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YAKIMA, Wash., May 13, 2021 — An $8 million pledge to Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) by MultiCare Health System aims to improve health care access in medically underserved communities throughout Washington.
“Pacific Northwest University is an important partner in ensuring communities across the Pacific Northwest have access to the health care services they need,” said Bill Robertson, MultiCare president and CEO. “We are proud to support their work to ensure students interested in health careers get the right training to prepare them for the future.”
“This generous gift from MultiCare helps us to expand our capacity to train future health care providers for service in rural and medically underserved communities throughout the Pacific Northwest,” said Dr. Michael Lawler, president of PNWU. “The partnership brings tremendous opportunities for PNWU students to learn from skilled clinicians at MultiCare, and we eagerly collaborate with MultiCare to develop the next generation of healers and leaders for the State of Washington and the Pacific Northwest.”
PNWU intends to use the $8 million pledge to support the expansion of its Yakima campus, bolstering its current facilities with the addition of a Student Learning Collaborative (SLC) building that could support current and future health sciences programs. By supporting PNWU’s campus growth, MultiCare – Washington’s largest not-for-profit, community-based, locally-owned health system – is working to increase the availability of health care professionals throughout the Pacific Northwest.
MultiCare’s pledge is the latest development in its PNWU partnership, which supports the missions of both organizations through shared knowledge and resources. Both organizations hope that the partnership will serve as a model for medical education and health care delivery in the Pacific Northwest.
About MultiCare
MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed health system in the state of Washington.
MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including MultiCare Indigo Health, Pulse Heart Institute and MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region.
MultiCare’s network of care includes 11 hospitals:
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital, Tacoma
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center, Auburn
MultiCare Capital Medical Center, Olympia
MultiCare Covington Medical Center, Covington
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital, Spokane
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma
MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, Tacoma
MultiCare Valley Hospital, Spokane Valley
Navos Behavioral Health Hospital
Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital
About PNWU
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) is a grassroots, non-profit health sciences university established in 2005 by a group of visionary community leaders in Washington’s fertile Yakima Valley. PNWU educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically underserved communities throughout the Northwest.
Based in Yakima, Washington, PNWU’s 70-acre campus boasts a collaboration-inspiring array of health sciences disciplines, all united under the university’s mission of educating and training healthcare professionals emphasizing service in rural and medically underserved areas throughout the Pacific Northwest states of Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Montana.
PNWU’s world-class health sciences education programs offer students access to the University’s comprehensive anatomy lab, an experienced and engaging faculty, an ever-growing toolbox of medical technologies, a state-of-the-art medical simulation lab, a host of invaluable in-person interactions with simulated patients (SPs), cutting-edge telehealth training opportunities, and more.