Kaiser San Jose Medical Center

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]

Kaiser San Jose Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser San Jose Medical Center in
the Santa Teresa district of South San Jose
Geography
LocationSan Jose, Santa Clara County, California, United States
Coordinates37.239392°N 121.800795°W / 37.239392; -121.800795 (Kaiser San Jose)
Services
Beds242[1]
History
Opened1970
Links
ListsHospitals in California

History
Surgery Center.
Urgent Care Building.

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]

View of the main campus.

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 farmers market on its campus, as part of its initiative to promote healthier eating habits.[5]

COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaiser San Jose was the center of a large coronavirus breakout on Christmas Day 2020, which resulted in more than 100 positive cases and 1 staff death,[6][7] one of the largest outbreaks in the Bay Area.[8]

The Santa Clara County Health Department fined the hospital $85,000 for delays in reporting the outbreak.[9][10]

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
  1. Kaiser Permanente - About KP San Jose Medical Center
  2. Healthgrades - Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center
  3. Silicon Valley Business Journal - Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center exec Terry Austen keeps patients at the center of all decisions
  4. San Jose Mercury News - Lifelike Robotic Patients Help Improve Medical Training at Kaiser San Jose
  5. Best Farmers Markets - Kaiser Permanente San Jose
  6. KTVU - Inflatable Costume Not the Only Source of Deadly Christmas COVID Outbreak at Kaiser San Jose
  7. Los Angeles Times - Kaiser San Jose Patients Test Positive for Coronavirus After Christmas Day Outbreak
  8. San Jose Inside - Even Before Recent Outbreak, San Jose Kaiser Faced Steep Fines for Covid Safety Violations
  9. Los Angeles Times - Kaiser San Jose Hospital Fined as Covid-19 Outbreak Continues to Grow
  10. San Jose Mercury News - Coronavirus: Weeks before Christmas outbreak, Kaiser San Jose fined $85,000 for violations
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