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Welcome
Welcome to our web
site. We hope you will find information of interest here. While striving to keep our site
current, please feel free to send us feedback or requests for more information via e-mail,
phone, fax or U.S. mail.
It is our expectation to continually build
on our site by adding new features, so check back often.
Again, welcome!
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Our Mission:
To
enhance the quality of life for all we serve.
Our Vision:
Honor
our heritage and be the pride of the community
By being a community
driven organization;
By being an active
participant in planning for the future of our community;
By being the leader in
our industry and region in providing high quality care for patients;
By being ready and
responsive to meet health care needs;
By being the hospital and
long term care facility of choice;
By providing a beautiful,
comfortable setting for our patients and our long term care residents;
By being the employer of
choice;
By being financially
healthy; and
By being a model of
excellence in promoting wellness and restoring health.
Our Values:
We
do the right thing, even if it is not the easy choice. We hold ourselves
to high standards in the work that we do - this means we have a strong
work ethic and do our jobs to the best of our abilities. We are honest,
fair, and respectful to our patients, our community and ourselves.
Patients are always the focus and center of everything we do. Regardless
of our role in the organization, we go above and beyond to provide
services in a manner that lets patients know that we care deeply about
them.
It
is absolutely important to us that that our patients and our community
trusts us. We will provide patient care and conduct our business such
that they always do.
We
are open and forthright with our community, our partners, and ourselves.
Our community and patients have a right to know how we are planning for
the future. They deserve to know how we are performing in the present,
both financially and on quality measures.
We
are loyal to our patients, because we care about them deeply as our
friends, family, and neighbors. We are also loyal to Wrangell Medical
Center, and always act as excellent ambassadors of the organization. We
treat each other with respect, and work cooperatively as members of a
cohesive team.
We
respect and remember our long history of caring for the diverse people
in our community and region. We are committed to honoring this heritage
by holding in the highest esteem our elders who came before us. We will
focus on planning for our future so our elders can age in place, and
maximize the potential that all patients may be served right here in the
community.
Above all, we provide safe, high quality health care. We strive for
excellence in everything we do, regardless of whether or not it is
related directly to patient care. We hold ourselves accountable this
excellence. We embrace growth and change that comes with constantly
improving ourselves. We focus on creating strong systems, and do not
blame individuals for outcomes related to weak systems.
We
believe in the prudent use of our resources. We deliver high quality
services in a manner that is cost-effective while not compromising our
services. Good stewardship of our finances benefits our community in the
form of improvements and expansion of the services available.
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History
The City of Wrangell is
located on the northern tip of Wrangell Island along the Inside Passage of
Southeast Alaska. One of the oldest non-native settlements in Alaska, it is
on the Stikine River, an historic trade route to the Canadian Interior.
The community of Wrangell has worn many hats since
its 1811 beginnings as a fur-trading settlement for the Russian-American Company. When the
U.S. purchased the Alaska Territory in 1867, it became a military post. When the early
gold rushes began, it became an outfitter for gold prospecting. And as the gold played
out, Wrangell's focus shifted to fishing, fish processing, and the beginnings of a forest
products industry.
Four canneries and a cold storage were in operation
when Bishop Rowe Hospital began receiving patients in 1926. Fueled by strong growth in
fishing and forest products, the community continued to grow, driving the need for a new
hospital at a new location. Wrangell Medical Center opened in 1968.
By 1972, plans were approved for a skilled nursing
home. Four years later the long-term care unit was opened.
In 1989, Phase I of a remodeling and renovation
project expanded and updated all departments of the hospital, setting the stage for the
opening of the Stikine Family Clinic in 1993. The completion of Phase II in 1996 added a
new storage building and maintenance.
Although housed in the same building and sharing
the services of physical therapy, x-ray, the laboratory and kitchen, the acute and
long-term care units are separate, fully-licensed facilities. The acute care facility has
8 beds, and the long-term care facility, licensed for skilled nursing or intermediate
nursing home care, has 14 beds.
The hospital is owned by the City of Wrangell and
governed by a board of directors appointed by the city council. An administrator is
selected by the board to direct daily operations.
Direct questions or comments to Bob Shymanski at
bshymanski@wmcmail.org
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