January 21-22
- All campuses and locations are expected to have normal operations.
Information for Friday, January 20
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Due to weather, the continuing medical education conference Advances in Neuromodulation 2012: Current State of the Art and Emerging Indications has been cancelled.
- As of 5:00 pm, main hospital campuses and emergency departments are operating and will operate as scheduled on Friday, January 20. Any known exceptions (a few late starts for some primary care and specialty clinics) are noted below. Ballard Primary Care plans to stay open late as the road conditions improve and it is safer to drive so we can accommodate any patients in the community who need care prior to the weekend.
- Please note the following hours for clinics and departments (as of 5:00 pm):
- Primary Care, Eastside :
Cle Elum – No update
Factoria – Opening at 11am
Issaquah – Opening at 10am
Mill Creek – No update
Pinelake – Opening at 10am
Redmond – Fully operational
Snoqualmie – Opening at 10am - Primary Care – Seattle:
Greenlake – Fully operational
Ballard – Opening at 9am
Magnolia – Opening at 8:30am
Queen Anne – Fully operational
South Lake Union – Opening at 9am
Downtown – Opening at 8:30
Central – Fully operational
West Seattle – Fully operational
Children’s – No update
Employee Health & Wellness – No update - Specialty Care:
Neuroscience Specialists (downtown) - Fully operational
Neuroscience Specialists (Cherry Hill) - Fully operational
Spine, Sports, Musculoskeletal Medicine (Bellevue) – Fully operational
Heart & Vascular (Cherry Hill) – No update
Physiatry/Sports Medicine (Cherry Hill) - Closed
Healthcare for Women – No update
Pediatric Specialty Care (First Hill) – Fully operational - Issaquah Specialty Care:
Gastroenterology - Fully operational
Sports Medicine - No update
H&V – No update
Vascular Surgery - No update
Spine, Sports, Musculoskeletal Medicine – Closed
Peds Specialty – Closed
Neuroscience Specialists – No update
Nephrology – No update
Plastic Surgery – No update
Allergy – No update
Urology – No update
Eastside Surgeons – Closed
Swedish OB – Closed
Otolaryngology - Fully operational
Colon/Rectal – No update
Pacific Gynecology - No update
Surgical Specialists – No update
WA Hand Surgery - No update
Maternal Fetal Medicine (Obstetrix) - Closed -
Edmonds
Birth & Family Clinic - opening at 10am
Internal Medicine - opens at 10am
Center for Wound Healing - opens at 9am
Sound Women’s Care - opens at 9am
Specialty Clinic - opens at 10am
(Edmonds clinics expect to close at normal times today)
- Primary Care, Eastside :
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The following classes are cancelled on Friday, January 20: First Hill Sibling Preparation at 2:00pm and Newborn Preparation at 3:00pm; and Ballard Birth Center Tours at 4:00pm, 5:30pm, and 7:00pm. All scheduled Edmonds classes are also cancelled.
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All Minor & James clinics open at 10am. Please call the clinics directly if you have any questions or need to reschedule your appointment. See a list of clinic phone numbers here.
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If you are experiencing a power outage, stay safe. Prevent poisoning from carbon monoxide: Only use generators outdoors and far from open windows and vents. Never use generators or portable propane heaters indoors, in garages or carports. Never cook or heat inside on charcoal or gas grills.
If we get additional weather notices or operational updates, we'll keep you posted here in this blog post and on Facebook.
Thursday, January 19
- 11:45 - Somebody wrote a note (by hand!) and handed it to the security team at First Hill. It reads:
"To whom it may concern, we arrived about 6am for surgery scheduled for 9am. A big thank you & great job to all of the workers out there in the freezing rain keeping the sidewalks clear. They have been going non-stop since we arrived."
We agree - a big thank you again to all of our staff, employees, physicians, and nurses - and others in the city and surrounding areas working to keep the streets and sidewalks safe and passable! - As of 1:30 pm, Swedish/Issaquah's Medical Office Building is running on minimal power. The Emergency Department and hospital continue to operate normally. Elective surgeries have been cancelled and patients will be contacted directly. Hospital admissions, emergency surgeries, and the ER are all operating as normal. Primary care is available for patients. The pharmacy and retail shops are currently closed. We will continue to post as updates become available. (Issaquah and Sammamish residents who are without power - Fire Stations 82 (Sammamish) & 83 (Klahanie/Iss) are open to the public as warming shelters.)
- As of 4 pm, main hospital campuses and emergency departments are operating and will operate as scheduled on Thursday, January 19. Any known exceptions (a few late starts for some primary care and specialty clinics) are noted below.
