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Stevens Hospital is located just north of Seattle in Edmonds, Washington. Like many Washington State hospitals, the competitive issues facing Stevens are different than those faced by hospitals in other parts of the country. We are the only hospital in our primary service area and provide services to a population of about 500,000. This competitive environment is much different than my prior Orange County, California hospital where thirty hospitals provided services to a population of about 3,000,000.
Stevens Hospital is meeting significant challenges, involving a wide range of issues and opportunities that currently face the majority of Washington’s acute care community hospitals. Patient satisfaction, access to healthcare services and quality of care frequently compete with financial performance, access to capital and retention and recruitment of physicians and staff for the attention of senior leadership.