Ep. 8: Growth and Seattle Healthcare System

How are Seattle’s hospitals affected by the city’s growth? Today’s episode features an in-depth interview with Dr. Susan Stern who is the head of the Division of Emergency Medicine, in charge of two of Seattle’s premier emergency departments: Harborview and UW Medical Center. You will hear the shocking way in which growth is impacting Suzanna, a nurse in a Seattle hospital’s orthopedics department. You will also hear from the executive director of Harborview Medical Center, Paul Hayes, and the interim executive director of UW Medical Center, Geoff Austin. This episode will give you a better understanding of capacity issues in our region’s hospitals and the resource needs of our region’s hospitals in the changing city.