[1] In 1979 Northridge Hospital and Valley Hospital in Van Nuys created a joint parent company – HealthWest.

[2] In 1988, HealthWest merged with the Lutheran Hospital Society of Southern California, the parent company of California Hospital Medical Center, to form UniHealth.

[4] UniHealth struggled financially in the 1990s after acquiring physician groups in difficulties, and in 1998, UniHealth sold its hospitals to Catholic Healthcare West.

Northridge Hospital was the site where legendary Los Angeles Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn was pronounced dead on August 5, 2002, after suffering a fall three days earlier.

[7] The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Cancer Center is also located at the hospital.