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EvergreenHealth's History

How It Began

By the mid-1960s, leaders in northeast King County began thinking about how to provide hospital services to their growing region. After looking at several options, they decided the best was to form a public hospital district. In the same way a school or fire district taxes residents to provide those services, a hospital district uses tax money to build a hospital.

Voters approved formation of King County Public Hospital District No. 2 in November 1967. Thirty-five acres of land were purchased near the point where the communities of Kirkland, Bothell and Redmond intersect. The first Board of Commissioners was elected to provide community oversight for the district's operation.

A community contest to name the new hospital resulted in the name "Evergreen." 76-bed Evergreen General Hospital opened its doors on Mar. 9, 1972.

The Taxation District

The original boundaries of King County Public Hospital District No. 2's tax district included Bothell, Kenmore, Kirkland, Redmond, Woodinville, part of Sammamish and parts of unincorporated northeast King County.

The district's boundaries remained unchanged until 2000, when the city of Duvall voted to annex itself to the EvergreenHealth district.

Our Growth Milestones

Thanks to the foresight of the district's elected commissioners and civic leaders, along with hospital leadership, physicians and staff, King County Public Hospital District No. 2 (today known as EvergreenHealth), the tiny hospital that opened in 1972, is now a multi-hospital system with a service area of nearly 850,000 people.

EvergreenHealth's growth took a major step in 2012 when it began what is now a strategic alliance with the hospital that is currently EvergreenHealth Monroe. The Monroe hospital, which is a part of the Snohomish County Public Hospital District No. 1, has evolved for more than a century to continue serving the needs of the residents in the area and beyond. In January 2016, Fairfax Behavioral Health opened its psychiatric hospital within EvergreenHealth Monroe, offering comprehensive psychiatric and behavioral health services to the Snohomish County area. 

Check out our milestones:

1960s Milestones

1967 | Voters approve creation of King County Public Hospital District No. 2

1967 | 35 acres of land purchased for what is now the Kirkland campus

1968 | Contest picks the name Evergreen Hospital

1970s Milestones

1970 | Groundbreaking for Evergreen Hospital

1972 | (Mar. 9) Evergreen General Hospital opens with 76 patient beds

1980s Milestones

1982 | Hospital's 3rd floor completed

1983 | Urgent Care opens in Woodinville

1984 | Hospital's 4th floor completed

1986 | North wing opens with new ED, critical care and auditorium

1986 | Hospital's name changed to Evergreen Hospital Medical Center

1986 | Home care services begin

1990s Milestones

1991 | Evergreen Hospice Care Center opens

1991 | EvergreenHealth Foundation formed

1992 | East wing (Blue zone) opens, doubling the size of the hospital

1994 | Evergreen Professional Center (Coral zone) opens

1995 | Hospital's name is changed to Evergreen Community Health Care

1996 | EvergreenHealth named the nation's first "Baby-Friendly Hospital" by UNICEF

1996 | Family Maternity Center named one of the nation's "10 Best Places to Have a Baby" by Self magazine

1996 | 16 primary care physicians join EvergreenHealth, creating the EvergreenHealth Medical Group

2000s Milestones

2000 | EvergreenHealth Primary Care, Sammamish opens

2000 | Booth Gardner Parkinson's Care Center opens

2001 | EvergreenHealth Primary Care, Duvall opens

2002 | EvergreenHealth opens the Eastside's first Level III intensive care nursery

2002 | Evergreen Surgery & Physicians Pavilion (Tan zone) opens adjacent to the hospital

2003 | 4th and 5th floors open in the Blue zone

2005 | EvergreenHealth Plaza medical office building opens

2007 | New Emergency Department and Patient Tower (Silver zone) open

2008 | Mobile coach brings 3D mammography to community locations

2009 | DeYoung Pavilion opens adjacent to the hospital

2009 | Named a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence by Healthgrades

2010s Milestones

2010 | Named a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence by Healthgrades

2011 | New primary and urgent care centers open in Redmond and Woodinville

2011 | Emergency Department opens in Redmond

2011 | Named a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence by Healthgrades

2012 | Evergreen Healthcare is renamed EvergreenHealth

2012 | Halvorson Cancer Center opens at EvergreenHealth

2012 | Named a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence by Healthgrades

2013 | EvergreenHealth Partners (EHP), the first clinically integrated network (CIN) in the region, is launched

2014 | Valley General Hospital joins EvergreenHealth; later renamed EvergreenHealth Monroe

2014 | EvergreenHealth joins the Puget Sound High Value Network

2014 | Named one of America's 250 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades

2015 | Sky Valley Family Medicine joins EvergreenHealth, becomes EvergreenHealth Primary Care, Sultan

2015 | Named one of America's 250 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades

2016 | Community votes to expand the EvergreenHealth Board of Commissioners to seven members

2016 | Named one of America's 250 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades

2016 | Named a Best Regional Hospital by US News & World Report

2017 | Lakeshore Clinic joins EvergreenHealth, becomes EvergreenHealth Primary Care, Lakeshore

2017 | EvergreenHealth and Overlake Medical Center partner to form the Eastside Health Alliance

2017 | 4th and 5th floors open in the Silver tower

2017 | Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades

2017 | EvergreenHealth Urgent Care opens in Mill Creek, Sammamish and Kenmore

2018 | Named a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence by Healthgrades

2018 | Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades

2018 | Recognized with Healthgrades' Outstanding Patient Experience Award

2018 | EvergreenHealth Primary Care, Mill Creek opens

2019 | Received a Spring 'A' grade for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group

2019 | Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades

2019 | Ranked the #3 Best Hospital in the Seattle metro area and in Washington State by US News & World Report

2019 | Received a Fall 'A' grade for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group

2020s Milestones

2020 | Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades

2020 | Received a Spring 'A' grade for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group

2020 | Named a Best Regional Hospital by US News & World Report

2020 | EvergreenHealth Urgent Care, Totem Lake opens

2020 | Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals for Specialty Care (stroke, pulmonary, gastrointestinal,  general surgery) by Healthgrades

2020 | Received a Fall 'A' grade for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group

2021 | Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades

2021 | Received a Spring 'A' grade for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group

2021 | New 20-bed Intensive Care Unit opens

2021 | Named a Best Regional Hospital by US News & World Report

2021 | Named one of America's 100 Best Hospitals for Specialty Care (stroke, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, gastrointestinal surgery, spine surgery) by Healthgrades

2021 | Received a Fall 'A' grade for patient safety from the Leapfrog Group.

2022 | Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades

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