HEALTH CARE
The Seattle area's many hospitals, medical centers, and multi-specialty clinics offer quality health care for the city's residents. Here's a brief description of the facilities located in the area.

Auburn Regional Medical Center
Auburn Regional Medical Center (ARMC) provides outstanding medical, surgical, and emergency care and health education and rehabilitation programs to the South King and North Pierce County communities.

Cascade Valley Hospital
Cascade Valley Hospital & Clinics are part of a community based healthcare system serving the residents of North Snohomish County providing personalized care and a full range of services.

Evergreen Hospital Medical Center
Evergreen Healthcare in Kirkland ensures eastside residents access to the region's finest medical professionals with a staff representing more than 50 specialties including cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, surgery and women's and children's services.

Franciscan Health System
Franciscan Health System serves residents of Pierce and south King Counties. More than 7,500 employees and nearly 1,500 of the region's finest primary and specialty physicians work as a team in a variety of settings.

Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
Opened in 1947, Group Health's member-governed, non-profit health care system coordinates both care and coverage. Group Health encompasses medical and specialty centers, hospitals, a nationally recognized research center, and a charitable foundation.

Harrison Memorial Medical Center
A not-for-profit acute-care hospital, Harrison's origins date to the turn of the century. Today it is one of the region's busiest medical centers, with three campuses serving Kitsap, Jefferson, and North Mason counties.

Highline Medical Center
Highline Medical Center offers southwest King County quality health care close to home. Highline is Washington¹s first Planetree hospital, providing advanced medical technology with compassionate, respectful and personalized health care.

Island Hospital
Residents of west Skagit County, North Whidbey, and the San Juan Islands have relied on Island Hospital for their healthcare needs since 1962. Staffed by more than 100 physicians and healthcare providers, Island Hospital offers a quality and range of services.

Minor & James Medical
For over 50 years the staff and physicians at Minor & James Medical have provided high-quality, personalized medicine. Their multi-specialty approach is designed to offer patients as many options as possible in convenient locations including Seattle, Bellevue, and Mercer Island.

MultiCare-Good Samaritan Community Healthcare
Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup provides Level I trauma rehabilitation services for both pediatrics and adults. Good Samaritan is an affiliate of MultiCare Health System, a community-based not-for-profit health care system.

Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Overlake Hospital Medical Center is a nonprofit non-tax supported regional medical center offering a comprehensive range of services including cardiac care, cancer care, general and specialty surgery, women's programs, senior care and the only Level III trauma service on the Eastside.

Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
Nationally recognized for excellence, Providence Everett takes pride in maintaining the highest standards of care. Working to meet the needs of all members of the community, Providence offers a comprehensive range of innovative and award winning programs at several conveniently located campuses.

Seattle Children's Hospital, Research & Foundation
Consistently ranked as one of the country's best children's hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, Children's not only serves as the premier pediatric referral center for the Pacific Northwest, but also as a primary teaching, clinical and research site for the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Skagit Valley Hospital
Skagit Valley Hospital is dedicated to understanding and meeting the health care needs in the greater Skagit Valley and North Snohomish County area. This 137-bed hospital provides a variety of services such as cancer care, surgery, orthopedic services, advanced diagnostics, heart care, kidney dialysis and more.

Stevens Hospital
Stevens Hospital, offering the latest technology in a warm, caring setting, provides a range of medical and surgical services, including specialized care in cardiology, diagnostics, emergency care, obstetrics and oncology services.

Swedish Medical Center
Swedish Medical Center, the Pacific Northwest's largest, most comprehensive health-care facility is comprised of five campuses - First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, Edmonds and Issaquah. It also includes Swedish Home Care Services and Swedish Physicians, a network of primary-care clinics. Nationally recognized for volume and diversity of patient care, Swedish provides a full range of inpatient and outpatient services.

UW Medicine Healthcare System
This nationally recognized health-care system provides the most complete patient care, scientific research, and physician training in the Pacific Northwest. It includes Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, UW Physicians, UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics, the UW School of Medicine and Airlift Northwest.

Valley General Hospital
Located in Monroe, Valley General Hospital continues to enhance the quality of care residents in East Snohomish County receive by providing health care services with respect, sensitivity and compassion. VGH provides excellent emergency services, a growing surgical and specialty services and a family-friendly birth center.

Valley Medical Center
Valley Medical Center (VMC) provides cutting-edge technology within the context of family centered healthcare. VMC is a regional medical resource that boasts more than 100 hospital departments and a network of specialty and neighborhood primary care clinics.

VA Puget Sound Health Care Systems
The VA Puget Sound Health Care System serves veterans from the Pacific Northwest at their Seattle and Tacoma divisions. Primary and specialty care programs, state-of-the-art technology, and a mission of teaching research and patient care foster high quality care and service. Outpatient clinics offer primary care in North Seattle, Bellevue, Federal Way, Bremerton and Skagit County. Additionally, primary care is offered in Port Angeles.

Virginia Mason Medical Center
Virginia Mason Medical Center consists of a downtown Seattle clinic and hospital, and a system of 7 medical clinics throughout western Washington, which offer comprehensive and personalized health care services. Virginia Mason has been a regional leader since 1920, and is consistently ranked among the finest medical facilities in the United States.