Swedish Medical Center
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This article is about the hospital in Seattle, Washington. For the hospital in Englewood, Colorado, see Swedish Medical Center (Colorado).
| Swedish Medical Center | |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | First Hill, Squire Park, Ballard, Issaquah,Mountlake Terrace (SVNS), Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private, Non-Profit |
| Hospital type | Full Service Inpatient and Outpatient Medical and Surgical Tertiary Care, Home Health, Palliative Care; Hospice Care |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 1245 [1] |
| History | |
| Founded | 1910 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.swedish.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
Swedish Medical Center is a large nonprofit health care provider located in Seattle, Washington. It has three main hospital locations in Seattle and is also affiliated with many other suburban hospitals and clinics. As of 2009 it has 7000 employees and 2,300 credentialed physicians.[2]
[edit] History
Swedish was founded on June 1, 1910. In 1980, it absorbed Doctors Hospital and Seattle General Hospital. In 1992, Ballard Community Hospital became part of Swedish. Providence Seattle Medical Center followed in 2000. Stevens Hospital in Edmonds, Washington joined the system in 2010.
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