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Swedish today announced that Dr. Kristen M. Swanson, dean of the College of Nursing at Seattle University and a Swedish Board of Trustees member since January 2015, is the new chair of the board. Dr. Swanson succeeds Dr. Michael J. Hart.

Mental health, drug addiction and homelessness emerged as major issues in our communities.

Swedish today announced a partnership with One Medical, the leading member-based, technology-enabled modern primary care provider. This partnership with One Medical provides Swedish the opportunity to expand its reach in the community while offering patients continuity of care if they need to access specialty and hospital care at Swedish.

Low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients treated with CyberKnife had a disease-free survival rate of 97.3 and 97.1 percent five years after treatment.

We are excited to announce Swedish Ballard received the Pathway to Excellence® re-designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Swedish Ballard was the first hospital to be designated as a Pathway to Excellence Organization in 2015. 

In a rapidly changing health care environment, Swedish must ensure that our organization is well positioned to continue to provide the excellent care that our patients and communities expect and deserve.

Swedish and the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) have signed a letter of intent to expand access to specialty health care services in Southeast Alaska. 

We are proud to share that 62 Swedish-affiliated providers were included in

Seattle Met magazines 13^th annual list of 2018 Top Doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. More than 1,000 doctors, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in the Seattle metropolitan area participated in the Top Doctors 2018 survey, for which the magazine asked, “If you or a loved one needed medical care, whom would you choose?”  

We are pleased to announce Swedish Issaquah was recently identified as a top performing hospital for their dedication to patient experience by the Washington Health Alliance (WHA). Swedish Issaquah received an 81% experience rating and is one of four hospitals to place in the top 10 in quality and patient experience.

On July 18, the Swedish Hearing & Audiology team will provide hearing screenings and education on the effects of noise exposure to participants of the Seattle Teen Music Ensemble at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in Seattle.   Millions of children in the U.S. are impacted by permanent hearing loss and studies have shown that this number is rising.