Two Washington Hospitals to Negotiate Affiliation With Swedish Medical Center

Separate votes at Port Angeles, Wash.-based Olympic Medical Center and Port Townsend, Wash.-based Jefferson Healthcare have resulted in unanimous decisions to negotiate nonbinding letters of intent to affiliate with Seattle-based Swedish Medical Center, according to a Peninsula Daily News report.

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Forks (Wash.) Community Hospital will also vote on a possible affiliation with Swedish on Tuesday.

The tertiary affiliation would allow OMC, Jefferson Healthcare and Forks Community Hospital to refer patients to Swedish for specialized care in exchange for help recruiting doctors, implementing IT and receiving patient referrals for follow-up care.

The agreement would also help the three hospitals implement electronic medical records.

Read the Peninsula Daily News report on possible affiliations with Swedish Medical Center.

Read more coverage on Swedish Medical Center:

Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center to Open Stand-Alone ER

Three Washington State Hospitals Consider Affiliation

Washington Regulators Approve Swedish Health’s Bid to Operate Public Hospital

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