PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center 3100 Tongass Avenue Ketchikan, AK 99901 907-225-5171
In 1923 the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace opened the Little Flower Hospital in Ketchikan. It was named after Saint Teresa, who proclaimed herself “a little flower in God’s garden.” PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center, a critical access hospital, collaborates with the city to maintain and expand services including a large medical group, laboratory, expanded pharmacy and a number of centers of excellence.
Major Medical Services Facts & Figures, July 2014 to June 2015 n Behavioral Health Clinic n Total licensed hospital beds . . . . .25 n Diagnostic Imaging n Average daily hospital census . . . .10.89 n Emergency Medicine n Average length of stay ...... 3.28 days n General Surgery n Total Long-Term Care beds . . . . .29 n Gastroenterologist (GI) Services n Employees ...... 450 n New Beginnings Birthing Center n Active medical staff ...... 96 n Outreach Clinics n Volunteers ...... 35 n Pathology Services n Inpatient admissions ...... 1,387 n PeaceHealth Laboratories n Births ...... 205 n Sleep Center n Clinic visits ...... 37,901 n Rehabilitation (PT/OT/ST) n ED visits ...... 8,705 n Respiratory Therapy Awards n Orthopedic Surgery 2014 5-Star rating for doctors’ communication with n Telehealth & Visiting Clinics patients during hospital stays from HCAHPS. n Long-Term Care Unit 2013 Top Performers on Key Quality MeasuresTM by The Joint Commission for exemplary performance in Community the areas of Surgical Care and Pneumonia. A major port stop on the Alaskan 2014 Commitment to Quality Award for “dedication cruise ship itinerary, Ketchikan is to ensuring patients receive high quality care from an eclectic, eccentric, hardworking Mountain-Pacific Quality Health. community surrounded by spectacular Recipient of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid natural beauty. Residents enjoy exploring local culture, Services Health Care Innovation Award in 2012 art, history, outdoor activities and wildlife in an ideal and 2015 work/play environment. PeaceHealth is a family of 10 hospitals, our Mission dozens of clinics and laboratories, We carry on the healing mission of Jesus Christ by promoting personal and community and hundreds of doctors based in health, relieving pain and suffering, and treating each person in a loving and caring way. the Pacific Northwest and dedicated our Core Values to our mission of service to each Respect We respect the dignity and appreciate the worth of each person as community. Since our founding in the demonstrated by our compassion, caring and acceptance of individual differences. late 1800s in northwest Washington Collaboration We value the involvement, cooperation and creativity of all who work by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, together to promote the health of the community. our network of faith-based, mission- Stewardship We choose to serve the community and hold ourselves accountable to exercise ethical and responsible stewardship in the allocation and utilization of human, oriented PeaceHealth facilities has financial and environmental resources. grown to include services throughout Social Justice We build and evaluate the structures of our organization and those of Oregon, Washington and Alaska. society to promote the just distribution of health care resources.
Our Networks of Care
Northwest Network 1 PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center Bellingham, Washington
2 PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center Friday Harbor, Washington
3 PeaceHealth United General Medical Center Sedro-Woolley, Washington 4
4 PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center Ketchikan, Alaska 1
2 3 Columbia Network
5 PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center Longview, Washington
6 PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Vancouver, Washington 5
6 Oregon Network
7 PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend Springfield, Oregon
8 PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center, University District 7 Eugene, Oregon 10 8 9 9 PeaceHealth Cottage Grove Community Medical Center Cottage Grove, Oregon
10 PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center Florence, Oregon
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