About Tacoma General Hospital

Serving communities across the Pacific Northwest

MultiCare’s roots in the Pacific Northwest go back to 1882, with the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital.

Over the years, we’ve grown from a Tacoma-centric, hospital-based organization into the largest, community-based, locally governed health system in the state of Washington.

Today, our comprehensive system of health includes more than 300 primary, urgent, pediatric and specialty care locations across Washington, Idaho and Oregon, as well as 12 hospitals. We welcome patients from the entire Pacific Northwest region and our 20,000-plus team members — including employees, providers and volunteers — proudly care for the communities we serve.

Without a doubt, our organization has changed over the years. But what has never changed, throughout our long history, has been our dedication to health and wellness of the people of the Pacific Northwest. Guided by our mission, vision and values, we are on continuous journey to deliver the services that our communities need, and to ensure access to those services, now and in the future.

Mission, vision and values

Our mission

Partnering for healing and a healthy future.

Our vision

MultiCare will be the Pacific Northwest’s highest value system of health.

Our values

Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other. Every decision at MultiCare will be made through the prism of our values.

• Respect: We embrace the infinite worth of all people, treat everyone with care and compassion, and affirm the dignity of each person with every interaction.
• Integrity: We speak and act honestly, do what is right and stand firmly by our principles, no matter the circumstances.
• Stewardship: We carefully and thoughtfully manage all of MultiCare’s resources — including our most valuable resource, our people — to continually improve our organization for the benefit of our customers and communities.
• Excellence: We seek to excel in all facets of how we approach our work, how we improve ourselves and our organization, and how we care for our patients, our communities and each other.
• Collaboration: We actively work with others to achieve goals, recognizing that the power of our combined efforts will exceed what we can accomplish individually.
• Kindness: We will act always with generosity, consideration and concern for others, without the expectation of reward in return. We treat everyone as they would want to be treated.
• Joy: We cultivate joy for our patients, families and colleagues through the active practice of gratitude. We find joy in being connected to the work we do and why we do it.

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