The Regional Hospital for Respiratory and Complex Care

Name :

The Regional Hospital for Respiratory and Complex Care

Address  :

12844 Military Road South

Town  :

Seattle

State  :

Washington

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

98168

Phone  :

206 248 4604

Fax  :

206 319 4609

Web URL  :


Description

Mission amp Values
An Environment of Healing
The Regional Hospital is dedicated to improving the quality of our patients lives Whether the goal is to achieve a full recovery or to reach the fullest potential within the limitations of an illness our individualized approach to longterm critical care is strengthened by our commitment to our mission and our values

Our Mission
The Regional Hospital is committed to playing a critical role in the continuum of care by providing acute longterm complex care with the single goal of improving quality of life for our patients and their families

Our Vision
To be the regional choice for longterm hospitalizations and extended critical care management

Our Values
Provide compassionate care that comforts our
patients and their families

Treat each patient with individualized care and
genuine concern

Deliver specialized care with excellence and
integrity

Fulfill our regional role through collaboration
with communities providers and payers












History

Our History
A First for Seattle and Our Region Growing Alongside Our Region

Established in 1994 as our regions first longterm acute care hospital The Regional Hospital has continuously provided stateoftheart and compassionate care to patients in need of ventilator weaning and complex medical needs for over 10 years And just as Seattle and our region have grown we have grown in kind Originally a 17bed facility we have expanded to become a 40bed facility and the premier longterm acute care hospital in a fivestate region As we look to the future The Regional Hospital remains dedicated to expanding our service capabilities so we can meet the needs of our evergrowing region

Growing alongside our region

1994 The Regional Hospital opened its doors with
17 beds

1997 Our first expansion increases our capacity
to 27 beds






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