Multicare Health System

Programs: Multicare health system (mhs) operates five community based hospitals with 1,048 licensed adult beds and 82 licensed pediatric beds. During 2014 mhs hospitals admitted 42,426 patients for a total of 203,028 patient days, performed 32,897 surgeries and delivered 6,631 babies. There were 9,847 newborn days during 2014. They also provided care for 260,815 outpatient visits and 237,905 emergency room visits, of which 560 were trauma patients.

multicare health system operates multi-specialty clinics throughout pierce and south king counties. During 2014 these clinics processed 412,474 laboratory workload units, 100,049 imaging relative units, 125,964 oncology relative value units, 22,962 therapy value units and 1,076 pharmacy workload units. They also provided care for 191,184 outpatient visits and performed specialist surgeries as follows: pediatric, general, neurologic, vascular, spine, orthopedic, general breast, pediatric orthopedic, cardiothoracic, general bariatric, colorectal, surgical podiatry, pediatric neurosurgery, foot ankle surgery etc.

multicare health system operates primary care physician practices throughout pierce and south king counties. These practices provided 524,030 patient visits during 2014.

multicare health system's other programs include urgent care clinics, behavioral health, home health services and hospice, adult day health and psychology children's therapy unit. During 2014 the clinics provided 197,838 urgent care visits and 42,921 home health visits. The home health and hospice programs admitted 4,177 and 710 patients, respectively during 2014. Multicare good samaritan children's therapy unit (ctu) helps infants, children and adolescents who have special needs. In 2014 ctu served 383 patients. Multicare behavioral health services (bhs) offers a full range of services and an integrated approach to wellness. In 2014 bhs served 8,936 clients.