Our History
January 16, 1985
Hospital opens its doors as Black Hills Community Hospital
February 1986
Western Washington Cancer Treatment Center opens
October 1987
Hospital becomes part of newly formed HealthTrust Inc.
December 1989
Cardiac Cath Lab opens
October 1990
Women’s Services opens birthing suites
April 1991
BHCH renamed as Capital Medical Center
July 1992
Ambulatory Center opens
February 1995
Physician’s Pavilion opens with 65,000 sq. ft. medical office space
April 1996
Hospital becomes part of Columbia/HCA
October 1995
ER/Registration opens
May 1997
Radiation Therapy opens w/addition of Olympia Radiology
May 2000
Parent company, Columbia/HCA, becomes HCA
November 2005
Hospital becomes part of Capella Healthcare
March 2006
Interventional Radiology Services opens
April 2008
Capital Radiation Therapy opens in the Physicians’ Pavilion on the CMC Campus
July 2008
Capital Mammography opens
November 2008
Olympia Family & Internal Medicine partners with Capital Medical Center
July 2009
Olympia Family & Internal Medicine moves into new 7800 sq. ft. medical office on the Capital Medical Center Campus
August 2010
Capital Medical Center partners with Providence Southwest Washington to make all campuses tobacco-free inside and out
December 2011
Capital Medical Center opens the Capital Imaging Center and Outpatient Clinic
December 2011
Hospital named No. 1 in Washington State and in the Top 10% in the nation for orthopedic care and major neurosurgery by The Delta Group’s CareChex Medical Quality Rating System
December 2011
Capital Medical Center opens the Advanced Wound Center
November 2012
Hospital awarded the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for its disease-specific certification for knee and hip replacement and spine surgery
March 2014
Capital Medical selects UW Medicine as the collaborative healthcare system of choice for complex tertiary and quaternary care for Capital Medical Center patients
January 2015
Women’s Services birthing units remodeled; Hospital re-certified for the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for its disease-specific certification for knee and hip replacement and spine surgery
March 2015
Eastside Healthcare partners with Capital Medical Center to become Capital Eastside Family Practice
April 2015
Capital Westside Internal Medicine opens
June 2015
Capital Diabetes & Weight Loss opens
January 2016
UW Neighborhood Olympia Clinic opens in collaboration with Capital Medical Center
March 2016
Capital parent organization Capella Health merges with Regional Care to become RCCH Healthcare Partners
May 2016
Capital General Surgery opens
June 2016
Ground breaks on new $18M surgical services expansion and renovation
January 2017
Hospital re-certified for The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for its disease-specific certification for knee and hip replacement and spine surgery
August 2017
Mark Turner, FACHE, becomes CEO of Capital Medical Center
February 2018
Capital Medical Center becomes a Community Healthcare Partner with UW Medicine
November 2018
Capital parent organization RCCH merges with LifePoint Health