As the health care center for Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Washington, the King County area offers a comprehensive selection of outstanding health care facilities, services and personnel. The region's medical and nursing services are internationally acclaimed and feature sixteen special centers for children's diseases, drug abuse and alcoholism, burns, cancer, pain and other trauma, kidney ailments and transplants, psychiatry and disability rehabilitation.
The Puget Sound region has 45 general acute hospitals with 9,400 beds, staffed by over 38,000 employees. Sixteen special purpose centers serve the area. Over 15,000 skilled medical personnel staff these facilities. the University of Washington's medical facilities together handle more than 450,000 patient visits each year. |
| Hospital |
Number of Beds/Year Occupancy |
Specialties |
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Swedish Medical Center
747 Broadway Seattle, WA 98122
206-386-6000 http://www.swedish.org/
|
6,856
2.1%
|
Cancer and cardiac care, surgery, neurosciences, pediatrics |
|
Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 Ninth Avenue Seattle, WA 98195
206-223-6600 www.virginiamason.org
|
3096
4.7%
|
Fully integrated hospital, multi-specialty clinic, regional network and research center |
|
University of Washington Medical Center
1959 NE Pacific Street Seattle, WA 98195
206-598-3300
www.uwmedicalcenter.org
|
3928
2.8%
|
Campus based teaching hospital for UW School of Medicine; wide range of patient and specialty care |
|
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359711 Seattle, WA 98104 206-731-3000
www.harborview.org
|
3699
2.9%
|
Level 1 regional trauma and burn center |
|
Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
4800 Sand Point Way NESeattle, WA 98105
206-987-2000
www.seattlechildrens.org
|
2497
0.7%
|
Surgery, orthopedics, transplantation, heart center, emergency services, telemedicine, bioethics |
|
Overlake Hospital Medical Center
1035 116th Avenue NE Bellevue, WA 98004
425-688-5000
www.overlakehospital.org
|
2327
6.3%
|
Advanced medical services, general and specialty surgery, women’s services |
Source: Puget Sound Business Journal Book of Lists, October 27-November 2, 2006
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