, we're throwing it back with this video of our Emergency Department physicians and staff planning and training in the new ED during Week 4 of the move into our new Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura! When we opened ... 40 Likes

Posted: 3 weeks ago
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Timeline Photos When you need healthcare close to home, choose the CMHS Centers for Family Health! With a comprehensive network of trusted family and specialty physicians, as well as Urgent Care locations across Ventura County, the Centers for Family Health has the ... 19 Likes

Posted: Last month
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Timeline Photos A recent Becker's Hospital Review article reported that 2019 was a record year for rural hospital closures. Despite this trend, Ojai Valley Community Hospital is enhancing its services and expanding its campus! Learn more about our rural hospital in Ojai ... 40 Likes

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Timeline Photos Today, we remember an icon in American history. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day from everyone at Community Memorial Health System! 28 Likes

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Timeline Photos For the safety of our patients, families and staff during this flu season, we are tightening our visitor restrictions at Ojai Valley Community Hospital and Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura. Children under the age of 14 and anyone who is ... 1 Comments
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Timeline Photos Are you or someone you know considering knee replacement surgery? Learn more about how the ROSA Robotic Total Knee procedure - available EXCLUSIVELY at Ojai Valley Community Hospital - can give you a more custom knee replacement fit and a ... 1 Comments
Drs Golden , Sweet, Frousiakis great robotic surgeons!
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Posted: Last month
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Timeline Photos We're excited to see the interior spaces of our NEW Continuing Care Center coming together! This beautiful skilled nursing facility on the campus of Ojai Valley Community hospital offers post-surgical, short-term rehabilitation, and long-term residential care, and includes this expansive ... 4 Comments
This beautiful rehab space combined with top notch orthopedic surgeons Dr. Thomas Golden and Dr. Petros Frousiakis is a wonderful ...That’s incredible! Congratulations to everyone who is making this happenBeautiful!
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Timeline Photos Today, we're flashing back to exactly 5 years ago today! On January 10th, 2015, our new Community Memorial Hospital was still a job site and the Ocean Tower was covered in scaffolding. Who remembers this stage of the project? 1 Comments
And we even did tours at this stage.I loved going on your tours!Hello Mary.
I hope you're doing well. Five years have gone by mighty fast!
Take careI sure remember. I miss Ventura every day!
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daVinci Surgeon Shoot The CMHS Media Team has been on set this week photographing our daVinci Robotic Surgeons! Stay tuned for more on this rapidly-growing program and the state-of-the-art daVinci robotic technology available at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura! 4 Comments
Love the fact,that CMH acknowledges all of your peeps now that’s COLLABORATION ❤️Community Memorial Health System Thanks Virginia!Love my robot surgeons!Me too,they're the best
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Timeline Photos If you or someone you know is fighting or recovering from cancer, we invite you to JOIN US every Wednesday from 5:30 - 7pm at the CMHS Cancer Resource Center for our free Cancer Support Group. Patients and loved ones ... 12 Likes

Posted: Last month
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Timeline Photos Jock, Herbie, Mickey and Livi were not ready for the holidays to be over! A big THANK YOU to all of our therapy dog teams for helping to spread cheer to our patients, physicians and staff this holiday season and ... 8 Comments
And THE MOST HEARTFELT THANKS comes from me because this program was created in memory of my husband, PETER GAAL, ...Good job! You gotta love them!😀Mickey looks proud of himself!
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Timeline Photos Happy New Year! From everyone at Community Memorial Health System, we wish you a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2020! A huge THANK YOU to all the physicians and staff who are caring for our patients at Ojai Valley Community Hospital, ... 2 Comments
Great service from all the staff. Wishing you a wonderful New Year.Happy New Year to a great staff. I worked there for a short time and it was a great experience. ...Community Memorial Health System Thanks Irma! Happy New Year!
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CMH Grows Robotic Surgery Program with More Trained Surgeons, Top-of-the-Line Robots

Current Flu Season Hits Ventura County, Senior Citizens Hard

CMHS President and Chair Gary K. Wilde Elected Chair of the California Hospital Association

CMHS 2018 Statistics

Ojai Valley Community Hospital Enhances Services Despite Trend of Rural Hospital Closures

Happy Holidays from Community Memorial Health System

New Resolutions for a Healthier 2020

Community Memorial Health System Welcomes 2019 Nurse Resident Class

Ojai Valley Community Hospital Enhances Surgical Services with Robotic Technology

CMHS Hosts Diabetes Awareness, Education & Screening Events