El Camino Hospital Now Fully Operational

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new technologically and seismically advanced El Camino Hospital, the hospital of Silicon Valley, is now fully operational. All 119 patients were safely transferred to the new facility and the new emergency department began accepting walk-ins and ambulance traffic on Sunday, Nov. 15, within minutes of activation.

Since the first days of operation, hospital physicians have carried out a substantial number of procedures, including:

• Over 500 patients admitted to the emergency department
• 116 Surgeries
  • 15 of the 116 surgeries were performed via the new daVinci^® Robotic Surgery System
• 45 interventional lab procedures
  • Interventional procedures included one minimally invasive treatment of severe peripheral vascular disease (PVD). The procedure was performed in the new, state of the art hybrid interventional/surgical suite.
  • The hybrid interventional suite and robotic surgeries at El Camino Hospital allow surgeons to perform more minimally invasive procedures which can reduce pain and recovery times for patients.
• 900 digital radiology procedures with the newly acquired filmless digital imaging equipment.

To learn more about the new hospital and to view multimedia resources, please visit our online newsroom at: www.elcaminohospital.org/About_El_Camino_Hospital/Newsroom or call 650-940-7000.

About El Camino Hospital

El Camino Hospital, ranked among the top five percent of hospitals nationwide for clinical excellence by HealthGrades for five consecutive years, is an acute care, 542-bed, not-for-profit and locally-governed organization with campuses in Mountain View and Los Gatos, Calif. In addition to a state-of-the-art emergency department, key medical specialty focuses include cancer care, heart and vascular, neuroscience, genomic medicine, orthopedic and spine and women’s health.

El Camino Hospital has delivered the highest level of medical services to the communities of Silicon Valley for more than four decades. The hospital is also recognized as a national leader in the use of health information technology to promote patient safety, including computerized order entry, electronic medical records and wireless communications. El Camino Hospital was the pioneer hospital for computerized physician order entry (CPOE), having started its program in 1971. Additionally El Camino Hospital is an accredited Mega Heart and Certified Chest Pain Center and a Santa Clara County Certified STEMI Receiving Center, and a Joint Commission certified stroke center.

El Camino Hospital has been recognized for its clinical excellence with awards such as: Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Center; ANCC Magnet Recognition for Nursing Care and Bay Area Parent Magazine’s Award for Best Hospital or Clinic. El Camino Hospital was recently recognized by Popular Science Magazine as one of the “100 Best Innovations of the Year.”

To learn more about El Camino Hospital, the services it provides in Mountain View and Los Gatos, and its commitment to doing “Whatever it Takes” to provide the best and safest patient care, visit our Web site at www.elcaminohospital.org. For a physician referral, visit our Web site or call the El Camino Health Line at 800-216-5556.