Community access to quality healthcare services has been a top priority for Torrance Memorial Medical Center for more than 80 years. We evaluate the needs of our community on an on-going basis and plan for the future according to those needs. In keeping with our strategic mission, our Board-level Community Benefits Committee regularly reviews the medical center's Community Needs Assessment and makes recommendations that are the basis for this report.
Remaining strong and stable for the future is our foremost goal. We want to make certain that our community can continue to turn to us for the outstanding health services and vital community programs that have distinguished Torrance Memorial Medical Center since 1925. Keeping this care accessible to all is important to us as well.
Last year, Torrance Memorial Medical Center provided just under $40 million in Community Benefit and other significant financial contributions to members of its service area. Community benefit is defined as programs or activities that provide treatment or promote health and healing in response to an identified community need. Community Benefit programs must meet the following criteria:
- Respond to a public health need
- Involve education or research that improves overall community health
- Respond to needs of special populations
- Supply services or programs that would likely be discontinued if the decision was made solely on a financial basis because they operate at a financial loss
Read the full Community Benefit Report - download a copy here
As part of our service to the community, we provide Automated External Defibrillators (AED's) for our Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) Program. Here is a complete list of sites that we provide AED's to in our community!
Torrance Cultural Arts Center
Wilson Park Gym
Bartlett Center
Benstead Plunge
Sea Aire Golf Course
Torrance Civic Center
Palos Verdes High School
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Manhattan Beach Middle School
Mira Costa High School
South End Racquet Club
Torrance High School
South High School
West High School
North High School
Nav Com Technology Inc.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Bobit Business Media
Masonic Temple - Beach Cities Chapter
Salvation Army Senior Center
Marc Colman, MD and Daryl Rheuark, MD
Chadwick School
YMCA- Torrance
Palos Verdes Golf Course
Peninsula Racquet Club
Center for Early Education
Winward Prep
El Camino College
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
Boys and Girls Club - Harbor City
South Bay Galleria
St. Margaret Mary Church
First Lutheran Church
Riviera United Methodist Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
USC Information Science Institute
South Bay Children's Center - Torrance, Redondo Beach
Kevin Kashima, DDS
Palos Library District- Miraleste, Malaga Cove and Palos Verdes branches
Palos Verdes Intermediate School
Melvyn Schwarz, DDS
Keesel, Young and Logan Law Offices
Rancho Vista Elementary School
Ridgecrest Intermediate School
Journey of Faith Church
St. Luke's Presbyterian Church
Miraleste Intermediate School
Peninsula Pulmonary Medical Association
Peninsula Pulmonary Sleep Center
ARC Development Center- Vermont and Rosecrans
Pointe Vicente Elementary School
Vista Grande Elementary School
Congregation Ner Tamid
Gardena Valley Christian School
St. Lawrence Martyr Church
Fraternal Order of Eagles- Redondo Beach
Silver Spur Elementary
HCC Surety Group
Point Vicente School
Rolling Hills Prep
Xtreme Fitness and Wellness
Montemalaga Elementary School
Chevron
Torrance Memorial C.H.A.N.G.E. Program
Torrance Memorial Cardiothoracic Surgery Center
Torrance Civic Center Library
Curves - San Pedro
Torrance Memorial - Breast Diagnostic Center
Joint Venture, Urgent Care Center - Manhattan Beach
Torrance Fire Department Station I
Riviera Elementary School
South Bay Children's Health Center - Gardena
Kurt Shery Continuation High School
Richardson Middle School
Lunada Bay Elementary School
Guided Discoveries - Catalina Island
Ascension Lutheran Church - RPV