Harrison Medical Center History

1918 - Harrison was founded as City General during the worldwide flu pandemic.

1931 - Rechristened Olympic Hospital.

1942 - The hospital becomes Harrison Hospital when its founders formed a not-for-profit corporation.

1946 - Harrison moves to the site of what had been Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital, at Sixth Street and Marion Avenue.

1965 - A new Harrison Hospital opens on Cherry Avenue in East Bremerton.

1971 - Another wing is added.

1980, 1984, 1991 - Expansion and remodeling.

1995 - Award-winning lobby, roof garden, and surgery suites are completed.
A second campus—Harrison Port Orchard—is established with a focus on outpatient and urgent care.

2000 - Harrison Silverdale opens, featuring outpatient surgery, rehab services, 24-hour emergency care, and OB/GYN and pediatrics services. A new cancer center opens at the main hospital campus in East Bremerton.

2001 - Harrison opens a sleep disorders center at the East Bremerton campus.
Harrison receives state approval to perform open-heart surgery and provide interventional services at main campus in East Bremerton.

2003 - First open-heart surgery takes 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 is 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 exceptional 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 - 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. Harrison’s cardiac surgery program is ranked No. 1 in Washington in an independent quality study sponsored by HealthGrades, placing Harrison in the top 10 percent of all hospitals nationally for cardiac surgery quality and outcomes.

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. Harrison finalizes an agreement with the new Public Hospital District No. 2 in Mason County to provide urgent and primary care services in Belfair.

2008 to 2010 - Harrison Electronic Record & Orders (HERO) rolls out in major phases over a three-year period. This $30.5 million electronic medical record effort ushers in improved patient quality and safety standards at all Harrison campuses.

2009
January - Harrison opens the newly expanded Port Orchard 70,000-square-foot campus, providing 24/7 urgent care; primary care; and other outpatient services.
April - The Harrison Belfair campus opens with 12-hour daily urgent care; primary care; and other outpatient services.
June - Harrison receives a Certificate of Need approval for a 92-bed expansion of the Silverdale campus.
July - Harrison Poulsbo Hematology & Oncology center begins serving patients with outpatient chemotherapy treatments and myriad other cancer-care services.

* Information Directly Quoted From:  ‘Harrison Medical Center’.  http://www.harrisonmedical.org/home/about-harrison/  September, 2010.