Kaiser San Jose Medical Center
Kaiser San Jose Medical Center | |
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Kaiser Permanente | |
Geography | |
Location | San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States |
Coordinates | 37°14′22″N 121°48′03″W / 37.239392°N 121.800795°W |
Services | |
Beds | 242[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1970 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in California |
Kaiser San Jose Medical Center, also known as Kaiser Santa Teresa, is a Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Jose, California, located in the Santa Teresa district of South San Jose. Kaiser San Jose has been ranked within the top 50 best hospitals in the United States by Healthgrades in 2019, 2020, and 2021.[2]
History
Kaiser opened its facilities in Santa Teresa in 1970, originally as a medical offices site.
In 1982, it opened its Gilroy Medical Offices site, serving the South Valley region of the Santa Clara Valley.[1]
In 2010, Kaiser San Jose was included in the Leapfrog Group's ranking of top hospitals.[3]
Owing to its location within the high-tech influence of Silicon Valley, Kaiser San Jose's medical training program has often included innovative practices and equipment, such as robotic patients for medical training purposes.[4]
Since 2016, Kaiser San Jose has hosted a
COVID-19 pandemic
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Facilities
Kaiser San Jose is located in the Santa Teresa district of South San Jose. It is nearby to the West Valley Freeway (CA-85) and the Cottle station of the VTA light rail.
Kaiser San Jose Medical Center also operates a medical offices site in Gilroy, California, in the South Valley region of Silicon Valley.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Kaiser Permanente - About KP San Jose Medical Center
- ^ Healthgrades - Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center
- ^ Silicon Valley Business Journal - Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center exec Terry Austen keeps patients at the center of all decisions
- San Jose Mercury News - Lifelike Robotic Patients Help Improve Medical Training at Kaiser San Jose
- ^ Best Farmers Markets - Kaiser Permanente San Jose
- ^ KTVU - Inflatable Costume Not the Only Source of Deadly Christmas COVID Outbreak at Kaiser San Jose
- ^ Los Angeles Times - Kaiser San Jose Patients Test Positive for Coronavirus After Christmas Day Outbreak
- ^ San Jose Inside - Even Before Recent Outbreak, San Jose Kaiser Faced Steep Fines for Covid Safety Violations
- ^ Los Angeles Times - Kaiser San Jose Hospital Fined as Covid-19 Outbreak Continues to Grow
- San Jose Mercury News - Coronavirus: Weeks before Christmas outbreak, Kaiser San Jose fined $85,000 for violations