Barlow Awarded the Gold Seal of Approval

Barlow Respiratory Hospital has been awarded the Gold Seal of Approval® for Disease Specific Certification for Wound Care Management by The Joint Commission. Barlow is the 4^th hospital in California, the 1^st Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) in the state, and now among 26 hospitals nationwide, to achieve this elite certification.

The hospital’s three Los Angeles area sites participated in a rigorous on-site review conducted by The Joint Commission. The process evaluated compliance with national disease-specific care standards as well as wound care-specific requirements, clinical practice guidelines and performance measures.

The Gold Seal of Approval® for Disease Specific Certification for Wound Care Management is a symbol of quality and a recognition of the hospital’s multidisciplinary team approach to providing safe and effective patient care. Barlow Respiratory Hospital continues to meet standards set by The Joint Commission including re-certification in November 2021 for Respiratory Failure, first achieved in 2016.

Barlow Respiratory Hospital is the only not-for-profit long-term acute care hospital in California and the destination of choice for weaning patients from prolonged mechanical ventilation. Critically ill patients are referred to Barlow Respiratory Hospital from nearly 100 hospital intensive care units (ICUs) in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and Southern California.

Barlow Respiratory Hospital has been awarded the Gold Seal of Approval^® for Disease Specific Certification for Wound Care Management, among a handful of California hospitals and clinics and a select few nationwide to achieve this elite certification.

Barlow also holds the designation as the only West Coast Passy-Muir Center of Excellence, recognized for treating patients with tracheostomies, on and off the ventilator. Barlow Respiratory Hospital interdisciplinary teams include board certified physicians, registered nurses and licensed respiratory and rehabilitation therapists. Our teams work together to provide individualized care and treatment to achieve the best possible outcomes for patients to recover and return home or discharge to lower levels of care.
 

Barlow Respiratory Hospital was founded in 1902 as a tuberculosis sanatorium and now operates three locations: in Los Angeles, Whittier and Van Nuys. The original hospital, on Stadium Way in Los Angeles, is moving forward with the Campaign to ReBuild Barlow, including an expansion of the historic hospital building as a brand-new state-of-the-art facility.