NewsSkagit Regional Clinics
The merger of Skagit Valley Hospital and Skagit Valley Medical Center is official on July 1, marking the debut of Skagit Regional Clinics. The integration of the two organizations is designed to improve access to quality, evidence-based health care services and enhance recruitment and retention of providers to the region including Skagit, Island, San Juan and north Snohomish counties. Read more.
Funding for Behavioral Health Care Center
Skagit Valley Hospital’s plan to expand and remodel the hospital’s behavioral health care center is a major step closer with the recent announcement of $800,000 in federal funding. The project will replace and expand the current 15-bed behavioral health care center at Skagit Valley Hospital where more than 540 voluntary and involuntary admissions were accepted in 2008. The majority of patients suffer from depression, suicidality and bipolar disorders, requiring short-term inpatient care for development of a treatment plan and return to the community.
Read more about the behavioral health care center project.
