Southwest Washington Medical Center



 
 

About Us

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Who Are We?

Sponsored by PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center (PHSW) 
  • 442 bed Community and Regional Medical Center
  • Not-for Profit
  • 6 time winner of the “Top 100 Hospitals in the United States” award.
  • Active Family Birth Center with over 3000 deliveries per year
  • Busiest Emergency Department on the west coast, north of Los Angeles
  • Academically affiliated with University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Became part of the PeaceHealth system January 2011



Committed to Innovation and Quality in both Residency Education and Patient Care
  • Specialty Clinics and Curriculum offered by core residency faculty
    • Endocrinology consultation clinic
    • Women’s Health Consultation and Procedure clinic
    • Dermatology clinic
    • General Procedure clinic
    • Advanced Sim Training program
    • Integrative Medicine Consultation clinic
  • Learning through Responsibility with Mentorship
    • Adult Medicine inpatient service, including ICU care run by R1, supported by seniors
    • Pediatric hospital service for children without doctors
    • OB Hospitalists for all PHSW patients without physicians
    • Active Neonatal/newborn service supporting the PeaceHealth Medical Group (PHMG) OB/GYN group



Since 2004, a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) environment, teaching and living Quality Improvement, Advanced Access/Open Access care model
  • Team Care pods, protocol-driven for standardized processes
  • Disease Management and Chronic Care Model programs including Anticoagulation Management, Diabetes, Asthma, and Medical Management of Chronic Pain
  • Group visits for Diabetes patients
  • Washington State Learning Collaborative participant 2008-2009 for development of Pediatric PCMH model for ADHD, other mental health disorders of childhood
  • One of the selected practices in Washington State Learning Collaborative currently developing the PCMH model in a 2 year outcomes-based Quality project