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March 5, 2010

St. Anthony Hospital plans several public events to celebrate its one-year anniversary

St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor celebrates its one-year anniversary on Wednesday, March 17, with a series of events planned for the communities it serves.

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March 1, 2010

Gig Harbor hospital celebrates one-year anniversary March 17

St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor will celebrate its one-year anniversary March 17 and has already earned a major award for patient satisfaction.

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February 19, 2010

St. Anthony Hospital draws national attention before its first anniversary

It hasn’t seen a single candle on its first birthday cake, but St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor already has cast quite a glow of light in the health care industry. The hospital has been chosen to receive the “Excellence through Insight Award” from HealthStream Research.

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February 17, 2010

St. Anthony Hospital earns patient-satisfaction award

St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor has earned the “Excellence through Insight Award” for providing quality care and achieving high patient satisfaction scores in its 24-hour emergency department.

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February 4, 2010

KING-TV: Swine flu patient at St. Clare Hospital makes miraculous recovery

Swine flu patient at St. Clare Hospital makes miraculous recovery.

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January 28, 2010

Donation gives Enumclaw Regional Hospital campaign shot in the arm

Enumclaw Regional Hospital got a shot in the arm recently when the Enumclaw Regional Healthcare Foundation presented leaders with a $600,000 check that will benefit the emergency room in the replacement hospital.

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January 26, 2010

Franciscan is a Top 100 health system for the seventh straight year

The Franciscan Health System is rated as one of the best-performing, most-efficient health organizations in the nation for the seventh consecutive year, the national magazine Modern Healthcare reported in its Jan. 25, 2010 edition.

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January 25, 2010

Franciscan information security officer offers free computer-safety presentation to schools, churches, community groups

A free presentation providing tips for how adults and children can safely use the Internet is available to Puget Sound-area schools, churches and community groups from Gregg Braunton, the information security officer for the Tacoma-based Franciscan Health System.

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January 21, 2010

St. Francis Hospital now provides elective heart procedure to clear blocked arteries

St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way and Auburn Regional Medical Center have jointly received permission from the Washington State Department of Health to provide elective angioplasty to clear clogged coronary arteries. The new service began this month.

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January 4, 2010

Franciscan opens medical pavilion: The News Tribune

Canyon Road: Medical outpost designed for needs of patients will open Monday

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