Editing Spokane, Washington (section)

===Healthcare===
[[File:DeaconessMedicalCenter.jpg|right|thumb|upright|alt=Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane's "Medical District" on the lower South Hill|Deaconess Medical Center]]
The Spokane area has six major hospitals, four of which are full-service facilities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hospital Directory |publisher=Healthgrades |url=http://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/wa-washington/spokane| access-date = December 7, 2014}}</ref> The health-care industry is a large and increasingly important industry in Spokane; the city provides specialized care to many patients from the surrounding Inland Northwest and as far north as the Canada–US border.<ref>Stratton (2005), p. 9</ref> The city's health-care needs are served primarily by non-profit Seattle-based [[Providence Health & Services]] and non-profit Tacoma-based [[MultiCare Health System|Multicare Health System]], which run the two biggest hospitals, [[Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital|Sacred Heart Medical Center]], and [[MultiCare Deaconess Hospital|Deaconess Hospital]], respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stucke |first=John |title=Providence, CHS have split Spokane's health care system |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |date=March 17, 2013 |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/mar/17/cornering-the-market-providence-chs-have-split| access-date = October 12, 2014}}</ref> These two hospitals, the 102-bed [[St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute]],<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute |date=August 10, 2015 |publisher=Washington State Hospital Association |url=https://www.wsha.org/members/st-lukes-rehabilitation-institute/| access-date = November 20, 2020}}</ref> 100-bed Inland Northwest Behavioral Health,<ref>{{cite web |title=Inland Northwest Behavioral Health |date=January 10, 2019 |publisher=Washington State Hospital Association |url=https://www.wsha.org/members/inland-northwest-behavioral-health/| access-date = November 20, 2020}}</ref> and most of Spokane's major health-care facilities, are located on Spokane's Lower-South Hill, just south of downtown, in what is known as the "Medical District" of Spokane.<ref>{{cite news |last=McLean |first=Mike |title=WSU Spokane starts work on master-plan update |publisher=Spokane Journal of Business |date=February 13, 2014 |url=http://www.spokanejournal.com/local-news/wsu-spokane-starts-work-on-master-plan-update| access-date = November 6, 2014}}</ref> Sacred Heart Hospital opened originally with just 31 beds<ref>{{cite web |url=http://washington.providence.org/hospitals/sacred-heart-medical-center-and-childrens-hospital/ |title=Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital |publisher=Washington.providence.org|access-date=November 19, 2014}}</ref> on Spokane Falls Boulevard on January 27, 1887, but later moved to its present location at 101 West Eighth Avenue.<ref>Popejoy (2010), p.98</ref> As of 2014 it had 642 beds, with 28,319 admissions, 71,543 emergency room visits, and 2,982 births annually, and a full-time staff of 29 doctors and dentists and 583 registered nurses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/wa/providence-sacred-heart-medical-center-and-childrens-hospital-6910980/details |title=Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital |publisher=U.S. News|access-date=November 19, 2014}}</ref> Deaconess Medical Center, the smaller of the two main hospitals, had 388 beds as of 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/wa/deaconess-medical-center-spokane-6910880/details |title=Deaconess Medical Center |publisher=U.S. News|access-date=November 19, 2014}}</ref> Other hospitals in the area include the Spokane [[Veterans Health Administration|Veterans Affairs Medical Center]] in the northwest part of town, Providence Holy Family Hospital on the north side, and MultiCare Valley Hospital in the [[Spokane Valley, Washington|Spokane Valley]]. One of 20 specialty orthopedic [[Shriners Hospitals for Children|Shriners Hospitals]] in the U.S. is also located in Spokane.<ref>{{cite web |title=Locations |publisher=Shriners International & Shriners Hospitals for Children |url=http://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/en/Hospitals/Locations.aspx| access-date = December 7, 2014| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131206095525/http://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/en/Hospitals/Locations.aspx| archive-date = December 6, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> One of Washington's two state [[psychiatric hospital]]s, [[Eastern State Hospital (Washington)|Eastern State Hospital]], is located {{convert|15|mi|km}} away in [[Medical Lake, Washington|Medical Lake]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kershner |first=Jim |title=Medical Lake – Thumbnail History |work=Essay 10231 |publisher=HistoryLink |date=October 18, 2012 |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=10231| access-date = December 7, 2014}}</ref>

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