Valley Medical Center provides great care to kids, with some of the region’s top doctors and nurses and terrific facilities. But what we don’t often do is make the experiecne a fun one for kids. The Almaden Valley Kiwanis Club is helping to change that. On Saturday and Sunday April 21-22, the VMC Foundation teamed up with [...]
VMC’s Landmark Achievement in Newborn Breastfeeding Rates
Valley Medical Center now ranks #7 in the state of California for hospital breastfeeding rates according to a report released by the California WIC Association and the UC Davis Human Lactation Center. VMC has achieved a 90% exclusive breastfeeding rate within 24 hours of a baby’s birth at the hospital. “This is a great achievement [...]
Sharks Pediatric Clinic a big win for VMC
After nearly a year of work, the Sharks Foundation and VMC Foundation were delighted to unveil the new Sharks Pediatric Clinic at Valley Health Center Tully to the public on Friday, March 23, 2012. The event included special appearances by Sharks players Patrick Marleau, Dan Boyle and Brent Burns, GM Doug Wilson and Head Coach [...]
Sharks Pediatric Clinic at VMC to be unveiled Friday, March 23
Join Dan Boyle, Brent Burns, Patrick Marleau,* Doug Wilson and the VMC Foundation for the unveiling of the Sharks Pediatric Clinic at Valley Health Center Tully in San Jose on Friday, March 23. For nearly a year, the Sharks Foundation and VMC Foundation have been working to transform one of VMC’s largest community clinics into a [...]
CA Bar Foundation Expands Medical-Legal Clinic to Gilroy
VMC’s successful innovation to place lawyers on site at pediatric clinics is broadening its impact with an expansion into Gilroy this month, thanks to a $20,000 grant from the California Bar Foundation. The rationale for medical-legal partnerships is simple: Sometimes a child’s health problems require a legal solution. VMC’s pediatricians treat children with chronic asthma [...]
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