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Metabolic Wellness Program uses glucose monitors to boost health

WEBDr. Ronesh Sinha, an internal medicine physician with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, serves as director of Sutter Health’s Metabolic Wellness Program, which teaches program participants via a series of webinars to use a continuous glucose monitor to prevent, control and possibly reverse diabetes and heart disease, and promote weight …

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Board of Supervisors funds first north county health clinic

WEBN orth Santa Clara County residents are one step closer to having their first county comprehensive primary care clinic in the county’s 173-year history. The County Board of Supervisors Dec. 5 unanimously approved $18.5 million for improvements to the 24,500-square-foot facility located on the Mountain View-Palo Alto border at 4151 …

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Behavioral health employees lament potential loss of CHAC as …

WEBCHAC leaders have indicated the Pacific Clinics alliance is an opportunity to provide more behavioral health services to more people in the Mountain View-Los Altos area. Unlike CHAC, Pacific Clinics can take patients with MediCal and private insurance. It was the lack of MediCal payment acceptance that led to unpaid services, a massive …

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Tentative agreement has CHAC partnering with Pacific Clinics

WEBLeaders with the Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC) have signed a letter of intent to be acquired by Pacific Clinics, a move they say will bolster mental health services and lead to long-term stability. Both parties signed the letter March 11, putting into motion a due diligence period before the sale becomes official July 1.

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El Camino Health, Healthcare District set to distribute $11 million …

WEBEl Camino Health and the El Camino Healthcare District jointly pledged $11 million to health organizations and programs across the Bay Area in the coming year, according to the El

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El Camino Health, nurses union agree to a new contract

WEBJul 3, 2023. Mountain View-based El Camino Health and the Professional Resource for Nurses union, which represents hospital nurses in the El Camino Health system, reached an agreement on a new three-year contract last week. The agreement, which took three months of back-and-forth between the health system and union, was ratified June 25 …

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County works to improve response to mental health emergencies

WEBThe California Mental Health Services Act, which voters approved in 2004 as a way to expand the state’s behavioral health system, funds both the local PERT and provides some of the financial support for the San Diego County version as well. The act imposes a 1% income tax on personal incomes in excess of $1 million each year.

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Expert talks heart health and cardiovascular disease

WEBAs American Heart Health Month, which spans all of February, ends, the Town Crier reached out to El Camino Health cardiology expert Dr. Jane Lombard to learn more about the

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CHAC: Boosting families’ access to mental health services

WEBToday, CHAC continues to carry out its mission of improving lives and strengthening communities through access to comprehensive and culturally responsive mental health services in northern Santa Clara County. • 2021 update: Since the onset of the pandemic, CHAC’s services have been needed to help families cope with the …

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Fitness with friends: Finding community at the local gym

WEBThe family-friendly club features an outdoor pool, swim lessons, basketball and group classes ranging from Zumba to martial arts, yoga and aqua fitness. • 24-Hour Fitness, 550 Showers Drive, Mountain View; 941-2268; 24hourfitness.com. 24-Hour Fitness Super Sport, 2535 California St., Mountain View; 935-9064; 24hourfitness.com.

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El Camino Health to change RoadRunners program Business

WEBThis is not only an exceptionally poor decision for El Camino Health's patients but for ECH itself as it exposes itself (and as a district hospital, taxpayers) to an exponentially higher level of liability.

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El Camino Health, Anthem continue to spar over health-care costs

WEBAnthem officials cited costs for common procedures at El Camino Health that far exceed the statewide average. Its numbers include $8,700 for a colonoscopy versus $4,000 statewide, and $75,000 for hip replacement surgery compared to a statewide average of $29,000. But according to Bohorquez: “The Bay Area has higher healthcare …

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El Camino Hospital acquires Los Gatos hospital

WEBEnding months of rumors and speculation, El Camino Hospital officials announced Dec. 17 they have reached an agreement with Long Beach-based HCP Inc. to purchase Community Hospital of Los Gatos, located at 815 Pollard Road, when the current tenant’s lease expires June 1. The transaction will effectively expand El Camino’s …

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Byrne cancer treatment fund helps single women Community

WEBByrne, who was born at El Camino Hospital in 1963 and was a lifelong resident of the Los Altos-Mountain View area, died of the disease in 2011 at age 47, two and a half years after she was diagnosed. She had spent her life giving back to the community as a volunteer and as an employee of both the city of Los Altos and Los …

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ECH offers COVID vaccinations using mobile van Community

WEB“Santa Clara County already ranks highly in California for COVID-19 vaccination rates, but we know it’s our job to support public health by making sure every single eligible person has easy and free access to this life-saving vaccine,” said Dan Woods, CEO of El Camino Health.

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Out with the old: Original El Camino Hospital building finally …

WEBThe original 60-year-old El Camino Hospital building is slowly and methodically disappearing. A painstaking deconstruction effort is currently underway to take the six-story building apart, piece by piece.

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Physical therapy techniques can improve gut health

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Pelvic floor health and pregnancy: Conditions expectant mothers …

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El Camino Health hires new chief operating officer Business

WEBAug 16, 2022. El Camino Health recently hired Meenesh Bhimani, M.D., as its new chief operating officer. He will oversee hospital operational and functional areas, including all clinical inpatient areas, nursing, facilities, patient experience, pharmacy and all support and ancillary services. His first day on the job was Aug. 8.

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