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Healthcare on San Juan Island

Peace Health—Peace Island Medical Center Eventide Health

Peace Health promotes personal and community health by caring for each person in a loving and considerate way. The mission statement of Peace Health is to relieve pain and suffering, by offering personalized care to everyone. The core values that shape Peace Health are respect, stewardship, collaboration, and social justice. At the core, Peace Health founders and staff respect the dignity of others and appreciate the worth and value of each person through demonstrating a compassionate, caring, and accepting nature for everyone’s individual differences and medical needs. Peace Health serves the local San Juan Island community, while holding their staff and themselves accountable to exercise ethical and responsible stewardship. Their organization develops and distributes human, financial, and environmental resources. Peace Health values the participation, contribution, cooperation, and creativity of all who work collectively to promote the health and wellbeing of the local San Juan Islands community. By evaluating the structures of the Peace Health organization and the local community, they can promote and distribute health care resources. The vision of Peace Health is for each person to receive safe, compassionate, and quality care every time.

Peace Health, Peace Island Medical Center is located at 1117 Spring Street. Peace Island Medical Center is a 10 - bed critical admittance hospital, which also shelters an expanded primary and specialty care clinic to serve those who reside, operate, and visit the San Juan Islands. Along with incorporating the latest medical technology, Peace Island Medical Center is known for its award-winning design. As a result of collaboration with the island community, the medical center includes beautiful works of art and musical elements within the hospital. The medical center is staffed with expert caregivers to deliver on site care. In addition, they have incorporated a new telemedicine system to provide additional services provided by regular visiting specialists. The major medical services offered at Peace Health Island Medical Center are cancer treatment, emergency room, family medicine, imaging services, internal medicine, laboratory, orthopedics center, outpatient surgery and surgical services.

In 2013, Peace Health Island Medical Center was awarded the American Institute of Architects Healthcare Design for the best health care building design. In 2015, Peace Health Island Medical center was awarded the ASHRE Technology Award for best heating and airflow design among newly built hospitals. Eventide Health is an independent primary care practice in lovely Friday Harbor Washington, located at 689 Airport Center Suite B. Eventide offers both traditional and direct primary care options for the San Juan Islands Community. They focus on patient centered healthcare with full pricing transparency, never hidden medical expenses. The objective of Eventide is to design a healthcare plan with you and for you. They promise to listen and work exceptionally hard to create solutions for your medical needs, along with preventative plans. Eventide works with local providers and specialists. The founders of Eventide in Friday Harbor, Will and Sherrie House, moved to San Juan Island in December of 2019 to take over what was previously San Juan Healthcare. Their mission, which is incorporated into the core of Eventide, is to serve the wonderful island community for years to come by providing quality healthcare services.

Compass Health

Compass Health of Friday Harbor is located at 520 Spring Street. Compass Health’s mission is to advance behavioral health all around Northwest Washington. They are a community-based health care agency, integrating behavioral health and medical care services. Compass Health supports individual clients and entire communities through over a century of medical experience. With highly skilled mental health professionals, primary care providers and peer counselors, Compass Health addresses complex healthcare needs for everyone. Compass Health is a nonprofit organization that serves people of all ages who need comprehensive mental health treatment, crisis prevention, intervention, child services, community education and so much more!

Planned Parenthood Friday Harbor Health Center

Planned Parenthood Friday Harbor Health Center is located 470 Reed Street Unit 2A open on Thursdays from 8AM to 5PM. Planned Parenthood is one of the nations leading providers of high quality, affordable health care. Planned Parenthood is the nations largest provider of sex education, offering medical services and advice whether you have or do not have health insurance. At the Planned Parenthood Friday Health Center, you can visit for services that do not require a medical exam. This includes birth control education and supplies, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing and counseling, sexually transmitted disease, and infection testing. Talk to the local Planned Parenthood staff in order to get the care you need.

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