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Swedish Health Services (formerly Swedish Medical Center) is a nonprofit healthcare provider in the Seattle metropolitan area.It operates five hospital campuses (in the Seattle neighborhoods of First Hill, Cherry Hill and Ballard, and the cities of Edmonds and Issaquah), ambulatory care centers in the cities of Redmond and Mill Creek, and Swedish Medical Group, a network of more than 100 ...
In 1908, Swedish became the first hospital to open on First Hill and was followed by Virginia Mason in 1920 and Harborview in 1931; other hospitals also opened on the hill in the early 20th century but later closed, including Cabrini Hospital, Maynard Hospital, Seattle General Hospital, and Doctors Hospital.
In 2009, The Polyclinic partnered with Swedish Medical Center to implement electronic health records. [5] In 2012, The Polyclinic Madison Center opened. [6] This location became the main hub for primary and specialty care at The Polyclinic, visible from Interstate 5. At this time, the Broadway building became a satellite location to the Madison ...
Harborview was instrumental in establishing Medic One, one of the country's first paramedic response programs. Many of Washington state's emergency medical service technicians are trained at the hospital. Harborview is also the principal clinical site for the University of Washington's center for AIDS research. The Madison Clinic, Harborview's ...
UW Medical Center – Northwest (formerly Northwest Hospital & Medical Center) is a 281-bed hospital in Seattle, Washington. It was built in 1960 and became part of the UW Medicine system in 2010. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Prior to the merger, a 1997 agreement had already made Northwest the home for a UW Medicine cardiac surgery program.
Evergreen joined a regional healthcare alliance led by Swedish Medical Center in 1993 and changed its name to Evergreen Community Health Care two years later. [13] [21] The hospital was certified as the first "Baby-Friendly Hospital" in the United States by UNICEF in 1996 and was recognized for prioritizing breast-feeding for newborns. [22]
In addition to being the current home of three major health care facilities (Harborview Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center/First Hill, and Virginia Mason Medical Center or four if Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill, located on 16th Avenue, is included in the neighborhood), and the Puget Sound Blood Center, it was also once the location of ...
Western State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located at 9601 Steilacoom Boulevard SW in Lakewood, Washington.Administered by the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), it is a large facility with 806 beds, and Washington's second-oldest state-owned enterprise (after the University of Washington).