History
In 1908, Dr Nils Johanson (a Swedish immigrant and surgeon) and 10 of his fellow Swedish-Americans sold bonds to open Seattle's Swedish Hospital.
Swedish was founded on June 1, 1910. In 1980, it absorbed Doctors Hospital and Seattle General Hospital. In 1992, Ballard Community Hospital became part of Swedish. Providence Seattle Medical Center, where the first live Internet broadcast of an open heart surgery was performed via the Virtual Operating Room in 1998, became part of Swedish Medical Center in 2000. Stevens Hospital in Edmonds, Washington joined the system in 2010.
In 2012, Swedish Health Services affiliated with Providence Health & Services.
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