10 Things to Know About Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, Calif., is a safety net hospital and is part of the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System.

Here are 10 things to know about Santa Clara Valley Medical Center:

1. The interim CEO is Trudy Johnson.

2. Dave McGrew serves as the CFO.

3. SCVMC has 554 beds.

4. The hospital has 4,578 employees.

5. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center recorded $2.1 billion in gross charges and a net income of $17.8 million in 2011, as reported by the American Hospital Directory.

6. SCVMC discharged a total of 21,545 patients in 2011. The hospital performed 3,300 inpatient surgeries and 9,000 outpatient surgeries in 2011. There were 4,500 births at the hospital last year.

7. In 2010, SCVMC was recognized by Consumer Reports as one of 105 hospitals in the nation that reported no central-line infections.

8. The County Hospital was built in 1876, where SCVMC currently stands, due to the efforts of Dr. Benjamin Cory, San Jose's first medical practitioner.

9. SCVMC made Becker's Hospital Review list of the top 25 grossing public hospitals in 2011.

10. The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission.

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Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly listed Linda Smith as CEO of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Ms. Smith was released from the hospital in June 2011. We apologize for the error.

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