Kitsap County Trends Report...9


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Medical Services & Health of Kitsap County

HARRISON HOSPITAL ONCOLOGY SERVICE EXPANSION:

Ground broke in October 1999 for Harrison Hospital's Radiation Oncology Center, a 14,000- square-foot facility featuring one state-of-the-art linear accelerator and space for a second. The Center makes possible a range of advanced cancer care in the areas of medical and radiation oncology, it will begin treating patients in the summer of 2000.

The Radiation Oncology Center at Harrison Hospital is a valuable step in development of a Regional Cancer Center in Kitsap County. Constructed at the second-floor level of the hospital, the Center will replace the existing service on Sheridan Avenue, making treatment more accessible and convenient for our patients. A new parking structure built adjacent to the Center will increase parking by 60 spaces.

Harrison Hospital Campus
Harrison Hospital's Silverdale Campus scheduled completion is summer 2000. The new hospital, located off Myhre Road, will specialize in mother-baby, pediatric, rehabilitation and surgery services. Also planned for the 125,000-acre site is a healthcare office building offering a wide range of doctors' offices.

Harrison Hospital's Silverdale Healthcare Campus:

Harrison's commitment to provide healthcare to our neighbors in all corners of the county continues with the new Silverdale Healthcare Campus. The centerpiece of this new 125,000- square-foot creation is a Surgery Center and a Women's and Children's Center. Located south of Waaga Way at the intersection of Myhre Road and Ridgetop Boulevards, the 32-acre campus will also host 24-hour emergency services, coordinated with those at the main hospital.

A variety of outpatient services - including a women's breast center; adult and pediatric rehabilitation services - and leasable office space will be located in a separate but connecting healthcare office building. The two structures make up the first of several phases to be developed on the Campus to meet the healthcare needs of a growing Kitsap County and beyond. The project is scheduled to open June 2000.

Harrison Hospital Overview:

Harrison Hospital is a 297-bed, not-for-profit, community hospital, which offers a wide array of services, including in-patient, out-patient, emergency, maternity and home health. Harrison is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, with the outstanding score of 99 out of 100 on their 1998 survey. Harrison consistently offers its quality services at some of the lowest costs of any hospital in Washington State, which has among the lowest hospital costs of any state in the United States. Harrison also provides Urgent Care and other out-patient services at its South Kitsap Healthcare Campus in Port Orchard.

Doctors Clinic, Group Health Co-op and KPS:

The Doctors Clinic is a multi-specialty group practice with about fifty of the greater than three hundred civilian physicians who service in Kitsap County. Group Health Cooperative

BY
DAVID OLSON
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING
360.377.3911
PATTI HART
PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR
HARRISON HOSPITAL
360.792.6769

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