Description

Location and Service Area: Located in Portland, Oregon and serving the 900,000 east side residents of the metropolitan area.

Bed Count: Licensed for 302 beds.

Services Offered: A full-service medical center with major emphases in surgery, cardiology, neurosurgery, mental health, obstetrics, orthopedics, outpatient rehabilitation, primary care, home care and hospice.

Graduate Medical Education Residencies: None. However, we do have training programs in a number of areas including: nursing, medical imaging, respiratory therapy, physical therapy and clinical psychology.

Number of Affiliated Physicians, Employees and Volunteers: 507 physicians; 2,019 employees; and 433 volunteers.

Number of Deliveries/Births: 1,175

Recent Accomplishments

• Opened new Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center
• Installed an additional Cardiac Catheterization Lab
• Expanded interventional cardiology service to include elective procedures
• Among the first hospitals in Oregon to offer Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening
• Implemented PACS (Picture Archival Communication System) for digital storage and viewing of medical imaging files
• First hospital in Oregon to offer remote viewing of cardiac catheterization images through PACS (Picture Archival Communication System)
• Upgraded Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to provide enhanced quality, diagnostic capabilities and increase efficiencies
• Operating a new outpatient center at Gresham Station that includes a full-service digital imaging center as well as relocated and expanded primary care and physical therapy clinics
• Increased marketing and marketplace changes resulting in a 25% increase in Home Health patient volume and 17% patient growth in Hospice
• Recruited 14 new physicians including medical directors in Occupational Health and Hyperbaric Medicine
• Obtained city approval for campus conditional use master plan for future expansion and development over the next decade
• Broke ground on a new 181,000 square foot Pavilion to be completed in 2008
• Recipient of Premier Award for Quality in Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Awarded the OMPRO (Oregon Medical Professional Review Organization) honor for excellence and a second honor for innovation in surgical procedures - the only hospital in Oregon to receive awards in 2005
• Only hospital in Portland to offer digital mammography with the FDA approved "Soft Mammo Pad" for all mammography patients

Annual Community Benefit Activities

• Facilitated more than 3,400 physician referrals
• Nearly 600 individuals participated in childbirth education classes
• Wellness Services assisted more than 15,000 individuals through classes, screenings, clinics and events
• The Healthvan provided screenings for local residents and community outreach and wellness activities providing more than $53,000 in uncompensated care
• Chaplains began community education classes focused on the healing ministry of Christ at Camas Outpatient Clinic
• 10th Annual Golf Benefit generated a record breaking $112,000 in proceeds to support construction of a Behavioral Medicine Therapy Courtyard
• Record breaking employee annual giving campaign raised more than $300,000 to benefit hospital and community based programs
• Community philanthropic gifts and pledges generated $1,428,000
• Partnered with area churches in providing lifestyle improvement programs
• Employees volunteered at Portland Adventist and Battle Ground Community Service Centers
• Provided free mammograms for low-income women as part of a sponsorship for the Susan G. Komen Foundation's annual "Race for the Cure"
• Served as a major sponsor of the NAMI Walk, which supports programs that benefit individuals with mental illness
• Hospital leadership served on numerous community boards