Harrison Fast Facts
Overview
Harrison is a not-for-profit community hospital whose origins date to the flu epidemic of 1918. Today, it is the region’s busiest medical center, with three campuses serving Kitsap, Jefferson, Clallam, and north Mason counties. At the main hospital in East Bremerton, and facilities in Silverdale and Port Orchard, Harrison offers a comprehensive range of services, including OB/GYN and pediatrics; cardio-logy, including open-heart surgery; orthopedics; oncology; diagnostic imaging; laser, laparoscopic, and retinal surgery; rehabilitation; mental health; emergency and urgent care. Harrison is a Level III Trauma Center.
Harrison’s ER and urgent care staff treat more than 90,000 patients annually, making it one of the busiest emergency departments in the region. Some 17,000 patients are admitted to Harrison each year. More than 2,000 babies are born annually at the Women’s & Children’s Center in Silverdale. And, more than 12,000 surgeries are performed at two Harrison facilities.
Medical Staff
More than 450 physicians belong to Harrison’s medical staff.
Employees
Full- and part-time employees number over 2,500, making Harrison the largest private employer in Kitsap County.
Executives
Scott Bosch, President and CEO
Patty Cochrell, Chief Operating Officer
James Smalley, Chair of the Board
Mark Adams, MD, Chief of Medical Staff
Accreditation
Harrison is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, which establishes standards—and reviews compliance—for U.S. hospitals. Harrison has been associated with JCAHO since 1972, with full accreditation. We view our participation in this demanding review process as part of our unwavering commitment to the highest standards in patient care.
Historical Timeline
1918. Harrison was founded as City General during the worldwide flu pandemic.
1931. Rechristened Olympic Hospital.
1942. The hospital became Harrison Hospital when its founders formed a not-for-profit corporation.
1946. Harrison moved to the site of what had been Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital, at Sixth and Marion.
1965. A new Harrison Hospital was unveiled on Cherry Avenue in East Bremerton.
1971. Another wing was added.
1980, 1984, 1991. Expansion and remodeling.
1995. Award-winning lobby, roof garden, and surgery suites were completed.
A second campus—Harrison Port Orchard—was established with focus on outpatient and urgent care.
2000. Harrison Silverdale opened, featuring outpatient surgery, rehab services, 24-hour emergency care, and Peds/OB/GYN services.
A new cancer center opened at the main hospital campus in East Bremerton.
2001. Harrison opened a sleep disorders center at the East Bremerton campus.
Harrison received state approval to perform open-heart surgery and provide interventional services at main campus in East Bremerton.
2003. First open-heart surgery took place at Harrison’s main campus in East Bremerton, furthering the organization’s evolvement into a tertiary care center.
2004. A $13-million Emergency Department 33-bed expansion and renovation was completed at the East Bremerton campus. A rooftop helipad serves to provide medical air transport service, operated by Airlift Northwest, to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center, the sole Level I trauma center serving a four-state region.
Scott Bosch succeeds Dave Gitch as the third president and CEO in 45 years.
2005. Harrison enlists Seattle architects NBBJ and Bremerton's Rice Fergus Miller to create a master facilities plan, a comprehensive look at our facilities and how they must change to meet the community's future healthcare needs.
Harrison changes its name to Harrison Medical Center, adopting a new mission (We make a difference in people’s lives through exception medical care.) and core values (Empathy, Innovation, and Accountability).
Vision 2010 is launched, a robust plan to transcend Harrison from a good hospital to a great one by devoting energy and resources in nine vital areas, including clinical excellence, customer service, expanded services, and financial performance.
2006. A regional marketing campaign—I Choose Harrison—showcases cardiovascular, orthopedics, and oncology services to affirm Harrison as the provider of choice in the region.
Harrison is equipped to provide free wireless internet access at all three campuses.
Results of an employee engagement survey, conducted by the world-renowned Gallup Organization, qualify Harrison as a best-practice, mission-driven organization.
2007. The master facilities plan begun in 2005 evolves to include an 80-bed expansion of the Silverdale campus; a 24-hour urgent care center at the Port Orchard campus; and urgent and primary care services to Belfair in north Mason County.
2008. Harrison breaks ground on a 24-hour urgent care center at the Port Orchard campus with expanded imaging services, physician offices and a host of outpatient services. The development represents phase two of a master plan for the Port Orchard campus that began in 1995. In a sell-and-lease partnership, Harrison sells the seven-acre campus and existing 33,000-square-foot building to Tim Ryan Properties LP, who also will own the new 36,000-square-foot facility. Completion of the new medical office building is scheduled for January 2009.
Harrison finalizes an agreement with the new Public Hospital District No. 2 in Mason County to provide urgent and primary care services in Belfair. Planned is a 6,000-square-foot facility, with construction beginning in summer and completion estimated in 2009.