Santa Clara County Health System

County of Santa Clara
Health System
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Santa Clara County, California
Headquarters	Valley Medical Center
Employees	About 8,000
Annual budget	$3.9 billion
Agency executive	Dr. Sara Cody, County Health Officer;
Website	health.sccgov.org

The County of Santa Clara Health System is the public healthcare system of Santa Clara County, California. It includes a network of county-owned hospitals and clinics called Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, health-related county agencies including the Public Health Department, and a health insurance plan.

History

The Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System was established in 1993. It became the Santa Clara County Health System in March 2019 after the county acquired O'Connor Hospital, Saint Louise Regional Hospital, and DePaul Health Center (now VHC Morgan Hill) from Verity Health System to prevent the hospitals' closure.^[2] In 2024, the county reached an agreement to purchase Regional Medical Center of San Jose from HCA Healthcare to reverse service cuts.^[3]

Valley Medical Center, in San Jose, is the flagship hospital of the system.

Facility	Location	Notes
Flagship hospital
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center	Fruitdale, San Jose	731-bed hospital
Other hospitals
O'Connor Hospital	West San Carlos, San Jose	• 358-bed hospital
St. Louise Regional Hospital	Gilroy	• 93-bed hospital

Facility	Image	Location
Valley Health Centers
Valley Health Center Alexian		Alum Rock, San Jose
Valley Health Center Bascom		Fruitdale, San Jose
Valley Health Center Downtown		Downtown San Jose
Valley Health Center East Valley		Alum Rock, San Jose
Valley Health Center Gilroy		Gilroy
Valley Health Center Lenzen		The Alameda, San Jose
Valley Health Center Milpitas		Milpitas
Valley Health Center Moorpark		Fruitdale, San Jose
Valley Health Center Morgan Hill ^[4]		Morgan Hill
Valley Health Center Sunnyvale		Sunnyvale
Valley Health Center Tully		Monterey Corridor, San Jose

^ "County of Santa Clara: Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Adopted Budget" (PDF). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^ Holtzclaw, Barry (March 8, 2019). "Newly Expanded County Hospital System Requires Bigger Subsidies". San Jose Inside. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
^ Pho, Brandon (August 21, 2024). "Santa Clara County to buy Regional Medical Center". San José Spotlight. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
^ "VHC Morgan Hill to Expand Health Care Coverage for South County" (Press release). Santa Clara County Office of Communications and Public Affairs. March 15, 2024. Retrieved September 13, 2024.