| 1939 |
Local physicians formed the East Los Angeles Hospital Association. |
| 1942 |
East Los Angeles Hospital Association converted a local rest home into a private hospital for general practitioners. |
| 1949 |
The not-for-profit Beverly Community Hospital Association, Inc. was formed on May 20. |
| 1952 |
Beverly Hospital Guild held its first meeting. |
| 1954 |
Medical staff pledged funds for the first major addition to the hospital. |
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1957 Center, East, and West Wings of the hospital were cut in half and moved to the back of the hospital and new wings were built. |
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| 1960 |
First board-certified specialist joined the medical staff |
| 1962 |
Beverly Hospital hired its first professional administrator. |
| 1967 |
Emerson Wing opened. |
| 1973 |
Tower Building opened. |
| 1974 |
Beverly Hospital Foundation was founded to raise funds for the hospital. |
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1975 Cardiac rehabilitation program started. |
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| 1977 |
First open-heart surgery took place at Beverly. |
| 1980 |
New gastrointestinal laboratory enabled physicians to conduct endoscopic exams. |
| 1981 |
Beverly was named a paramedic base station for Los Angeles County. |
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1982 The hospital purchased a state-of-the-art CT scanner. |
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| 1980 |
Outpatient/Admissions Service program completed. |
| 1984 |
First computer system was installed. |
| 1988 |
Hensel Maternity Center opened. |
| 1995 |
NICU opened. |
| 1995 |
Beverly Hospital began an affiliation with a hospital association, which ended three years later. |
| 1997 |
An 18,000-pound magnet—part of a new MRI system—is installed in Beverly’s new radiology building. |
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1997 Beverly Hospital Medical Plaza (the “101 building”) was acquired for $3 million. |
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| 1998 |
The Women’s Pavilion and Breast Center opened. |
| 1999 |
Beverly Hospital celebrated the opening of its Diabetes Treatment Center on August 26. |
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2004 Women’s Care Center was established to serve low-income and underserved mothers-to-be. |
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| 2005 |
The hospital opened a state-of-the-art Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine. |
| 2006 |
Picture Archiving and Communications (PAC) System allowed the Diagnostic Imaging Department to go filmless. |
| 2007 |
Beverly became a STEMI Receiving Center. |
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2008 GE digital mammogram system was installed in the Women’s Pavilion and Breast Center. |
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| 2010 |
Beverly Hospital received the HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence for the forth consecutive year. |
