Overview

Who we are

• The only Level I adult and pediatric trauma center and regional burn center serving Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho.
• Harborview is one of the region’s most comprehensive health-care facilities, providing high quality, state-of-the-art advanced health care for people from all walks of life.
• Harborview’s Centers of Emphasis for neurosciences, trauma, burns, reconstruction and rehabilitation, mentally ill and medically vulnerable, and AIDS/STD treatment provide leading edge teaching,research, and clinical care for all patients.
• Owned by King County, governed by a county-appointed board of trustees and managed by the University of Washington (UW).
• A component of UW Medicine, which also includes UW Medical Center, the UW School of Medicine, UW Physicians and UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics.
• All staff are UW employees. All physicians are UW faculty members.
• One of the two primary teaching sites for the University of Washington School of Medicine and other UW Health Sciences programs.

Financial Facts

• Operating revenues are earned primarily through patient services.
• Harborview’s operating budget for fiscal year 2006 was $541 million.
• Income from operations for fiscal year 2006 was $7.98 million, which equates to 1.5 percent margin.
• As the region's Level I trauma center and Disaster Control Hospital, Harborview’s pivotal role in the health-care system must be protected. It is important that financial pressures of the marketplace not erode this critical resource.

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Our role as safety net provider

• Our mission is to serve patients from all walks of life. In 2002, Harborview provided $47.4 million in charity care. By 2005, the number more than doubled to reach $98 million. For 2006, it has grown to $112 million. 
• Based on the last published figures from the Department of Health for 2004, Harborview provides almost a quarter of all charity care in the state of Washington. The next closest hospital in Washington provided $10.36 million in charity care compared to Harborview's $93 million in 2004.
• Access for safety-net care is a community issue. All providers need to participate in creating a viable solution to this growing problem.

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Growth

In September 2000, King County voters passed a $193 million bond measure for a seismic upgrade and facility expansion of 50 beds and eight new operating rooms. The new building at Ninth and Jefferson and the new inpatient facility just east of Harborview’s emergency entrance are scheduled to open in 2008.

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Current Stats

• Licensed beds: 413
• Employees: 4,027
• Physicians: 413 active medical staff
• Highest occupancy rate of any hospital in the region.
  97 percent in 2006.
• More than 81,000 Emergency Department visits in 2006.
• More than 18,750 inpatient admissions in 2006.
• More than 358,950 outpatient visits in 2006 (including clinics, mental health and emergency department).

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Quality of care

• Harborview receives some of the highest scores in the country by The Joint Commission (TJC) on accreditation of healthcare organizations and recently completed and received accreditation by the commission for stroke care. The UW Medicine Stroke Center is certified as a Primary Stroke Center by TJC. Harborview also receives national verification and accreditation for its programs in orthopaedics, rehabilitation, trauma, pathology, laboratory medicine and its burn center.
• Harborview serves as a designated "Patient Safety Mentor Hospital" for other hospitals in Washington, reflecting our success in implementing all national patient safety goals as defined by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

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