Since 1949, Forks Community Hospital has offered medical care to residents of the West End, right here at home.Like local schools, businesses, and churches, a hospital is a key resource for a community. Our mission statement, “We are committed to personalizing healthcare to enhance the quality of life for everyone“, clearly demonstrates our pledge to continue to provide high-quality, affordable healthcare services to the West End.
Forks Community Hospital is a public hospital district of Clallam County.
Mission:
A team of health care providers, administrators, support staff, elected commissioners and citizen volunteers.
Vision
We believe quality is the continuous pursuit of better and more innovative ways to meet the needs and expectations of our customers, each other, organizations and communities we serve. We will pursue quality through improvement in work processes and systems and by supporting ongoing training and education of our most important resource – people.
Values
TEAMWORK – We believe teamwork results in the attainment of the finest finished product possible. This is achieved through the cooperation and use of resources of individual team members.
PERSONALIZED CARE – We believe that personalized care is an essential element of the healing process. Personalized care should be individualized to patients, residents, clients, and their families; integrating their physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs.
DEDICATION/COMPASSION/RESPECT – We believe that those who serve in our organization reflect a tradition of gentleness and empathy for all patients, residents, clients, and their families, co-workers and others. We believe each person is worthy of love and respect, and we share the responsibility to safeguard personal dignity.
INNOVATION & CREATIVITY – As a rural hospital district serving a large geographic area, we have the responsibility for providing diverse health-related inpatient, outpatient and residential services. We encourage innovative and creative ideas in problem solving to overcome limited resources.