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Access to world-class birthing centers
Health Connect Members have access to two world-class birthing centers in EvergreenHealth and Overlake
Medical Center & Clinics.
In 2021, Overlake Medical Center & Clinics built a new maternity facility. Overlake Medical Center & Clinics
targets care to a patient’s medical and personal needs. EvergreenHealth renovated their Family Maternity
Center (FMC) and now offers individual, spacious rooms equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Patients
can welcome babies in a private suite and then recover in their own room.
“EvergreenHealth FMC and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit are so proud to deliver safe, compassionate and
quality-focused care to our patients,” says Danielle Henderson, DO, Executive Medical Director of Women’s
Services at EvergreenHealth. “With our newly refurbished FMC, not only can we continue to deliver this
collaborative care, but we can also accommodate the growing birth rates in our community.“
Both hospitals also offer classes on the range of topics new parents might be curious about. Joy Campbell,
Community Engagement Manager at Overlake Medical Center & Clinics says, “There’s a lot of free
information available on the internet; it’s just not comprehensive. When you’re bringing a human into the
world, even though we have been doing it for a millennia, it’s probably best to get as much information
as we offer.” Classes cover everything from breastfeeding to family dynamics to after-birth care. Bringing
a new life into the world is never an easy experience, but the Health Connect Plan works hard to remove
uncertainties and stresses for expectant parents.
American Journal of Public Health, “Doula Care, Birth Outcomes, and Costs Among Medicaid Beneficiaries,” March 8,
2013: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/ajph.2012.301201 ; National Institute of Health, “Perceptions and
experiences of labor companionship: a qualitative evidence synthesis,” March 18, 2019.
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A private birthing suite at EvergreenHealth.
2021–22 Annual Report
An expectant mother at Overlake Medical Center’s
brand-new birthing center.
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