[4] Subsequently, in December 2020 the hospital was facing a critical staffing shortage.

[5] Yuma Regional Medical Center was founded as Parkview Hospital in 1958.

[8] In 2004, a new six-story hospital tower was completed, adding a 42-bed ICU, a heart center, and over 140 new regular beds.

[9][10] In 2013, YRMC became a teaching facility with the addition of a graduate medical education (GME) program in Family and Community Medicine.

In 2018 the center was certified by the Commission on Cancer, a part of the American College of Surgeons.