Multicare
Health Care in Covington, WA
About Multicare 2010 Awards and Recognitions
•MultiCare.org was awarded the “Distinction Award for Best Overall Internet Site for a Healthcare System” from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, the premiere national organization that focuses on the ways leading-edge health care organizations use the Internet and technology to achieve their objectives.
•For the 13th time, MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital ranks No. 1 as the region’s preferred choice for health care.The not-for-profit Tacoma General is the only hospital in Pierce County to win the 2010-2011 Consumer Choice Award, as chosen by local residents surveyed by National Research Corp.
•The MultiCare Emergency Departments and Cancer Center was by Northwest Construction magazine as Best of 2010 in the Health Care category. The annual competition recognizes construction and design excellence in the three-state region that includes Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
•MultiCare’s four hospitals have earned the 2010 “Best Hands-on Care Award” from the Washington State Hospital Association. MultiCare hospitals were the only medical facilities in the South Sound to be recognized for their hand hygiene. MultiCare has won the "Best Hands-on Care Award" every year since the honor was created in 2007.
•MultiCare Health System has been named one of the nation’s Most Wired health systems according to Health IT magazine. MultiCare is one of only two health systems in Western Washington to earn this distinction.
•The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and the Coronary Care Unit at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital has been recognized as among the top in the country by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses by being awarded the Beacon Award of Excellence.
•MultiCare Health System’s Regional Cancer Center received the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer’s Outstanding Achievement Award for excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients.
•MultiCare's Healthy@Work program was awarded two Pierce County WorkWell Awards at the 4th Annual Healthy Breakfast Showcase March 23rd, the WorkWell Gold Designation and the Happy Heart Achievement Award.
•Economic Development Board of Tacoma-Pierce County recognized Good Samaritan and the new Tacoma Emergency Departments as significant economic development projects in 2009.
•Linda Wayman-Davis, a long-time nurse with MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, has won the Pierce County Nurses Association Nurse of the Year Award.
•American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington awarded the MultiCare Steam Plant a Silver Award in the Energy category.
•MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital President, John Long, was named Outstanding Health Care Executive-Puget Sound by Seattle Business Magazine.
•Bridges: A Center for Grieving Children won a City of Destiny Award from the City of Tacoma for its work with children who experience the death of a parent or sibling.
•MultiCare Health System earned the highest ranking among West Coast health systems for its efficiency and integrated health care network and also placed fourth in national rankings on the 2010 Top 100 Integrated Health Networks list.
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