The Fogarty Institute for Innovation has sought to be a place for ingenuity, research and business incubation that does not rely on an academic setting. Unlike academic medical institutions, the Fogarty Institute for Innovation is not tied to a university. It was founded in 2006 by Thomas Fogarty, M.D., after being approached by El Camino Hospital in Mountain View.
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Noel Novak is the first patient at El Camino Hospital Los Gatos’ Rehabilitation Center, which opened June 28 to rehabilitate patients affected by neurological disorders such as stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injuries and other orthopedic disorders.Two months ago, doctors at El Camino Hospital Los Gatos diagnosed Novak with Guillain-Barré syndrome after he arrived in the emergency room unable to breathe or walk.
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What does it take to bring a hospital up to California's earthquake-safety standards while also endowing it with the kind of technology that sets it apart in tech-savvy Silicon Valley? In the case of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., it took seven years, the help of 375 companies and $480 million to build a seismically sound, technologically enhanced replacement tower, said Greg Walton, its chief information officer.
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Implementing a few clinical systems isn't going to get you applause at El Camino Hospital. That's because the organization has "been there, done that," implementing the first CPOE system some 40 years ago. Considering that tough crowd, the CIO role isn't for newcomers, and Greg Walton is no newcomer.
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One of Linda Muniz's newest colleagues is a robot that makes deliveries. On a recent morning, Muniz greeted the robot as it rolled up to the nursing station at El Camino Hospital in the Silicon Valley community of Mountain View, Calif., and announced its presence in a polite female voice.
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Always athletic and active, Evelyn Osenda began to notice her slower pace while walking the trails in Yosemite National Park with her family. “I noticed I was always behind hiking,” the Sunnyvale resident said. “All at once, I’m 20 to 30 feet behind them trying to catch up.” But Osenda really became alarmed when other problems surfaced besides keeping pace on Yosemite’s trails. Difficulty walking, eating and breathing emerged overnight.
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Chef Jacques Wilson, off 68 resident and executive chef of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, formerly executive chef of The Sardine Factory, on March 27 received the 2009 Chef of the Year award from the American Culinary Federation Monterey Bay Chapter.
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Attendance topped more than 700 at the second annual Scarlet Night, a fundraiser for the South Asian Heart Center at El Camino Hospital. More than $115,000 was raised March 20 at the San Jose Convention Center from ticket sales, sponsorships, donations, a silent auction and grants to support the center’s goal in providing access to heart disease assessment, lifestyles counseling and other preventive services for the South Asian population.
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Early detection of breast cancer can mean the difference between life and death, a mastectomy or a lumpectomy, non-invasive treatment or full-on chemotherapy. At El Camino Hospital's Cancer Center in Mountain View, doctors are using cutting edge technologies to find breast cancer at the earliest possible stage.
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Michael Fitzgerald shares the story of a young man who one day was so overwhelmed with life, he made his way to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and stepped over the pedestrian barrier. "The moment he stepped off the rail, he went, ‘Oops,'" Fitzgerald said.
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