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• Young man's legacy lives on through gift of organ donation

  Posted on Apr 17, 2013
  

  April is National Donate Life Month, a time to commemorate those who have received or continue to wait for lifesaving organ, eye and tissue transplants. More than 2,000 people in the state of Washington and 115,000 people in the United States are awaiting lifesaving organ transplants. Transplantation gives hope to thousands of people with organ failure and provides many others with active and renewed lives. Here’s one story of how this happened at MultiCare.

• Always turn the light on: tips to prevent accidental poisoning

  Posted on Mar 20, 2013
  

  More than 2 million poisonings are reported each year to the 57 poison control centers across the country. More than 90 percent of these poisonings occur in the home. The majority of non-fatal poisonings occur in children younger than six years old. And, poisonings are one of the leading causes of death among adults. Follow these tips to help prevent poisoning in your home.

• Do something healthy: Derek Hough visits Tacoma

  Posted on Feb 7, 2013
  

  Derek Hough of Dancing with the Stars fame paid a visit to Tacoma, Wash. Feb. 6, 2013, for MultiCare Health System's 13th annual "Do Something Healthy" event. Past visitors have included Shaun White and Jillian Michaels.

• MultiCare In The News: Feb. 4, 2013

  Posted on Feb 4, 2013
  

  This week's roundup of selected news stories that feature MultiCare Health System employees, patients, hospitals or clinics.

• MultiCare In The News: Jan. 27, 2013

  Posted on Jan 27, 2013
  

  This week's roundup of news stories that featured MultiCare employees, patients, hospitals or clinics.

• How to prevent norovirus infection

  Posted on Jan 24, 2013

  Have you heard rumblings in the news (and hopefully not your stomach!) about a new strain of norovirus?

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says a new strain of norovirus, often mistakenly referred to as "stomach flu," has caused more than 140 outbreaks since September. But, no need to panic yet. Most norovirus infections are mild and pass in a few days.

• MultiCare dietitian offers tips to cope with bacon shortage

  Posted on Sep 27, 2012
  

  The news has shocked and horrified breakfast-lovers around the world. An international bacon shortage is looming – and Britain’s National Pig Association says there may not be anything we can do about it. MultiCare Health System understands the stress a lack of bacon can add to a hungry person’s morning, and will be here for the community during this difficult, pork-deficient time.

• MultiCare employees volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

  Posted on Sep 17, 2012
  

  A MultiCare Health System team lead by Theresa Boyle, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development, toiled Friday as part of a Habitat for Humanity “team build” day, augmenting the regular volunteer workforce to help build out a community of 13 new homes.

• MultiCare physicians honored as 'Top Doctors' by Seattle magazine

  Posted on Jun 19, 2012
  

  The "Top Doctors" list in this month's issue of Seattle magazine includes 12 physicians employed by MultiCare or affiliated with MultiCare hospitals.

• Leap Day birthdays: MultiCare welcomes 19 babies born on Feb. 29

  Posted on Mar 1, 2012
  

  For the 19 babies born at MultiCare hospitals yesterday, Feb. 29 always will be a special day -- even if it means their "first" birthday technically will be four years from now. But we're sure these Leap Day newborns and their families will celebrate more often that that.
  

• MultiCare's mobile (and personal) approach to mental health care

  Posted on Jan 26, 2012
  

  Tim Holmes, Vice President of Outreach Services for MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, visited "New Day Northwest" on KING 5 TV to talk about how the hospital's innovative mobile outreach program is reaching  people with mental illness who don't seek regular medical treatment. 
  

• Chamber recognizes Good Samaritan Hospital for innovation

  Posted on Jan 26, 2012
  

  The Puyallup/Sumner Chamber presented the 2012 Business Innovations award to MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital for the new family medicine residency training program at East Pierce Family Medicine.

• Heart test that saved baby in Tacoma recommended for all newborns

  Posted on Dec 21, 2011
  

  A baby's heart defect was detected thanks to a painless test offered to newborns at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital. "I feel very lucky that we decided to do the test. I feel very lucky that we were at Tacoma General," the boy's mother told KING 5 TV. "I think the stars aligned. Somebody was looking out for us, for him, and it essentially saved his life."
  

• Smile Factory modifies toys, other devices to fit special needs

  Posted on Dec 19, 2011
  

  A modified rocking horse is just one example of the hundreds of modified toys and other everyday items produced by the Smile Factory each year, part of the Assistive Technology Program at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital's Children's Therapy Unit.

• AMR gives ambulance to Good Samaritan Medical Explorers Post 905

  Posted on Nov 30, 2011
  

  MultiCare Good Samaritan Medical Explorers Post 905 received a donated ambulance from American Medical Response air medical division CEO Randy Strozyck, who himself was a medical explorer with Post 905 from 1972 until 1975. 
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