Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Hospitals

University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle

1959 NE Pacific St
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 598-3300
www.uwmedicine.org/Facilities/UWMedicalCenter/
This hospital is one of nearly 5,000 that U.S.News evaluated for the latest America's Best Hospitals rankings. See the complete hospital rankings

The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: State
Total beds: 390
Administrator:
Parent system:
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)|Accreditated, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)||Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care*
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • End-of-life services:
    • Pain management
    • Palliative care
  • Heart surgery (adult)
  • Heart surgery (pediatric)
  • Hospitalists
  • Infection isolation room
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Alzheimer center*
  • Arthritis center
  • Bariatric/weight control services
  • Breast cancer screening/mammograms
  • Certified trauma center*
  • Cancer services
  • Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Dental services
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Extracorporeal shock lithotripter
  • Genetic testing/counseling
  • Geriatric services
  • HIV-AIDS services
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Consultation
    • Geriatric services
    • Outpatient care
  • Radiation therapy
  • Sleep center*
  • Sports medicine
  • Urgent-care center
  • Women's health center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Alzheimer center*
  • Ambulance services*
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral CT
  • Single photon emission CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 18,866
Inpatient surgeries: 7,181
Outpatient visits: 359,311
Outpatient surgeries: 7,146
Emergency room visits: 27,868
Births: 1,833
Beds: 390

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
87
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
606
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
0
Total full-time faculty:
N/A
Total part-time faculty:
N/A

Notes

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated June 2009.

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