This past week, a group of Ballard High School students was invited to the Gossman Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Simulation at Swedish Medical Center’s First Hill campus to go behind-the-scenes of the medical industry. The students are interested in non-physician track careers and spent the day learning about positions such as surgery technician, […]
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Ballard home to state-of-the-art cancer treatment
Ballard is now home to the newest technology in cancer treatment. Swedish Hospital just opened the first TomoTherapy center in the Greater Puget Sound Region. TomoTherapy combines the use of CT imaging into the delivery of radiation in real time. “What is unique about it is that it basically looks like a CAT scanner, it […]
‘Concrete monorail’ comes down at Swedish Ballard
The large concrete structure on the Market Street side of Swedish Ballard has been demolished. A look at the “concrete monorail” from an upper floor in the new medical office building. Today, Mortenson Construction began taking down the “concrete monorail” as Jennifer Graves, R.N., nurse executive calls it to make room for a new garden. […]
New Swedish Ballard Medical Center taking shape
As the new Swedish Ballard Medical Center takes shape on Tallman Ave NW, the philosophy is set: offer patients fast, accurate medical information. Under construction is a new 5-story building that will house the new emergency department, new imaging facility, Swedish Physicians Primary Care, Swedish Ob/Gyn Specialists, Swedish Midwifery and other specialty physicians. The entrance […]
Swedish Ballard hosts first farmers market
This Thursday you can buy fresh, locally grown produce at Swedish Ballard (5300 Tallman Ave NW). The medical center’s Nutrition Services department is hosting a farmers market in the first floor Cafeteria Conference Room from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “We are buying the produce from our produce vendor that does all its sourcing from […]
Swedish looking for cute baby photos
Grab those photo albums, Swedish Medical Center is looking for the most adorable baby born at any of the Swedish locations. Kai (a.k.a. Baby Geeky Swede) born at Swedish Ballard. Since opening its doors in 1910, more than 200,000 babies have been born at Swedish Medical Center, including 7,400 last year alone at the Ballard […]
Final beam placed atop new Swedish building
Less than four months since the groundbreaking, crews have placed the final steel beam atop the new Swedish building on Tallman Ave. Hospital officials, project designers and workers and representatives from Mortenson Construction gathered today for the structural steel topping out ceremony, and each was given the chance to sign the beam before it was […]
Innovative clinic opens at Swedish in Ballard
Swedish Medical Center in Ballard opened an innovative clinic today that aims to take a “medical home” approach to health care. Swedish says it’s the first clinic in the country to adopt the model from the ground up. Explains Local Health Guide Online: “The idea behind the medical-home model is to create a primary-care team […]
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