El Camino Hospital
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- El Camino Hospitalis a 395-bed hospital based in Mountain View, California.
Located on a 41-acre campus in the heart of Silicon Valley, El Camino Hospital serves residents in the El Camino Hospital District -- Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and portions of Sunnyvale and Palo Alto – as well as those in surrounding communities.
Established in 1961, the hospital has delivered the highest level of medical services to the community for more than four decades. El Camino Hospital is the only hospital in the Bay Area and one of only six in California that has been designated as a nursing magnet hospital by the American Nursing Credentialing Center. Its quality programs and high customer satisfaction rankings have been recognized locally and nationally. Specialties include cardiac care, dialysis, cancer care, maternal child health services, orthopedics, neurosurgery and behavioral health. The hospital is also recognized as a national leader in the use of health information technology to promote patient safety, including barcoding, computerized order entry, electronic medical records and wireless communications.
El Camino Hospital District Board member Dominick Curatola resigned abruptly in February, 2007. He had been under investigation in 2006 by the District Board for conflicts of interest. The Board did not release any results from its investigation. Chairperson Ed Bough, MD was also investigated by the District Board, but has not yet resigned.