- Please note the following hours for clinics and departments (as of 4 pm):
- Primary Care, Eastside :
- Cle Elum – Fully Operational
Factoria – Closing at 3pm
Issaquah – Opening at 9am
Mill Creek – Fully Operational
Pinelake – Closing at 2pm
Redmond – Opening at 9am
Snoqualmie – Closed due to no power
Primary Care – Seattle:
Greenlake – Opening at 9am
Ballard – Opening at 10am, closing at 4pm
Magnolia – Closing at 4pm
Queen Anne – Opening at 10am
South Lake Union – Opening at 8am
Downtown – Opening at 8:30am on Friday, 1/20
Central – Closing at 3pm
West Seattle – Closing at 3pm
Children’s – Closing at 3pmSpecialty Care:
Neuroscience Specialists (downtown) - Fully operational
Neuroscience Specialists (Cherry Hill) - Closed
Spine, Sports, Musculoskeletal Medicine (Bellevue) – Opening at 12pm Closed
Heart & Vascular (Cherry Hill) – Opening at 9am
Physiatry/Sports Medicine (Cherry Hill) - No update
Healthcare for Women – Opening at 10am
Pediatric Specialty Care (First Hill) – Opening at 10amIssaquah Specialty Care:
Sports Medicine - No update
H&V – Fully operational
Vascular Surgery - No update
Spine, Sports, Musculoskeletal Medicine – Opening at 12pm Closed
Peds Specialty – Opening at 10am
Neuroscience Specialists – Fully operational
Nephrology – No update
Plastic Surgery – No update
Allergy – No update
Urology – No update
Eastside Surgeons – Closed
Swedish OB - Closed 1/19 and 1/20 due to lack of power
Otolaryngology - Closed
Colon/Rectal – No update
Pacific Gynecology - No update
Surgical Specialists – Closed
WA Hand Surgery - Closed
Issaquah Maternal Fetal Medicine (Obstetrix) - Closed
Edmonds
Birth & Family Clinic - opening at 10am, closing at 2pm (reopens Fri, 1/20 at 10am)
Internal Medicine - opens at 10
Center for Wound Healing - opens at 9
Sound Women’s Care - opens at 10
Specialty Clinic - closed today
Swedish Cancer Institute Radiation Therapy - open regular hours
Pavilion Pharmacy - closing at 4pm
Breast Imaging Services - closing after last scheduled patient (approx 3pm)First Hill
Cancer Education Center - closing at 1pm
First Hill Diagnostic Imaging - closing at 2:30pm
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All Minor & James clinics will close early today at 3 pm and will reopen tomorrow at 10am. Please call the clinics directly if you have any questions or need to reschedule your appointment. See a list of clinic phone numbers here.
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If you are experiencing a power outage, stay safe. Prevent poisoning from carbon monoxide: Only use generators outdoors and far from open windows and vents. Never use generators or portable propane heaters indoors, in garages or carports. Never cook or heat inside on charcoal or gas grills.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Cancelled Classes
First Hill
- Relief for your Foot and Ankle Pain - 6pm
- Car Seat Safety & Installation - 3pm, 6:30pm
- Free Birth Center Tour and Hospital Registration - 4pm, 5:30pm
- Newborn Care - 6pm
- Infant Safety and CPR - 6pm
Cherry Hill
- Breastfeeding - 6:30pm
Ballard
- Growing Up Male - 6pm
Edmonds
- After Breast Cancer - 4:30 pm
- All other scheduled classes are cancelled
If we get additional weather notices or operational updates, we'll keep you posted here in this blog post and on Facebook.
Updates from January 17:
All of our main campuses are open and operating as normal. However, we've gotten a few class cancellation notices, posted below, as well as some limited clinic hours (listed below by clinic proposed for Wednesday, January 18 and will be updated the morning of January 18.). If we get additional weather notices or operational updates, we'll keep you posted here in this blog post and on Facebook.
Snow dusts the Swedish/Issaquah courtyard on Monday, January 16,
but did not impact operations at any of our campuses on Monday.
10am update:
- All Birth & Family Education classes are cancelled for Tuesday, January 17th and Wednesday, January 18th due to weather conditions. See below for a listing.
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Swedish/Edmonds Birth & Family Clinic will be closing on Tuesday, January 17th at 2 p.m.
1pm update:
- More classes are cancelled at various campuses for Tuesday, January 17, and Wednesday, January 18. Please see below for a complete listing & location of cancellations.
4pm update:
- Swedish Downtown Primary Care closed at 3pm and will also be closed on Wednesday, January 18.
- Here is the list of clinic hours proposed for Wednesday, January 18 (as of 4pm on 1/17). Please note this will be updated early in the morning of 1/18:
- Cle Elum – Fully Operational
- Factoria – 10am start
- Issaquah – Fully Operational
- Mill Creek – Fully Operational
- Pinelake – 9am start
- Redmond – Fully Operational
- Snoqualmie – Fully Operational
- Greenlake - 9am–4pm
- Ballard - Fully operational
- Magnolia - Fully Operational
- Queen Anne - Fully Operational
- South Lake Union - Fully Operational
- Downtown - Closed
- Central - Fully Operational
- West Seattle - Fully Operational
- Children’s – Fully Operational
- Neuroscience Specialists - Closed
Classes cancelled by location include:
First Hill
- After Cancer Treatment - 4:30 pm
- Childbirth Prep - 5pm - 9pm
- Coping with Confidence - 5pm - 9pm
- Baby your Body - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
- Infant Safety and CPR - 6pm - 9pm
Cherry Hill
- Childbirth Prep 6:30pm - 9pm
Issaquah
- Childbirth Prep 6:30pm - 9pm
Edmonds
- Drop-In Grief Support Group - 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
The group meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., but is cancelled for Tuesday, January 17. - Weight Loss Series (series of three classes) 6:00 pm
The first session is being moved back a week due to the snow; the new dates for this class (registration required) are January 24, 31, and Feb 7. - Yoga for a healthy mind and body - 4pm
Edmonds
- Prediabetes - evenings - 6pm
Ballard
- New Mom Support Group 12:15pm - 1:45pm
First Hill
- After Breast Cancer - 4:30pm
- Pre-Birth Tour at 4pm
- Childbirth Prep 2 day 5pm - 9pm
- Childbirth Prep for Multiples 6pm - 9pm
- Weight Loss Surgery Seminar - 6pm
- Robotic Knee Surgery Seminar - 6pm
Cherry Hill
- Childbirth Prep 6 week 6:30pm - 9pm
Sammamish Library
- Colon Cancer - New Technique in Treatment - 7pm
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Cancelled Classes
First Hill
- Relief for your Foot and Ankle Pain - 6pm
