OUR STORY

 

Welcome! See and experience Meridian Center for Health. A new way

to deliver care and connect you to health and human services.

 

Starting with the seed of an idea several years ago, Valley Cities Behavioral Health, Public Health – Seattle & King County, and Neighborcare Health joined as partners to bring you a broad array of services under one roof. We connect, integrate and coordinate our services internally to create a dramatically different experience for you.

 

Helping you navigate, we aim to offer you a more seamless experience with easier and better access, follow-up, continuity and movement across parts of the system. We particularly want to minimize challenges, no matter your culture, age, language, income or housing status.  

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You can expect a warm welcome and respect from any and all on our team.  Your dignity, as well as your health, matters to us. We are here for you.
 

HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT 

• Our Welcome Center, for all who walk in the front doors, sets the tone for the patient experience and is a hub for community resource information.

• We help you, as a patient or client, get what you need, regardless of where you begin.

• All of our team members help you navigate - connecting you across organizations and with outside services.

• You can often get started or access services on the same day, all at this same location.

• No one will be turned away because of inability to pay.

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OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

We approach our interactions with these ideas in mind:

• A no-wrong door approach

• Patient-centeredness

• Commitment to quality and innovation

• Partnership and collaboration

 

THE BUILDING

• Designed for integration with shared team spaces & community rooms

• Natural stone & wood features to emphasize healing intent of building

• 45,000 square feet

• Owned and managed by Neighborcare Health

• Land provided by King County

• Architect:  NBBJ

• Construction Contractor:  Lease Crutcher Lewis

• LEED Gold certification

• Opened December 2015

• Supported through public funds, foundation support, and individual contributions through a successful $22.5 million capital campaign

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