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                                    • Have You Thought About What You’re Going to Wear When You Discharge From the Hospital?

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: October 02, 2018
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                                      Have You Thought About What You’re Going to Wear When You Discharge From the Hospital?

                                      Have You Thought About What You’re Going to Wear When You Discharge From the Hospital?

                                      If you hadn’t expected your trip to the hospital then probably not, but here at Valley Medical Center we ...

                                      If you hadn’t expected your trip to the hospital then probably not, but here at Valley Medical Center we have you covered from head to toe! Valley staff members Tammie Williams and Amanda Lawson from ...

                                      October 02, 2018
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                                    • Partnering with Patients & Families to Improve Care Experience: Valley’s Patient & Family Advisory Council

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                                      |Date: April 13, 2018
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                                      Partnering with Patients & Families to Improve Care Experience: Valley’s Patient & Family Advisory Council

                                      Partnering with Patients & Families to Improve Care Experience: Valley’s Patient & Family Advisory Council

                                      Valley’s vision is to set the standard for a culture of excellent service through our care—every interact ...

                                      Valley’s vision is to set the standard for a culture of excellent service through our care—every interaction, every time. Patients and their families are often the most knowledgeable members of the ca ...

                                      April 13, 2018
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                                    • Supportive Care: An Extra Layer of Support

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                                      |Date: December 26, 2017
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                                      Supportive Care: An Extra Layer of Support

                                      Supportive Care: An Extra Layer of Support

                                      Just what is Supportive Care? Supportive Care is for people with serious illness, focused on providing re ...

                                      Just what is Supportive Care? Supportive Care is for people with serious illness, focused on providing relief from symptoms, pain and stress. The overall goal is to improve quality of life for patient ...

                                      December 26, 2017
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                                    • Supporting the Hospital, One Coin at a Time

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: July 18, 2017
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                                      Supporting the Hospital, One Coin at a Time

                                      Supporting the Hospital, One Coin at a Time

                                      Visitors tossing coins in to the Valley fountains often “make a wish” -- but did you know that your spare ...

                                      Visitors tossing coins in to the Valley fountains often “make a wish” -- but did you know that your spare change helps grant wishes around the hospital too? Find out what it takes for our Volunteers i ...

                                      July 18, 2017
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                                    • Hospitals throughout Puget Sound Struggling With High-Volumes, Long Emergency Room Wait Times

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                                      |Date: January 12, 2017
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                                      Hospitals throughout Puget Sound Struggling With High-Volumes,  Long Emergency Room Wait Times

                                      Hospitals throughout Puget Sound Struggling With High-Volumes, Long Emergency Room Wait Times

                                      Unprecedented Capacity Issues Impacting Hospitals and Emergency Rooms Region-wide Have you been to an eme ...

                                      Unprecedented Capacity Issues Impacting Hospitals and Emergency Rooms Region-wide Have you been to an emergency room lately and experienced longer than usual lines and wait times? If so, you’re not al ...

                                      January 12, 2017
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                                    • Texting on the Job? It’s All About Enhancing Patient Care with New Smartphone Technology Pilot

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                                      |Date: June 17, 2016
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                                      Texting on the Job? It’s All About Enhancing Patient Care with New Smartphone Technology Pilot

                                      Texting on the Job? It’s All About Enhancing Patient Care with New Smartphone Technology Pilot

                                      Are you wondering why so many nurses around Valley are looking at their phones? They aren't checking out ...

                                      Are you wondering why so many nurses around Valley are looking at their phones? They aren't checking out their Twitter feeds, they're actually testing the latest technology in patient care. On Monday, ...

                                      June 17, 2016
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                                    • The Evolution of Length of Stay for a Joint Replacement Surgery

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                                      |Date: July 23, 2015
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                                      The Evolution of Length of Stay for a Joint Replacement Surgery

                                      The Evolution of Length of Stay for a Joint Replacement Surgery

                                      Traditionally, joint replacement surgery required a several-day stay in the hospital. In the 1980s, the a ...

                                      Traditionally, joint replacement surgery required a several-day stay in the hospital. In the 1980s, the average length of stay was approximately 7 days, and now it has decreased nationally to approxim ...

                                      July 23, 2015
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                                    • Patient Satisfaction After Knee Replacement

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: April 04, 2014
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                                      Patient Satisfaction After Knee Replacement

                                      Patient Satisfaction After Knee Replacement

                                      At the most recent Knee Society meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 15, 2014, there were several pap ...

                                      At the most recent Knee Society meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 15, 2014, there were several papers published revealing the percentage of patients who were happy or satisfied after receiving ...

                                      April 04, 2014
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