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Award honors CEO's vision, leadership, dedication
The Washington State Hospital Association presented this year's Joe Hopkins Memorial Award to MultiCare Health System President and CEO Diane Cecchettini, RN.
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Mary Bridge, Good Samaritan win WSHA 'Best Hands on Care Award'
Two MultiCare hospitals have earned the 2011 "Best Hands on Care Award" from the Washington State Hospital Association. Above, Olympic snowboarder Shaun White demonstrates the "gel in, gel out" hand-sanitizing technique while visiting patients in February at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Center in Tacoma.
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Mary Bridge rolls out initiative to support healthy lifestyles
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in partnership with ACHIEVE introduces a new community-based initiative to promote healthy lifestyle choices for families.
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MultiCare Health System successfully demonstrates health record
MultiCare Health System is among the first in Washington to show that its electronic health record, called MultiCare Connect, meets the requirements of a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service incentive program, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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State award honors lifesaving newborn heart screening program
For their pioneering work in screening newborns for heart defects, MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital's Family Birth Center and the MultiCare Mary Bridge Pediatric Heart Center have been chosen to receive the 2011 Warren Featherstone Reid Award for Excellence in Health Care
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After World Cup, U.S. soccer player visits Mary Bridge patients
Fresh off the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final and followed by an ESPN TV crew, U.S. national soccer team member Stephanie Cox visited young patients Thursday at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Center.
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NASCAR driver Kurt Busch visits Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
NASCAR driver Kurt Busch was generous enough to take time out of his busy schedule to spend Wednesday afternoon visiting with young patients at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, Wash.
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Nominate MultiCare's 'Amazing Nurses'
MultiCare's more than 2,000 nurses provide exceptional care for patients everyday. Here's a way to highlight their hard work on a national level.
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Flu shots now available at MultiCare clinics
Flu vaccines are now available for patients at MultiCare clinics in King and Pierce counties. Patients who would like the flu vaccine should make an appointment.
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Free vaccines offered for children, caregivers of infants
Whooping cough (pertussis) is on the rise in Pierce County, so it's a good time to take advantage of free vaccinations for children and teens, and for anyone caring for infants younger than 1.
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MultiCare among nation's 'Most Wired'
MultiCare Health System is honored for the third year in a row for its complete electronic health record that connects all hospitals and clinics..
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MultiCare cyclists bond over bikes with Mary Bridge patient
A repaired heart valve and an equally high-tech bicycle have put a Tacoma teen on the road to recovery.
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BRIDGES provides support to grieving kids, families
In the months after his older brother's sudden death, J.J. Jamison, then 14, began having angry outbursts at school, throwing things, yelling and running out of the classroom.
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Reimbursement cuts, more charity care prompt layoffs at MultiCare
These are very challenging times in health care. MultiCare Health System is facing major cuts in reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid, as are all health systems across the country. We als...
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MultiCare providers named Top Docs by Seattle magazine
Thirteen physicians who work at MultiCare Health System hospitals were recognized last week as Seattle magazine's 2011 Top Doctors. These doctors were nominated by their peers for this an...
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