Serving our community is the number one priority here at Adventist Medical Center. We respond to community needs by being a leader in quality health care, health awareness and wellness education. Some of the ways we serve our community are:

• Bi-monthly distributing 104,000 Health for Life publications
• Wellness classes offered to over 14,000 individuals
• Our Healthvan provided over $53,000 in free care
• Off-campus clinics take care to the community
• Sponsors community events: Race for the Cure, Adopt a Family and NAMI Walk

Our Heritage
Since 1893 AMC has been providing quality care to the Portland community. Even though our name and location has evolved, our commitment and service oriented attitude has remained constant. AMC is now a 302-bed facility serving 900,000 residents. It is full service with major emphases in: surgery, cardiology, neurosurgery, mental health, obstetrics, orthopedics, outpatient rehabilitation, primary care, home care and hospice.

Today, Adventist Health circles the globe. Sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, this network includes 160 hospitals and nearly 500 clinics, nursing homes and dispensaries worldwide. AMC is proud to be a part of this network and share the vision to treat the whole person—mind, body and spirit.

Our Commitment
So why choose Adventist Medical Center? As a not-for-profit organization, every dollar we make stays where it should—in our community. Our earnings never land in shareholders' mailboxes. Instead, they are used to enhance patient care, expand hospital programs and build new facilities. To make life better for those we serve.

We've been doing just that for more than a century. Although costs have risen, reimbursement has fallen and competition continues to increase, our commitment to our community has never wavered. This same commitment is passed along to our employees, business partners and members of our medical staff.

We are here for no other reason than to serve the people around us to the best of our ability. Our dedicated team of caregivers believe they can make a difference. With new generations come new people; the spirit of our existence remains the same. Our continued pursuit of perfection for over 100 years has put us at the forefront of both service excellence and community betterment.

Benefiting Our Community

Serving the Underserved
AMC is commissioned to provide care for all regardless of ethnicity, age or financial status. This dedication drives efforts to provide free and discounted services to the underserved population of our community.

Our Healthvan program partners with community organizations to serve the community by providing free or low cost health screenings in tandem with health education services to prevent illness among the underserved: low income and migrant worker families, teens, seniors and the homeless.

The Healthvan program provides services that include: blood pressure testing, cholesterol screening, diabetes screening, immunizations and treatment for children of migrant families, HIV screening, eye examinations, bone density testing, pulmonary function testing, stroke screening (ultrasound examination) and flu shots.

Community Involvement
Interacting with our community is very important at AMC and we are involved in several community events such as Adopt a Family, Race for the Cure and the NAMI Walk. AMC also partners with other leading community organizations in health care such as, Oregon Center for Nursing, STARS Foundation and Oregon Cardiovascular Symposium to improve health in our neighborhoods.

Many employees volunteer time to these events and organizations. In 2008, 202 employees and their families participated in Portland's Race for the Cure.

Our physicians give their time to the Portland Adventist Community Services (PACS), to provide medical services free of charge to those without medical insurance. All laboratory, radiology and emergency services are facilitated by AMC. Many hospital physicians from a wide range of specialties are willing to treat patients on a referral basis from the clinic as well. Last year PACS had 999 clinic patients.

Community Benefits
Every day, we give back to our community in the form of free health care, donations, prevention and wellness activities and subsidized programs that we choose to operate at a loss simply because they are needed. It is important to differentiate between bad debt and charity care offered by AMC.