of Washington hospitals, clinics and physicians that is an affiliate of Denver-based
Catholic Health Initiatives, which is one of the nation's biggest non-profit health care
organizations. St. Joseph Medical Center is a 320-bed hospital offering a full range
of oupatient and hospital services, including 24-hour emergency care, a burn center,
a hyperbaric oxygen clinic, rehabilitation medicine, oncology, women's health care,
dialysis, cardiology, hospice care and diabetes treatment, as well as many other
areas of primary and specialty care treatment. For more information about
St. Joseph physicians, visit Franciscan Health System's Find a Doctor web directory.
patients in Tacoma and surrounding areas for more than 120 years. Affiliates include
Pierce County and South King County, as well as urgent care centers for after-hours
treatment, and a 24-hour nurse line. Other members of the MultiCare Health System
include:
care, a Level III newborn ICU, a Level II trauma center for adult care, and
specialty care in areas including cancer, neurology, cardiology and obstetrics.
center, a 72-bed hospital, outpatient clinics and a surgery center.
24-hour emergency care, surgical services, gastroenterology, intensive care,
radiology, hematology/oncology, and cardiac stress testing.
>> The American Lake facility of the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System is
a multi-care medical center dedicated to serving the health care needs of U.S.
veterans. Areas of treatment include but are not limited to primary care, women's health,
post traumatic stress treatment, surgical services, substance abuse treatment,
optometry, podiatry, neurology, endocrinology, geriatric medicine and psychiatry.
Pierce County residents, regardless of whether the patient has medical insurance coverage
or the ability to pay. Facilities include three dental clinics, in-house pharmacies, an internal
in downtown Tacoma.
East system of care. St. Mary's is a Regional Health System serving patients in Athens
and northeast Georgia. The St. Mary's Hospital has 24-hour Emergency services, and
their website has a Find a Doctor page to help patients who are seeking a physician.