McGraw-Hill Publishing and California Construction Magazine have given their Best of 2010 Award of Merit in Healthcare to El Camino Hospital.
A special thanks to Rudolph & Sletten, the project's general contractor, for submitting the project to McGraw-Hill Construction for the 2010 awards program.
For more details on the Best of 2010 awards program and this year's winners, please take a look at their press release.
Health Facilities Management selected the new El Camino Replacement Hospital as their October cover story. ECH is also featured in the Architectural Showcase in Healthcare Design's September issue.
El Camino is a terrific client, and we worked with an exceptional team. Congratulations to everyone!
It was promised to be the hospital of the future and now that it is up and running, the new El Camino hospital facility in Mountain View is employing a complex mix of high technology and new innovation. This story about El Camino Hospital Mountain View ran on KGO-TV San Francisco.
ABC's Good Morning America tours El Camino Hospital Mountain View and covers its use of new technology. Note: If the video won't play below, you can also see it at the ABC News website.
Dr. Phil Strong, a hospitalist at El Camino Hospital Mountain View and part-time consultant to the hospital's IT department, talks about the hospital's history of innovation, which stems in part from its roots in Silicon Valley.
The labyrinth embedded into the El Camino Hospital lobby represents calm and encourages private meditation. The oculus directly above the labyrinth produces an echo that directs energy back into the labyrinth.
High-tech health care
Robots are in the halls delivering supplies and in the operating rooms helping with surgeries, but the $80 million this Silicon Valley hospital recently invested in technology works behind the scenes as well. MarketWatch's Kristen Gerencher reports.
To see the video, go to the original article at MarketWatch.com
Taking advantage of technology to save energy, promote patient safety, and deliver occupant comfort - by Jon Inman, Healthcare Sector Lead for Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch (M+NLB).
"There's a reason that the 450,000-square-foot El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California, has been called 'the most advanced hospital' in the country. The facility, which opened last fall, features robotic surgery suites, autonomous supply carts, biometric palm scanning for patient registraton, and a Star Trek-like voice-activated communications system that connects staff with each other individually."
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Medical technology isn't the only thing that's high-tech at the new El Camino Hospital. On Monday, June 14, Jamie Millican (Millican Jones) and Deborah Roundtree (Roundtree Visuals) will be at NeoCon 2010, to talk about the integrated digital art and communications program at El Camino Hospital. [Session M104]
Here are some highlights:In their Best of What's New 2009, Popular Science said, "El Camino Hospital is the most technologically advanced in the world." Here's more evidence, from Bloomberg BusinessWeek:
Robots (TUG) will contribute to a cleaner environment by moving independently throughout the hospital carrying medical supplies and patient meals.
