Stanford Hospital
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Stanford Hospital and Clinics is known worldwide for advanced treatment of complex disorders in areas such as cardiovascular care, cancer treatment, neurosciences, surgery, and organ transplants. Consistently ranked among the nation's top hospitals, Stanford Hospital and Clinics is internationally recognized for translating medical breakthroughs into the care of patients. According to U.S. News' Best Hospitals 2011-2012, Stanford was ranked 17th out of 4,825 hospitals evaluated, making it the second-highest ranked hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is part of the Stanford University Medical Center, along with the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
As the primary teaching hospital for the Stanford University School of Medicine, the hospital plays a key role in the training of physicians and other medical professionals. It provides a clinical environment for the medical school's researchers as they study ways to translate new knowledge into effective patient care. Full-time faculty and community physicians make up the hospital medical staff.
Stanford Clinics, the group practice of most faculty physicians of Stanford University School of Medicine, includes 493 full-time faculty physicians. Their areas of expertise range from primary care to the most advanced medical and surgical specialties.
Stanford Clinics offer more than 100 specialty and subspecialty service areas. Under the supervision of faculty physicians, Stanford medical students and residents participate in patient care in most specialties. The clinics participate in preferred provider health care programs as well as Medicare and MediCal.
The Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center represents the first time in half a century that Stanford has relocated multiple academic and related clinical activities away from its main academic campus. Facts about Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center:
Mission
For the benefit of our patients and the larger community, the mission of Stanford Hospital & Clinics is to care, to educate, to discover.About
Stanford Hospital provides both general acute care services and tertiary medical care for patients locally, nationally and internationally.As the primary teaching hospital for the Stanford University School of Medicine, the hospital plays a key role in the training of physicians and other medical professionals. It provides a clinical environment for the medical school's researchers as they study ways to translate new knowledge into effective patient care. Full-time faculty and community physicians make up the hospital medical staff.
Stanford Clinics, the group practice of most faculty physicians of Stanford University School of Medicine, includes 493 full-time faculty physicians. Their areas of expertise range from primary care to the most advanced medical and surgical specialties.
Stanford Clinics offer more than 100 specialty and subspecialty service areas. Under the supervision of faculty physicians, Stanford medical students and residents participate in patient care in most specialties. The clinics participate in preferred provider health care programs as well as Medicare and MediCal.
Outpatient Center
A new era in Stanford ambulatory care has begun with the opening of the Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center in Redwood City. The Outpatient Center offers an environment that is commensurate with Stanford's quality of care, and the facility was built with a patient-centric approach to provide the highest level of personal service. Every aspect of comfort for patients has been thoroughly planned, from concierge assistance to one-stop convenience.The Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center represents the first time in half a century that Stanford has relocated multiple academic and related clinical activities away from its main academic campus. Facts about Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center:
- Size: 360,000 square feet
- Medical Facilities: 96 exam rooms, 3 MRIs and 3 CTs, along with 6 operating rooms designed for the increasing number of surgical procedures that do not require hospitalization.
- Clinics: All outpatient services for Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Dermatology, Sleep Medicine, and Pain Management. Extensive diagnostic imaging services and equipment are also available on-site. And a new Digestive Health Center also is being planned, as well as a weight loss center.
- Medical staff: More than 100 Stanford faculty physicians from the School of Medicine will have offices and clinics at the new Outpatient Center.