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Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) Hospital and Clinics is an integral part of the public healthcare delivery system in the County of Santa Clara, emphasizing quality care, research, teaching, innovation, and most importantly, a focus on a positive patient experience. Our mission is to provide high quality accessible healthcare and excellent service to all persons in County of Santa Clara County regardless of their social-economic status and ability to pay. SCVMC includes a tertiary level acute care hospital with 731 licensed beds, providing the highest level of adult and pediatric emergency medical and trauma services, a regional high risk Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, an ACS-verified Burn Trauma Center, a Primary Stroke Center, a CARF-accredited Rehabilitation Center, emergency and acute inpatient psychiatric services, as well as a range of other specialized services – in some cases the only such treatment in the region. The medical center hosts five highly competitive residency training programs and partners with Stanford University Medical Center for the training of residents and fellows in many Stanford-based specialties. SCVMC also offers high quality clinical training experiences for more than 30 non-physician healthcare professions, including exceptional clinical training for more than 1,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) annually. SCVMC provides a range of outpatient primary and specialty care services. Its large primary care network includes eight health centers located throughout the county, four urgent care clinics, comprehensive dental services and numerous community-based health services offering care to young adults, individuals experiencing homelessness, and other vulnerable members of our community. SCVMC also offers comprehensive specialty care outpatient services, including the Sobrato Cancer Center at Valley Specialty Center, a Renal Care Center, and a Diabetes Center. A critical healthcare delivery system for the region, in 2017 SCVMC care teams served more than 275,000 individuals, performed more than 10,000 surgeries, admitted 25,000 patients for acute inpatient hospital stays, delivered 3,200 babies, and provided more than 800,000 medical treatments in the ED and other outpatient settings. SCVMC is part of the County of Santa Clara Health System, the second-largest County-owned health and hospital system in California committed to improving the health of the 1.8 million residents of Santa Clara County. As an integrated health care system, the Health System comprises the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), Behavioral Health Department, Custody Health Services Department, Emergency Medical Services Agency (EMS), Public Health Department, and Valley Health Plan.Content posted on County websites will in no way constitute a legal or official notice to the County or any official or employee/affiliate of the County for any purpose.
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