Skagit Valley Hospital

Description

Mission
To serve our communities with compassion and dignity one patient at a time

Vision
Each of us will contribute to making Skagit Regional Health the best regional integrated health system in the Northwest dedicated to understanding and exceeding our patients expectations

Values
Patients First
We ensure our patients receive compassionate respectful timely safe and healing experiences

Accountability
We each commit to perform at the highest level and to be held accountable as individuals as team members and as an organization

Operational Excellence
We embrace continuous quality improvement by using Lean skills to achieve operational excellence and the highest standards of safety compassion presentation and efficiency

Physician Leaders
We expect physician leaders to utilize evidence based medicine to ensure the highest quality of individual patient care Physician leaders commit to our culture of compassion and participate in strategic growth

Community Partnerships
We invest in respectful partnerships to improve the health and wellness of our communities

Personal Development
We each accept personal responsibility for ongoing learning and skill development Our organization is responsible for investing in our training and skill development to enable operational excellence

History

History of Skagit Valley Hospital
Skagit Valley Hospital opened in 1958 after voters gave the bond issue to build the 100bed hospital a 92 percent quotyesquot vote in 1955 The original building included what is known today as the first two floors of the Southwest wing and was located on what was then Mount Vernons edge of town A third floor was added to the Southwest wing in 1964 and a 40bed Northwest wing including two operating rooms and a 10bed recovery room opened in February 1972 The new diagnostic wing and emergency room opened in May 1987

The 10000 square foot Skagit Valley Kidney Center opened just north of the main hospital in July 1998

From January 1991 through December 2003 Skagit Valley Hospital was part of a joint operating agreement with United General Hospital in SedroWoolley operating as Affiliated Health Services

In January 2004 Skagit Valley Hospital returned to independent operations serving the people of Skagit Valley and surrounding areas

In December 2006 the Skagit Valley Hospital Regional Cancer Care Center opened its doors with a 20000 square foot comprehensive care facility dedicated to stateofthe art cancer diagnostics and treatment

On July 1 2007 a 220000 square foot hospital expansion project opened featuring all private patients rooms a new EmergencyTrauma unit a new Family Birth Center and expanded space for surgical and critical care services

On July 1 2010 Skagit Valley Hospital and Skagit Valley Medical Center Skagit Countys largest physicianowned medical clinic merged to create a comprehensive health care system to ensure greater stability in the region and to better serve patients in Skagit Island and North Snohomish counties The merger allows the organizations to combine duplicate services reduce cost and to improve the system of care for local patients In addition the merger will help to continue to recruit and retain high quality providers to serve the people of the region

Skagit Valley Hospital and Skagit Regional Clinics formerly Skagit Valley Medical Center offer patients access to outpatient care in Anacortes Arlington Camano Island Mount Vernon Oak Harbor Stanwood and Sedro Woolley