New Integrated Medical Center and Critical Access Hospital for San Juan County Hospita...(environment. Physicians and other health...),Health

Date:3/19/2009

environment. Physicians and other healthcare providers will be able to care for Island residents and visitors with new, state-of-the-art medical, diagnostic and imaging services, a 24-hour emergency room and a fully integrated, electronic medical record. The new medical center and hospital will serve patients all under one roof and is scheduled to open in the summer of 2012. The Hospital District will continue to operate Inter Island Medical Center until the new facility is opened.

Under the terms of the approved relationship and contract, local philanthropy will provide $10 million toward construction costs of the new medical center and hospital. PeaceHealth will fund the remaining $20 million for purchase of the land, facility construction and equipment. PeaceHealth will be the owner of the property and facilities, and will have full responsibility for the delivery of ongoing patient care, staffing and operations. The Hospital District will subsidize PeaceHealth to provide contracted services without increasing the existing Hospital District tax levy supporting the IIMC, either now or after the levy lift expires in 2015.

Currently, Inter Island Medical Center, located in Friday Harbor, offers a family practice and internal medicine clinic, 24/7 emergency services, and some extended diagnostic equipment and services, but patients needing additional diagnostic testing, procedures, and inpatient care must travel off-Island. As the Island population has more than doubled since the IIMC was built 35 years ago, there is limited space for patient care and clinic operations and no additional space for upgrading, modernizing or adding needed services.

The new Integrated Medical Center will increase the number of physicians serving the District's residents and will nearly double the number of other healthcare professionals serving the Island community. The Critical Access Hospital component of the new Integrated Medical
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