Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose)

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| Org/Group = Hospital Corporation of America

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| Region = San Jose

| State = California

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Good Samaritan Hospital, commonly known as Good Sam, is an acute care Hospital in the Cambrian district of San Jose, California, with satellite facilities in neighboring Los Gatos. It contains centers for treatment of stroke and chest pain, as well as a large maternity ward. It has been owned by HCA since 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-28-fi-18624-story.html|title=Hospital Giant's Plans Spark Concern About Charity Care : Health: California officials say there will be a probe of recent financial losses at a San Jose firm Columbia / HCA is acquiring.|date=28 December 1995|publisher=|via=LA Times}}

History

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Good Samaritan Health System also operated San Jose Medical Center and Gilroy's South Valley Hospital at the time of the HCA acquisition. Catholic Healthcare West bought South Valley Hospital in 1999 and relocated Saint Louise Hospital in Morgan Hill to the Gilroy location.[http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/1999/05/17/daily1.html CHW to buy South Valley Hospital]{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2000/06/pro-life-no-choice/|title=Pro Life, No Choice|publisher=}} San Jose Medical Center (503-bed) was closed in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/health/article/SAN-JOSE-After-81-years-medical-center-ready-2668763.php|title=SAN JOSE / After 81 years, medical center ready to close / Final ambulance run complete; shutdown scheduled for Dec. 9|first1=Alan|last1=Gathright|first2=Chronicle Staff|last2=Writer|date=30 November 2004|website=SFGate}} HCA acquired the Alexian Brothers Hospital in San Jose in 1998, and renamed it Regional Medical Center of San Jose.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-08-20-9808200386-story.html|title=ALEXIAN BROTHERS TO GET 2 COLUMBIA/HCA HOSPITALS|first=Bruce Japsen, Tribune Staff|last=Writer|website=chicagotribune.com}}

A helipad was built in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://goodsamsanjose.com/about/our-history.dot|title=Our History|website=Good Samaritan Hospital}}

The hospital purchased the 99-bed Mission Oaks Hospital in Los Gatos to provide short-stay services and outpatient cancer treatment.{{cite web|url=https://goodsamsanjose.com/service/outpatient-rehabilitation-program|title=Outpatient rehabilitation programs and services|website=Good Samaritan Hospital}}

Accreditation

The hospital was one of the first five hospitals in the United States to be certified by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center.{{cite web|url=https://goodsamsanjose.com/service/comprehensive-stroke-center|title=Certified comprehensive stroke center and care|website=Good Samaritan Hospital}} It is affiliated with Stanford University and the National Institutes of Health in this endeavor.{{cite web|url=https://stanfordhealthcare.org/newsroom/news/press-releases/2014/nih-ninds.html|title=Thirteen Hospitals Revolutionize Stroke Clinical Research|website=stanfordhealthcare.org}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.goodsamsanjose.com/}}
[http://gis.oshpd.ca.gov/atlas/places/facility/106430779 This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012220158/http://gis.oshpd.ca.gov/atlas/places/facility/106430779 |date=2014-10-12 }} A project by OSHPD
[http://www.healthtrust.org/ The Health Trust website]

Category:Hospitals in Santa Clara County, California

Category:Buildings and structures in San Jose, California

Category:HCA Healthcare

Category:Hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area