Washington

Sacred Heart Medical Center

Sacred Heart Medical Center is a hospital providing the highest quality in medical care to the rural citizens of Spokane, Washington. It is one of the largest hospitals in the Northwest employing over 4,000 healthcare professionals and support staff. <P> Sacred Heart Medical Center is a non-profit Catholic hospital founded by the Sisters of Providence in 1886. It is the second largest hospital in Washington State and the largest hospital between Seattle and Minneapolis. <P> The SHMC Laboratory and its subsidiary, Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories (PAML), combine to serve the entire Northwest with the latest in medical testing technology.

Sacred Heart Medical Center accepts both Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Sacred Heart Medical Center provides Research facilities.

Address: West 101 8th Ave , Spokane , PO Box 2555
State: Washington
Phone: 509-474-3081
Fax: 509-474-3153
Email: pr@shmc.org
URL: www.shmc.org
County: Spokane
Number of Beds: 623
Total Staff : 0

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Articles about this hospital

Surgeon performs a"MAZE"ing heart procedure at Sacred Heart
Date: 2005-12-23
Mandya Vishwanath

New treatment studied in patients with degenerative disk disorders
Date: 2005-07-28
Inland Neurosurgery and Spine Associates

Sacred Heart Receives Top Recognition
Date: 2005-07-27
Sacred Heart Medical Center has been named among the top 100 Most Wired hospitals in the country by Hospitals and Health Networks

Sacred Heart expansion projects wrap up
Date: 2005-07-01
SHMC recently completed several expansion projects-a new Pediatric Surgery Center, Pediatric Multi-specialty Clinic, Post-anesthesia Care Unit and Outpatient Pharmacy

Sacred Heart receives medals of honor
Date: 2005-06-28
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded its first ever Organ Donation Medals of Honor to hospitals achieving organ donation rates of 75 percent or higher in a 12-month period

Spokane surgeons experts in robotic heart surgery
Date: 2005-06-23
Leland Siwek

Sacred Heart Finalizes Staffing Plan
Date: 2005-04-11
Sacred Heart Medical Center announced today that, while some staff members have been reassigned to other units within the hospital

Hospitals join unprecedented national campaign to save lives through health care improvement
Date: 2005-03-22
Dr. Berwick

Sacred Heart and County Jail partner to help inmates with psychiatric needs
Date: 2005-03-01
Sacred Heart Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry starts a 90-day trial program with the Jail to help reduce that expense

New 'Peds Zone' opens and provides new home for 'Peds After Hours'
Date: 2005-02-11
New pediatric area opens on February 14th in Sacred Heart Emergency Department