August 29, 2022
Mary Bridge Children’s to take on operations of Children’s Therapy at Valley Medical Center
TACOMA, Wash. — MultiCare Health System announced today that Children’s Therapy at UW Medicine’s Valley Medical Center will become part of Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network, effective September 25.
Mary Bridge Children’s agreed to bring the center, located at 3600 Lind Ave. SW in Renton, Wash., into its network of comprehensive family-centered health care and continue offering pediatric speech, occupational and physical therapies for children at the standalone clinic.
“Our mission is to partner for healing and a healthy future for children. We’re honored that Valley is entrusting us with this opportunity,” said Jeff Poltawsky, president and market leader of Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network. “We’re thrilled to expand Mary Bridge Children’s services into south King County and look forward to carrying on the clinic’s legacy in the community.”
Children’s Therapy at Valley has served families for more than 25 years.
“Mary Bridge Children’s offers specialized care and wraparound support for pediatric patients and their families. I believe this transition will be an excellent realignment into a robust pediatric system of care and I’m excited about what the future holds for staff and the patients served here,” said Jeannine Erickson Grinnell, MHA, CPA, chief executive officer of UW Medicine, Valley Medical Center.
The clinic’s operations including patient care, equipment and space will be transferred to Mary Bridge Children’s with no lapse in care. Additionally, Children’s Therapy staff who desire to stay at the center will become part of the MultiCare/Mary Bridge Children’s team.
In 2021, Mary Bridge Children’s therapy services treated more than 9,000 children at its current locations in Tacoma, Puyallup, Federal Way, Olympia and Gig Harbor. The integration of Children’s Therapy will add an additional 1,900 patients and expand Mary Bridge Children’s network into south King County, improving access to wraparound health care services for families around the region.
For more information about Mary Bridge Children’s, visit marybridge.org.
About Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital
Founded in 1955, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital is the state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washington, offering comprehensive care and resources for critically ill and injured children, and is the only pediatric hospital in Southwest Washington. Mary Bridge Children’s also provides primary, specialty and urgent care services at its outpatient centers and clinics across the South Sound, including Tacoma, Puyallup, Gig Harbor, Olympia, Auburn, Covington, Maple Valley, Federal Way, Bonney Lake and Poulsbo.
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network is more than a place for children to heal. It’s a place for them to grow and thrive. A place for families to come for solutions and support. A place where medical expertise and passion for children and families work together in perfect balance. Mary Bridge Children’s serves children and families, regardless of ability to pay, thanks to generous contributions to the Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation.
Mary Bridge Children’s is a part of MultiCare Health System, a community-focused, not-for-profit health system based in Tacoma, Wash. For more information about Mary Bridge Children’s, visit marybridge.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Kite Strings blog.
About MultiCare
MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed health system in the state of Washington.
MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care, Pulse Heart Institute and MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region.
MultiCare’s network of care includes 12 hospitals:
- MultiCare Allenmore Hospital, Tacoma
- MultiCare Auburn Medical Center, Auburn
- MultiCare Capital Medical Center, Olympia
- MultiCare Covington Medical Center, Covington
- MultiCare Deaconess Hospital, Spokane
- MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup
- Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma
- MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma
- MultiCare Valley Hospital, Spokane Valley
- MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital, Yakima
- Navos Behavioral Health Hospital
- Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital
About UW Medicine | Valley Medical Center
Valley Medical Center is a 341-bed acute care hospital and clinic network and the oldest and largest public district hospital in the state of Washington. Valley proudly serves over 600,000 residents in South King County. Resources are focused on prevention and wellbeing; primary specialties include emergency and trauma care, joint replacement, neuroscience, childbirth and Level III neonatal ICU, primary and urgent care, surgical services, critical care, cancer services and much more. For more information, visit www.valleymed.org.