Coordinates: 40°18′10″N 111°42′30″W / 40.30278°N 111.70833°W / 40.30278; -111.70833 Orem Community Hospital Orem, Utah, is part of the Intermountain Healthcare system.
Orem Community Hospital (OCH) specializes in outpatient services including obstetrics and same day surgery. Its relationship with Utah Valley Regional Medical Center means OCH has the backup and support of a larger hospital, while at the same time maintaining the personalized care expected from a community hospital.
Orem Community features 24 LDRP rooms, where mothers labor, deliver, recover and spend their postpartum stay all in the same room. This is a unique birthing option in Utah County. In 2008 1,426 babies were delivered at the hospital.
History Orem Community Hospital opened in 1981 as a maternity hospital, and after five years and a 13,000-square-foot (1,200 m2) expansion OCH became a full-service hospital, with an emergency room, Women's Center, medical surgical, laboratory, x-ray and health education services.
In 1995, the Central Orem Health Center addition was completed along with a WorkMed unit and the Utah Valley Pediatric Rehabilitation Center. A beautification of the campus began with the addition of a jogging path around the campus and soccer fields in conjunction with Orem City.
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