Working Together to Promote Excellence
Highline Medical Center includes two healthcare campuses and more than 20 clinics across Southwest King County. From orthopedic surgery to obstetrics, from heart care to home health, you'll find it at Highline. We offer access to leading medical experts supported by sophisticated technology. And through our progressive Planetree model of care, we are committed to caring for each patient and his or her family with genuine respect, understanding and compassion.
Mission Statement
Improve the health of our community by delivering integrated care that is safe, high-quality and patient-centered.
Vision Statement
Achieving excellence through exceptional quality and patient-centered care.
Values Statement
Highline CARES
Collaboration
Work together toward shared goals, communicate effectively and support each other.
Accountability
Take individual responsibility for our actions, meeting goals and managing finances.
Respect
Live the Planetree philosophy. Treat patients, families and each other with compassion and dignity.
Excellence
Exceed every expectation, in both clinical quality and patient-centered care.
Safety
Protect the well-being of our patients and our fellow caregivers. Safety is our first priority.
Statistics
In 2008, Highline Medical Center:
- Admitted 9,916 patients
- Delivered 1,064 babies
- Served 61,654 patients through the Emergency Departments
Medical Staff and Services
Medical Staff
Over 200 physicians with active and courtesy medical staff privileges.
Employees
Our staff includes over 1,500 full-time and part-time people.
Services
Acute Care — 24-hour Emergency and Trauma Care, Family Childbirth Center, Inpatient Medical/Surgical/Oncology, Critical Care, Cardiac Care, Cancer Care, Imaging Services and Outpatient Surgery Center.
Specialty Care — Home Health and Hospice, Geriatric Psychiatry Services, Addiction Recovery Center (Chemical Dependency) and Physical Rehabilitation Center.
Hospital Highlights
- As the first Planetree-affiliate hospital in Washington, Highline Medical Center is dedicated to cultivating a healing, pleasant, caring and nurturing environment.
- As the tenth-busiest emergency department in the Puget Sound region, Highline Medical Center serves as the base station for the Burien area emergency medical unit.
- We opened a new, free-standing Cancer Center in 2005, and have a comprehensive accredited Cancer Care Program, including the chemotherapy clinic, radiation therapy through Swedish Cancer Institute, inpatient care and multiple support programs and supportive therapies in collaboration with Bastyr University and NW Natural Health Specialty Care Clinic.
- We have a 32-bed intensive care unit, which includes Cardiac Care and Telemetry.
- Our Healing Garden, at both campuses, offer a peaceful setting for patients, their families and visitors.
- Highline is one of six hospitals nationwide to receive a Premier Award for Quality for excellence in hip and knee replacement procedures in 2007.
- In July 2008, Highline broke ground on a state-of-the-art ER & Patient Care unit. It is slated to open in April 2010.
- Highline was honored as one of the 2008 Top Ten Healing Hospitals by Baptist Healing Trust, national foundation dedicated to making an impact on the health and lives of hospital caregivers and patients around the country
History
1958 - Hospital opens as Burien General Hospital.
1978 - Name changes to Highline Community Hospital to reflect new status as a community, nonprofit hospital.
1985 - Hospital adds a five-story addition currently housing the Barney Clark Special Care Unit and medical, surgical, pediatric and oncology units.
1989 - Highline purchases Riverton General Hospital (now known as the Specialty Campus).
1993 - Highline Medical Services Organization (HMSO) forms as a partnership of the medical staff and the hospital to position our community to successfully meet the challenges of managed care.
1998 - Hospital adds new wing with over 97,000 square feet, featuring a state-of-the-art Family Childbirth Center, Medical/Oncology Unit, community health education center and exercise facility for cardiac rehabilitation patients.
2005 - Changes name to Highline Medical Center to better reflect quality and scope of services. New Cancer Center opens in May of this year.
2008 - In July 2008, Highline will break ground on a new ER and Patient Care unit slated to opened in early 2010.
2010 - In April 2010, Highline opened the doors to the new ER and Patient Care Unit as part of the new Birch Wing. Click here for a behind-the-scenes-tour.