Memorial Hospital: Facts and Figures

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• Founded: 1950.
• Ownership: Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association, a private not-for-profit organization governed by a board of directors.
• Board chair: Royal Keith
• Chief Executive Officer: Rick Linneweh.
• Location: Based in Yakima with locations throughout Yakima County.
• Accreditation: The Joint Commission.
• Patient admissions: 12,765 (2006).
• Hospital inpatient services include: Cancer Care, Heart Care, Critical Care, Orthopaedics, Surgery, The Family Birthplace, Pediatric Care, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Surgery, Psychiatric Care.
• Hospital square footage: 449,279.
• Campus size: 26.4 square acres.
• Fiscal year: Nov. 1 through Oct. 31.
• Total employees: approximately 1,830.
• Total licensed hospital beds: 225.
• Net patient revenues: $216,459,000 (2006 fiscal year).
• Charity care: $7.4 million (2006 fiscal year).
• Active volunteers:  311 (2006 fiscal year).
• Physicians on medical staff: 327, representing 35 specialties.
• Emergency department visits: 58,165 (2006).
• Babies born at Family Birth Center: 3,029 (2005 to 2006).
• Memorial’s Family of Services includes:
  • Memorial’s 16th Avenue Station.
  • North Star Lodge.
  • Children’s Village.
  • Home Health and Hospice.
  • Sleep Center at Memorial.
  • Heritage Grove.
  • Garden Village.
  • Surgi-Center at Memorial.
  • ‘Ohana, Memorial’s Mammography Center.
  • Family Medicine of Yakima.
  • Pacific Crest Family Medicine.
  • Cornerstone Medical Clinic.
  • Yakima Gastroenterology Associates.
  • Yakima Neurosurgery Associates.
  • Yakima Plastic Surgery Associates.
  • Memorial’s Valley Imaging.
  • Cascade Surgical Partners

About Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital

Welcome to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, a thriving hospital in a growing community.  We champion the hallmarks of superior health care in an environment that emphasizes our core values of compassion, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and safety. And we pride ourselves on creating a first-rate place to support your professional development as well as provide a welcoming home for you and your family.

Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital is a 225-bed regional referral center. The hospital has a full array of medical and surgical specialties and is licensed by the Washington Department of Health and fully accredited by The Joint Commission. Memorial is a member of the American Hospital Association and the Washington State Hospital Association. Areas of excellence include cancer care, heart care, children’s services, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatric care, wound care, neurosurgery, plastic surgery and sleep disorder services.

Memorial staff is constantly involved with in-service programs to improve existing techniques and to learn new ones. Central Washington Family Medicine offers an exceptional family medicine residency in our community. Memorial provides clinical training for:

About Yakima

Here in the Yakima Valley, life is enjoyed at a relatively relaxed pace. The 250,000 people who consider the Yakima Valley home boast that we are the gateway to the Washington wine country and the Cascade Mountains with easy access to the great outdoors and numerous recreation opportunities.

Culturally diverse and close to Seattle, Portland and Spokane, residents can enjoy the benefits and conveniences of larger cities while simultaneously taking advantage of a lower cost of living and a more relaxed lifestyle.

More about our community

• Community Information.
• Culture and Heritage.
• Arts and Entertainment.
• Sports and Recreation.
• Education.
• Washington Wine Country.
• Central Washington Attractions.
• Calendar of Events.