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>> My name is Phil Strong.
[Background music] I'm one of the hospitalists
at El Camino Hospital and I also work half time
for the IT department and doing various special projects.
El Camino Hospital is very early in the game and the history
of that has to do with its location in Silicon Valley,
almost before the Silicon Valley.
El Camino Hospital being relatively small,
relatively unencumbered by democracy has had an opportunity
to deploy technologies much faster than other organizations.
The hospital gets recognized for a high level of quality
and that has effects on neighboring companies
that are interested in trying things out.
I think it's mostly a cultural thing.
The hospital's been involved with technology for many years
and there's an expectation among the nursing staff
and among the physicians that, you know, if we can figure
out a way to benefit from technology,
at least we'll try it.
Technology in and on itself doesn't do anything.
It's only when you have a culture that's ready
to adopt technology that you're going to be able
to accelerate change and that's one of the unique things
about El Camino Hospital.
It makes it a place where we want to continue to work.
You know it's a pleasure to work at a hospital that has
such high levels of nursing care, and high levels
of quality, you know, reflects on us as well so it's fantastic.
It's hard to work anywhere else.