Summit Pacific is a vibrant and expanding public hospital district that operates a Critical Access Hospital with a Level IV trauma designation, two rural healthcare clinics, and a seven-day-a-week urgent care clinic. Our vision is “Through Summit Care, we will build the healthiest community in the Nation.” Our hospital is unique due to its size and accessibility. We pride ourselves on our ability to give patients quick access to a provider.
At Summit Pacific, we have the ability to stabilize and provide advanced trauma life support to critically injured patients. If a higher-level trauma center is needed to provide the patient with the best care, we are equipped to transfer by ambulance or helicopter. Stopping at Summit Pacific for stabilization has been instrumental in saving the lives of heart attack and stroke victims as well as those with traumatic injuries.
Summit Pacific Medical Center houses a Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Program, where our providers care for patients who are recently out of surgery or recovering from illness who need a bit more recovery time before returning home.
To meet the needs of a growing community and with the advancements in technology, district leadership began planning for the construction of a new facility. With the district in stable financial condition and the help of a USDA loan, a replacement facility was built in Elma and the organization rebranded. This new facility not only met the needs of today’s population but was built to serve the community for years to come. Construction began in 2011 and the district opened the doors to Summit Pacific Medical Center in February of 2013.
Following the closure of Mark Reed Hospital, Mark Reed Healthcare Clinic continued to operate out of the nearly 60-year-old building. Even before Summit Pacific Medical Center opened its doors, hospital leadership began dreaming of being able to provide McCleary patients with a new facility. The District was pleased to open the new 6,000 square-foot building in April of 2016.
To make an impact on the health and wellness of the community, Summit Pacific invested $31 million into Grays Harbor County by building a three-story, 60,000 square-foot facility. The construction of this center added over 80 new jobs to our community. The new facility provided the space and infrastructure needed to bring in more healthcare providers, equipment, and services. It provided the room needed to work more closely with community partners to bring in additional specialty resources and knowledge for those living and raising their families in Grays Harbor. The facility’s grand opening was held on January 25, 2019.
Summit Pacific is a municipal corporation organized under chapter 70.44 RCW. It owns and operates a 40,000 square foot 10-bed Acute Care Hospital and three Medicare-certified Rural Health Clinics. Summit Pacific replaced its original facility and relocated to its existing location in 2013. Summit Pacific is a vibrant and expanding public hospital district that operates a Critical Access Hospital with a level IV trauma designation, three rural healthcare clinics and a seven day a week urgent care clinic and the wellness center.
At Summit Pacific, we stabilize and provide advanced trauma life support to critically injured patients within our 10-bed Emergency Department (ED). If a higher-level trauma center is needed to provide the patient with the best care, we are equipped to transfer by ambulance or helicopter. Summit Pacific is essential for stabilization and has saved countless lives for heart attack and stroke victims as well as those with traumatic injuries.
Summit Pacific currently has a 10-bed Acute Care unit but is licensed for up to 25-beds. Part of the acute care program allows for a Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Program, where we care for patients who are recently out of surgery or recovering from illness who need a bit more recovery time before returning home.
Grays Harbor County ranks low when it comes to health behaviors (37/39) Grays Harbor County has higher rates of smoking and obesity and lower rates of physical activity compared to other counties.
Summit Medical Center
The hospital was built in 2013 and is licensed for 25 beds, though only 10 are being used currently. They are starting construction on expanding it to the full 25 beds and expanding their ED from 10 beds to 15 and this should be completed in the next 12 months. Part of the expansion will be adding an additional Trauma Room (in addition to the 1 they currently have) and adding 2 swing beds. The hospital does not offer any surgical services and does not even have an Operating Room or anesthesia for an operating room. There are no surgeons on staff, and there are no intentions of bring any on in the near future.
They currently have 410 employes & 45+ providers. There are over 80K people in Greys Harbor County, with Summit having the only GIs in the entire county. There are more than 25 Primary Care providers providing referrals, all of which have said there is a huge need for additional GIs.
In the most recent needs analysis, it was determined there is a need for 20+ additional PCPs and the community needs 3.5 GIs to be fully staffed. As of right now Summit Medical is only marketing the GI service line to their internal PCP team, and they have a 3+ month wait to be seen with 550 referrals and 250 procedures on the wait list.
60% of their patients come from the west side of the county and drive 30+ minutes (including passing a 200-bed hospital) as the care at Summit Pacific is much better. As evidence, Summit Pacific has an operating margin of more than 12% and the industry average is only 2%.
The hospital has all basic imaging onsite, including X-Ray, two ultrasound rooms, brand new CT scan and they will be moving the MRI into the hospital during the expansion. Overall Summit Pacific saw 24K patients in their outpatient clinics and had 20K ED visits, they have an average daily inpatient census of 5.1 and their Primary Care clinics saw 48K patients.
