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{{Infobox hospital
| Name       = Adventist Health Howard Memorial 
| Org/Group  = [[Adventist Health]]
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| Logo        = https://www.adventisthealth.org/howard-memorial/MEDSEEK%20Style%20Library/AH-Howard.png
| Location   =
| Region     = [[Willits, California|Willits]]
| State      = California
| Country    = US
| HealthCare = Private
| Type       = Community
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| Emergency  = <!-- UK/IR/HK/SG: Yes/No, CA/US: I/II/III for Trauma certification level -->
| Affiliation=
| Beds       = 67
| Founded    = 1927
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| Website    = {{URL|https://adventisthealth.org/howard-memorial/}}
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{{Seventh-day Adventism}}
'''Adventist Health Howard Memorial''' (formerly Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital) is a rural 25-bed [[Critical Access Hospital]] located in [[Willits, California]], a northern [[Mendocino County, California|Mendocino County]] community known as "gateway to the redwoods."

==History==
In the early 1920s, the community of Willits realized the need for a community hospital and in 1925, the Willits Development Association sponsored the first Frontier Days, as a benefit to begin construction of a hospital. In 1926, [[Charles S. Howard]] became interested in building a hospital in memory of his son who had died in an auto accident. With further convincing from several local citizens, the Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital (HMH), named after Charles' son, came into existence.<ref name="About Us">[http://www.howardhospital.com/about_us.php About Us]</ref>

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held and construction began in 1927. The next year, the original hospital building was completed with the board of directors consisting of the Howard family. Several years later, in 1946, the south wing was constructed adding two three-bed wards and three semi-private rooms, making HMH a 20-bed hospital.<ref name="About Us"/>

Throughout the next several years, HMH continued to enlarge and 1955 was the busiest year for construction in the hospital's history. During that year, a new surgical wing was built, adding two operating rooms; Central Oxygen Quarters, Sterile Central Supply, and areas for physician and nurse lounges were added; and the kitchen and laundry were enlarged. The X-ray department was renovated in 1960. In the midst of building, HMH received its first accreditation by the Joint Commissions on Accreditation of Hospitals.  In 1970, a new patient wing was completed, making HMH a 42-bed facility and adding a Critical Care unit, nursery and emergency room. A pathology and laboratory department was completed in 1973 and the Smalley Medical Center was built in 1977.<ref name="About Us"/>

The 1980s were a time when the hospital continued to grow. A surgical wing was added in 1980, the entire inside of the hospital received a facelift in 1982 and the business office and data processing center was remodeled to accommodate a new in-house computer system. In 1985, a wing of the hospital was converted into an Emergency Urgent Care facility, including new state-of-the-art treatment facilities. One year later, in 1986, HMH joined [[Adventist Health]] and a memorial chapel was added.<ref name="About Us"/>

==External links==
* [https://www.adventisthealth.org/howard-memorial/pages/default.aspx Adventist Health Howard Memorial]
*[http://gis.oshpd.ca.gov/atlas/places/facility/106230949 This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas] A project by OSHPD

==See also==
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==References==
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