Overlake Hospital Medical Center

Name :

Overlake Hospital Medical Center

Address  :

1035 116th Ave NE

Town  :

Bellevue

State  :

Washington

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

WA 98004

Phone  :

425 688 5000

Fax  :

425 688 5959

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

webmaster@overlakehospital.org

Description

Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Overlake Hospital Medical Center is a 337bed nonprofit regional medical center offering a full range of advanced medical services to the Puget Sound Region Led by a volunteer Board of Directors Overlake employs more than 2200 people and has more than 1000 active and courtesy physicians on staff

Overlake is the only Level III Trauma Center in eastern Puget Sound The hospital is distinguished for its cardiac services and its award winning surgical services Overlake has been ranked as a top 100 heart program in the country and is rated as a top performer in the state of Washington The hospital has received many awards and recognitions both regionally and nationally

To learn more about Overlake read our inspiring history Overlake was started by community volunteers and still depends upon volunteers to support the operations of the hospital Find out more about volunteer opportunities

To find out how to get to Overlake view our maps and directions

Overlake has a variety of publications that you can receive in your home for added health and wellness information in addition to our annual report

Mission Vision and Values
Our Mission is To provide medical excellence every dayTM

Our Vision is To provide exceptional quality and compassionate care to every life we touch

Our Shared Values Are to effectively meet the everchanging health care needs of our community through the following

Integrity
We provide service with honesty and honor and comply with laws regulations policies and procedures

Compassion
We demonstrate understanding caring and empathy

Accountability
We accept responsibility for performance and act as stewards of our financial intellectual and human resources

Respect
We honor the uniqueness of each individual and treat himher equally

Excellence
We provide high quality care and service to exceed the expectations of physicians patients and other customers

History

Our History
The story begins in 1951 when the US Department of Health concluded that Puget Soundarea hospitals were inadequate Concentrated in Seattle there was only one floating bridge at that time and if it happened to be open to let a boat through one would have to wait to drive over the bridge to reach a hospital

Meta Burrows owner and founder of the Lakeside Drugstore chain and a charter trustee didnt need a government survey to convince her the Eastside needed its own hospital quotMy motherinlaw died of a bleeding ulcer in an ambulance on the way to a Seattle hospitalquot she said quotso I knew we needed a hospital in Bellevue The board had no money and we had no location to begin with but we persevered We knew what we wanted so we all pitched inquot

In 1953 the founders formed the Overlake Memorial Hospital Association determined to raise money for a community hospital find a site and build it

Lorraine Weltzien and a group of her neighbors in Clyde Hill formed the first Auxiliary named Fabiola for the Roman woman credited with founding the first public hospital in Western Europe

quotWe all had young children then It was terribly important to have that hospitalquot Lorraine said quotWe worked to raise money We went doortodoor asking for contributions We sold everything imaginablequot

It was work no doubt but it was also fun The annual quotHospitalitiesquot stage shows offered an evenings entertainment There was a quotContagious Cotillionquot in 1955 In 1956 community members were invited to purchase a quotquit claim deedquot to one square inch of land for the hospital for 1 Those who insisted on getting a piece of land for their 1 were given a tiny sack containing one carefully measured square inch of dirt Two young brothers in Clyde Hill Roger and Walter Day offered kittens for sale with proceeds going to the building fund

The hospital founders were determined that Overlake should be a voluntary nonprofit nonsectarian hospital not supported by taxes Any profits from fees for services should be invested back in the hospital and it should be open to everyone

Then Congress passed the Hill Burton Act which allocated money to local hospitals in growing areas The community had to own the land and come up with 60 percent of the money to build the hospital Hill Burton funds would provide the rest The Overlake Memorial Hospital Association was buying land in the Lake Hills area of Bellevue but to qualify for Hill Burton funds the land had to be owned outright The deadline for appropriations was fast approaching

Don McAusland had an idea There was property available between 116th Avenue NE and Highway 1 now I405 north of NE 8th Street Water power and sewer lines were already in place or readily available and the state was building a new interchange at NE 8th Street so the site would be easily accessible by automobile or ambulance What if McAusland thought local businessmen and physicians bought the property and donated most of it to the hospital association

quotWhat ifquot became Overlake Memorial Hospital and it opened on October 16 1960 with 56 beds quotI optioned four pieces of property and sold them to Kemper Freeman and a group of physicians The condition was that they give threequarters of the property to the hospitalquot said McAusland

Today Overlake is a 337bed medical center distinguished for its cardiac surgical cancer and womens services The hospital treats more than 56000 emergency patients 243000 outpatients and 17000 inpatients each year while welcoming more than 4000 babies into the world The Overlake team includes approximately 2300 employees 875 physicians and over 500 volunteers