El Camino Hospital

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| Name = El Camino Health

| Org/Group = El Camino Healthcare District

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| Location = Mountain View, Los Gatos

| State = California

| Country = US

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| Founded = 1961

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| Website = https://www.elcaminohealth.org/

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El Camino Health is a non-profit hospital with 420 beds (Mountain View Main Campus){{cite web |url=http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ca/el-camino-hospital-6931392 |title=El Camino Hospital |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |website=Health Care: Best Hospitals |accessdate=November 6, 2017 }} based on a {{convert|41|acre|ha|0|adj=on}} campus in Mountain View, California. There is a second, smaller hospital campus, El Camino Hospital, Los Gatos, in Los Gatos, with additional satellite clinics in the West Valley/Lower Peninsula area of Silicon Valley. Since September 2017, the CEO has been Dan Woods.{{cite news |first=Kevin |last=Forestieri |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2017/11/03/hospitals-new-ceo-says-patient-care-is-top-priority |title=Hospital's new CEO says patient care is top priority |newspaper=Mountain View Voice |date=November 3, 2017 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |pages=1, 8 }}

El Camino Health serves residents in the El Camino Healthcare District, a special tax district that includes Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and portions of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Cupertino, as well as people in surrounding communities. The hospital opened in 1961 following a successful ballot initiative in 1956 to establish the tax district and fund the construction of the hospital with $7.3 million in bonds.{{cite news |first=Jennifer van der |last=Kleut |url=https://patch.com/california/losgatos/el-camino-hospital-turns-50-aa5b9dee |title=El Camino Hospital Turns 50 |website=patch.com |date=September 23, 2011 |access-date=August 24, 2021}} In 2009 it bought the former Community Hospital of Los Gatos and renamed it El Camino Hospital Los Gatos.{{cite news |first=Casey |last=Weiss |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2009/04/16/its-official-el-camino-adds-los-gatos-site |title=It's official: El Camino adds Los Gatos site |newspaper=Mountain View Voice |date=April 16, 2009 |access-date=August 24, 2021}} Land was acquired in 2016 for a campus in San Jose.{{cite news |first=Kevin |last=Forestieri |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2017/07/27/el-camino-plans-to-open-new-clinic-in-san-jose |title=El Camino plans to open new clinic in San Jose |newspaper=Mountain View Voice |date=July 27, 2017 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}

El Camino Health has several times been designated a nursing magnet hospital by the American Nursing Credentialing Center.{{cite news |first=Kevin |last=Forestieri |url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2016/10/07/el-camino-hospital-nurses-reject-new-contract |title=El Camino Health nurses reject new contract |newspaper=Mountain View Voice |date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=August 24, 2021}} Specialties include acute rehabilitation, cardiac care, dialysis, cancer care, maternal child health services, orthopedics, neurosurgery and behavioral health.

U.S. News ranked the hospital #25 (out of 428 hospitals) for Best Hospitals in California.{{Cite news| url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ca| title=Best Hospitals in California| work=U.S. News & World Report| access-date=August 24, 2021}}