Mission Statement
At Highline Medical Center, we are working together to promote excellence as we provide safe, compassionate, and accessible health care.

Vision Statement
Working Together for Healthcare Excellence.

Values Statement
We will provide safe, high quality care in a healing environment. We embrace the Planetree philosophy and utilize the Baldrige National Quality Award criteria to achieve excellence. We value:

Excellence
Exceed expectations

Service
Every encounter, Every person, Every day

Communication
Seek understanding, Share information

Teamwork
Individual effort, Team success

Stewardship
Personal accountability for actions, goals, and finances

Community
Recognize similarities, Celebrate differences

Caring
Feel concern, Show compassion

Trust
Earned through integrity

Statistics
In 2006, Highline Medical Center:

• Admitted 8,719 patients
• Delivered 1,274 babies
• Served 58,644 patients through the Emergency Departments

Highline Medical Center Medical Staff & Services
Medical Staff
Over 275 physicians with active and courtesy medical staff privileges.

Employees
Our staff includes over 1,500 full and part-time people.

Services
Acute Care — 24-hour Emergency and Trauma Care, Family Childbirth Center, Inpatient Medical/Surgical/Oncology, Critical Care, Cardiac Care and Cancer Care, Imaging Services and Outpatient Surgery Center.
Specialty Care — Home Health & Hospice, Geriatric Psychiatry Services, Highline Addiction Recovery Center/Chemical Dependency, Rehab Restorative Care.

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Hospital Highlights

• As the first Planetree-affiliate hospital in Washington, Highline Medical Center is dedicated to cultivating a healing, pleasant, caring and nurturing environment.
• As the tenth busiest emergency department in the Puget Sound Area, Highline Medical Center serves as the base station for the Burien area emergency medical unit.
• Comprehensive accredited Cancer Care Program, including the chemotherapy clinic, radiation therapy through Swedish Cancer Institute, inpatient care and multiple support programs and supportive therapies in collaboration with Bastyr University and NW Natural Health Specialty Care Clinic.
• 32-bed intensive care unit, which includes Cardiac Care and Telemetry.
• Our Healing Garden offers a peaceful setting for patients, their families and visitors.
• In 2001, Highline Medical Center was named one of the nation’s top 15 “Hospitals With Heart” by Modern Maturity Magazine.
• Opened new Cancer Center May 2005.

History
1958 — Hospital opens as Burien General Hospital.
1978 — Name changes to Highline Community Hospital to reflect new status as a community, non-profit hospital.
1985 — Hospital adds a five-story addition currently housing the Barney Clark Special Care Unit, medical, surgical, pediatric and oncology units.
1989 — Highline purchases Riverton General Hospital (now known as the Specialty Center).
1993 — Highline Medical Services Organization (HMSO) formed as a partnership of the medical staff and the hospital to position our community to successfully meet the challenges of managed care.
1998 — Hospital adds new wing with over 97,000 square feet, which features a state-of-the-art Family Childbirth Center, Medical/Oncology Unit, community health education center and an exercise facility for cardiac rehabilitation patients.
2005 — Changed name to Highline Medical Center to better reflect quality and scope of services.