Wenatchee Valley Medical Center

Description

Core Values
Patient service is our organizations reason for being Our patients are our friends neighbors and relatives They are the focus of our efforts Patients are well informed and involved in their care and are treated with dignity and respect They deserve timely access to care with that care available in modern and convenient locations

While modern facilities and state of the art equipment contribute to quality health care our organizations greatest asset is its staff Wenatchee Valley Medical Center physicians come from the nations best medical schools and training programs and are committed to continuing education and to maintaining and upgrading their skills Our staff are well trained professionals committed to the highest quality health care and service delivered with care and compassion

Teamwork Is The Key

Patients receive leadingedge care when primary care physicians specialists and other health care professionals work together to provide coordinated care Teamwork is built through recognition of the contribution that each member of our staff makes to our patients experiences and outcomes

1 Wenatchee Valley Medical Center strives to be a
Good Neighbor and to support the communities we
serve and their quality of life with financial
assistance and through our individual efforts as
involved community members

2 Wenatchee Valley Medical Center is committed to the
primacy of the physicianpatient relationship
Communitybased and focused physicians are unique
in their ability to impact and direct the health
care of their patients Health care is most
effective when patients their families and
physicians mutually determine medical interventions

3 Wenatchee Valley Medical Center is a physician led
health care organization Our physicians are
uniquely qualified to help the health care system
improve and progress They possess the best
scientific foundation know each patients
situation and circumstances more intimately and
are ethically obligated to advocate for their
patients The Medical Center is committed to
developing physician leaders and to supporting them
in the constructive improvement of health care

4 Wenatchee Valley Medical Center adds measurable
value to the delivery of health care by its
commitment to the measurement of care and its
quality improvement programs

5 Wenatchee Valley Medical Center invests in its
future The physicianowners invest significant
resources annually to introduce new services to
upgrade existing technologies and to make high
quality services accessible throughout the broad
geography of Central Washington State

6 Wenatchee Valley Medical Center assists and
partners with other health care organizations that
share these values

History

Dr LM Mares Dr AG Haug and Dr LS Smith founded the Wenatchee Valley Clinic in 1940 Their philosophy was that patients were best served when they had easy access to other specialists under the same roof

Today Wenatchee Valley Medical Center is still physicianowned and still has the best interest of our patients at heart Were just larger and able to take care of more of them In fact with eight office locations and a hospital a full range of health care services and cutting edge technology weve got North Central Washington covered with a rural health care delivery system second to none

The founders of the clinic recognized that a regional patient base was required to support specialty care in a rural environment but even they didnt envision a comprehensive health care delivery system encompassing a region of roughly 12000 square miles Today over sixty percent of the clinics business comes from outside the greater Wenatchee area and our specialists drive over 130000 miles annually to provide outreach clinics in North Central Washington communities

Physician recruitment and retention have always been among the clinics strengths Our doctors were recruited not only because they bring knowledge from some of the nations best medical training programs but because of their values They came for the quality of life the beauty of the land and professionalism that fosters the physicianpatient relationship This ability to recruit has paid off in steady growth and today Wenatchee Valley Medical Center WVMC has 170 physicians and 1475 employees

Wenatchee Valley Medical Center is a strong believer in being a corporate good neighbor WVMC is generous in its contributions to local community organizations and matches employee and physician contributions to the United Way Every year we offer free community flu shot clinics and provide over 25 million in charitable care

At Wenatchee Valley Medical Center our patients still come first Always have always will