Ocean Health System includes three acute care hospitals with a total capacity for 670 beds although each hospital staffs significantly less beds:
- Valley Hospital with 245 beds
- Coast Hospital with 360 beds
- Rural Hospital with 65 beds
Valley Hospital and Coast Hospital are located six miles apart in a scenic northeast region. Acute care beds are currently located at both sites along with duplicative emergency departments, surgical suites, and various diagnostic and support services. Both of these facilities share essentially the same market along with a competitor hospital to the northeast.
Rural Hospital, although only eight miles away from Valley Hospital, requires travel via a congested and winding road with the travel time averaging between 20 and 30 minutes. Rural Hospital also has a distinctly different patient catchment area than Valley and Coast Hospitals. Most of Rural Hospital’s patients come from the west where it competes with hospitals bordering a large urban area.