El Camino Hospital is a state-of-the-art, non-profit, multi-specialty, 300-bed acute care facility in Mountain View, California, with one branch more small in Los Gatos, California. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, approximately 15 miles north of San Jose and 45 miles south of San Francisco, the hospital is considered one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the nation. Because the hospital is located in a relatively affluent community, it typically serves only a small number of indigent and Medi-Cal (California's insurance program for low-income residents) patients. That's because most of the area's indigent and Medi-Cal patients are served by Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, which is a county hospital. Meanwhile, nearly 50% of El Camino Hospital's patients are covered by private insurance such as Blue Shield Blue Cross, United Healthcare, Aetna and Cigna, while about 45% are covered by MediCare or Medicare HMOs. Since its opening in 1961, El Camino Hospital has appreciated and embraced the important role of technological advances in healthcare. In 1971, the hospital partnered with Lockheed to launch the original computerized medical information system. More importantly, due to its geographic advantage, the hospital is not only able to obtain the technology, but also the latest version of it because the company is just down the street. When El Camino Hospital decided to build its new, $470 million technologically advanced and seismically advanced healthcare facility, the hospital calculated that the cost of staffing to make continuous deliveries would exceed $1 million per year. After all, the spacious design (450,000 square feet) combined with the horizontal layout of the new hospital...... middle of paper......price is $4.6 million: Silicon Valley claims 3 of the nation's 10 most expensive hospitals real estate markets. Retrieved from http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/07/07/when-the-median-home-price-is-4-6-million-silicon.html?page=allHerman, B. (2014, January). The Great Pay Debate: 5 Hospital Executive Compensation Trends for 2014. Retrieved from http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/the-great-pay-debate-5-hospital-executive-compensation-trends -for-2014 .htmlMartin Health System. (2012). EPIC: Questions and Answers on Electronic Health Records. Retrieved from http://www.martinhealth.org/upload/docs/EPIC_QA_Electronic_Flier5.pdfVersel, N. (2013, November). A closer look at the electronic health record. Retrieved from http://health.usnews.com/health-news/hospital-of-tomorrow/articles/2013/11/05/taking-a-close-look-at-electronic-health-records