Harborview Medical Center
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Harborview Medical Center is a public hospital located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is managed by UW Medicine.
Overview
Harborview Medical Center is the designated Disaster Control Hospital for Seattle and King County, on account of it having the only
Harborview's Center for Sexual Assault provides medical and counseling services for victims of
Harborview was instrumental in establishing
History
The hospital was founded in 1877 as King County Hospital, a six-bed
Harborview's Center for Sexual Assault and
In 2020, a $1.74 billion bond measure was approved by voters in King County to expand and modernize Harborview Medical Center.[3][4][5] The project includes seismic retrofitting of existing buildings and a new 10-story building with 360 single-bed rooms, a helipad, and more modern facilities.[4][6]
In popular media
Harborview is the subject of Audrey Young's book House of Hope and Fear,[7] and the Mark Lanegan song "Harborview Hospital".
In the 2005 ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy Seattle Grace Hospital was based on Harborview Medical Center.[8] It is also in the television show Private Practice, a Grey's Anatomy spinoff. Over the course of Grey's Anatomy, there were two other hospital names in the same hospital based on Harborview, Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, and Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Harborview also appears in the two-hour special "Most Deadly Passage" of the series
Harborview serves as the inspiration for Lakehill Hospital in the 2020 video game The Last of Us Part II, which takes place largely in Seattle.
Notable faculty
Since 1997, Paul Ramsey, MD, has served as Harborview's chief executive officer.[9]
References
- ^ "Trauma Centers". Wsha.org. Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ "About Harborview Medical Center | UW Medicine, Seattle". Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ^ "A look at the most expensive hospital construction projects in 2020". Beckers Hospital Review. December 10, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Weekly, Seattle (November 3, 2020). "Voters approve $1.74 billion bond for Harborview Medical Center". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
- ^ Staff, KIRO 7 News (November 5, 2020). "New buildings, demolitions coming to Harborview after King County voters approve major expansion". KIRO. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Beekman, Daniel (January 28, 2020). "New Harborview tower could cost $952 million and rise above I-5". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ Cynthia Rekdal. "The House of Hope and Fear: Life in a Big City Hospital". The International Examiner. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ Hannah Hickey (August 30, 2007). "Star Trek medical device uses ultrasound to seal punctured lungs". UW News. University of Washington.
- ^ "UW Medicine - Harborview - Leadership". UW Medicine. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
External links
- Harborview Medical Center home page Archived February 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine