Deaconess Medical Center is an acute care, not-for-profit hospital located in downtown Spokane, Washington.  Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Deaconess is a level II Trauma Center with 388 licensed beds.  In the past several years, Deaconess has been identified four times as one of the Top 100 Heart Hospitals in the United States by Solucient, a leading healthcare information and research firm.  In addition, Deaconess’ overall cardiac, vascular and gastrointestinal services ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation for 2006 by HealthGrades, the nation’s leading provider of independent hospital ratings.

For more than 100 years, Deaconess Medical Center has provided the Spokane community and the Inland Northwest region with exceptional quality healthcare services and the latest in diagnostic and patient care technology.  Deaconess is recognized as a national leader in the treatment of heart and vascular diseases, cancer as well as services for mothers and their newborn babies.

With an active 650-member physician and allied health professionals team, state-of-the-art medical technology and nationally recognized patient care programs, Deaconess provides a broad spectrum of healthcare services.

Deaconess Medical Center is a member of Empire Health Services, a not-for-profit health system in Spokane, Washington.  Along with Deaconess, EHS owns and operates Valley Hospital and Medical Center in the Spokane Valley, four FirstCare urgent care clinics located throughout Spokane and Liberty Lake, the West Central Women’s Clinic, East Central Community Outpatient Clinic.

Empire Health Services also jointly owns Inland Northwest Health Services which operates Northwest Medstar, Information Resource Management, CHER (Community Health and Education Resource) and the Inland Northwest TeleHealth.