[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 46 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              IN RECOGNITION OF MEMORIALCARE HEALTH SYSTEM

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                         HON. LAURA RICHARDSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 1, 2011

  Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and celebrate 
an innovator in the health care delivery industry: MemorialCare Health 
System. A not-for-profit integrated delivery system, MemorialCare 
serves the health care needs of individuals and families throughout 
southern California. Two of MemorialCare's flagship facilities, the 
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children's Hospital Long 
Beach, play a major role in promoting the health and wellness of my 
district. MemorialCare's other facilities--Orange Coast Memorial 
Medical Center in Fountain Valley, CA and Saddleback Memorial Medical 
Center in Laguna Hills, CA and San Clemente, CA--are also vitally 
important to the wellbeing of the populations that they serve.
  In addition to its already impressive list of recognitions and 
accolades, MemorialCare was recently honored with the Gallup 2011 Great 
Workplace Award. The Gallup Great Workplace Award is based on what is 
being called ``the most rigorous workplace research ever conducted.'' 
This year only 28 other companies received this honor, which is 
reserved for the most productive and engaged workforces in the world. 
According to Gallup, employees at MemorialCare and other honored 
companies are twice as likely as employees elsewhere to agree that: 
they receive recognition for their good work; they feel like their 
opinions count; their colleagues encourage their professional 
development; they have coworkers who are committed to quality work; and 
they work for a company whose mission and purpose make them feel like 
their job is important.
  MemorialCare Health System has recognized something that is critical 
to our future prosperity: productive and enlightened management that 
respects and empowers workers leads to economic success and strong 
communities. I am proud that the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and 
Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach stand as shining examples of this 
approach in my district. As we continue working as a nation to create 
good-paying jobs and strengthen our economic recovery, I hope that 
employers across the country will take note of MemorialCare's 
leadership in this area.
  Mr. Speaker, I extend my sincere congratulations to MemorialCare 
Health System for this honor.

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