TACOMA — The Harrison Medical Center Board of Directors has given their final approval to a plan that will consolidate acute hospital care services at their Silverdale campus.

As part of the board’s Vision 2020: Building Exceptional Heath Care planning process they are also working with community leaders to determine the outpatient services that will continue to be offered in Bremerton.

The Bremerton Community Health Care Advisory Group plans to present their recommendations to the board in the spring of 2015.

“For more than a decade, the Harrison board has been exploring the best way to care for the residents of Kitsap County by providing first-class acute care services,” said Jim Civilla, chairman of the Harrison Board of Directors. “Merging our hospital services at Silverdale as well as providing needed health care to the Bremerton community will enable us to build a regional hub that will serve the health care needs of Kitsap, Mason and Jefferson counties for generations to come.”

The board has also selected award-winning design and architecture firm NBBJ in Seattle to lead the expansion project.