Last week MultiCare Health System broke ground on a new 10,000-square-foot neighborhood emergency department located at 1055 Golf Club Road SE in Lacey.
The new facility will feature 10 exam rooms, on-site radiology services including x-ray, ultrasound, and CT scans; an in-house laboratory; and a pediatric provider available seven days a week. The new department will be staffed by board-certified emergency physicians.
“We know that residents in Thurston County need access to more emergency care,” says Will Callicoat, president of MultiCare Capital Medical Center in Olympia. “Emergency departments across the Puget Sound are often at or near capacity. This new facility will give our communities another option when seeking emergency services, often giving patients access to a doctor within 15 minutes.”
MultiCare is partnering with Emerus on the launch of new emergency rooms throughout the Puget Sound. Emerus is a Texas-based health care company with experience helping hospitals and health systems operate neighborhood emergency rooms.
Construction of the Lacey facility, which will operate under MultiCare Capital Medical Center’s license, is expected to begin this fall. Anderson Construction is the contractor on the project.
When MultiCare Emergency Lacey opens next summer, it will be MultiCare’s fifth neighborhood emergency room. The health system opened emergency rooms in Parkland and Bonney Lake in 2019, South Hill in 2020 and Federal Way in 2021.