Skagit Regional Health is a

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system based in northwestern

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, headquartered in Mount Vernon, Washington.

History

Skagit Regional Health was formed on July 1, 2010, by a merger of the

Skagit Valley Hospital Skagit Valley Hospital is a 137-bed public hospital located in Mt. Vernon, in the US State Washington. The hospital operates a level 3 trauma center. Founded in 1958, the hospital was organized as a Public District operating in Skagit Valley Publ ...

and

Skagit Valley Medical Center Skagit ( ) may refer to: *Skagit peoples, Native American groups in the U.S. state of Washington ** Upper Skagit, one of the two Skagit peoples ** Lower Skagit, one of the two Skagit peoples ** Skagit language, or Lushootseed, the traditional langu ...

. On June 1, 2016, Skagit Regional Health signed a 30-year lease with Arlington-based

Cascade Valley Hospital The Cascade Valley Hospital is a general hospital in Arlington, Washington, operated by Skagit Regional Health. The 48-bed hospital is located south of downtown Arlington on a property; Cascade Valley also operates five medical clinics and a f ...

to take over operations and effectively merge the two systems.

Facilities

, Arlington *

, Mount Vernon

References

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