Samaritan Health Services

The Samaritan Health Services (SHS) is a non-profit, integrated delivery healthcare system consisting of five hospitals in Oregon and is headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon.

Not to be confused with Samaritan Health System.

Samaritan Health Services
MottoBringing Healthcare To Our Communities
TypeNon-profit organization
Legal statusCompany
HeadquartersCorvallis, Oregon, U.S.
ServicesHealthcare
Key people
Doug Boysen,
System CEO
Robert Turngren, MD,
Chief Medical Officer
Websitewww.samhealth.org

Operations

SHS operates five hospitals and has over five hundred employed providers in Oregon. The largest hospitals are two Acute Care Hospitals in Corvallis and Albany, and three Critical Access Hospitals(CAHs) in Lebanon, Newport, and Lincoln City.

Hospitals

SHS oversees the operations of five Oregon hospitals:

Samaritan Albany General Hospital
Main building of Albany General Hospital

Samaritan Albany General Hospital (44.63186°N 123.11632°W / 44.63186; -123.11632 ) is a 76-bed medical facility in Albany, Oregon. Services include a level III trauma center,[6] as well as the first open magnetic resonance imaging facility in the middle Willamette Valley.[7]

It is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO).[8]

Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital
Lebanon Community Hospital

Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital (44.5511°N 122.9076°W / 44.5511; -122.9076) is a 25-bed critical access care facility at 525 N. Santiam Hwy, Lebanon, Oregon, United States. It provides services to eastern Linn County.[9]

This facility is accredited by the Det Norske Veritas (DNV).[10]

Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital
Pacific Communities Hospital

Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital (44.6291°N 124.0590°W / 44.6291; -124.0590 ) is a 25-bed acute care medical facility at 930 SW Abbey Newport, Oregon, United States.[11] Services include a level IV trauma center.[12]

The hospital was built in 1952 as a 17-bed acute care facility. Since then, it has been remodeled and expanded to meet the growing needs of the community. Currently, the hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital, with 380 employees, 110 of whom are nurses, and 120 volunteers.[13]

It is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO).[14]

Heliport

The Pacific Communities Hospital Heliport is located at the hospital.

Governance

In 2018, Doug Boysen, former vice president and General Counsel, was appointed as CEO of the health system.[15] Bob Turngren MD was hired a few months later as Chief Medical Officer.

InterCommunity Health Network

SHS is partnered with the InterCommunity Health Network (IHN) Coordinated Care Organization (CCO).[16] IHN was formed in 2012 by local public, private, and non-profit partners to unify health services and systems for Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) members in Benton, Lincoln, and Linn Counties[17] and covers almost fifty five thousand individuals.

Awards

In 2017 SHS was listed as one of three finalists for the 2017 American Hospital Association Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service,[18][19] a national award that recognizes hospitals and hospital systems for improving the healthcare of their patients and communities.

In 2018, the Portland Business Journal listed SHS as the Healthiest Employer of Oregon, 5000 or More Employees, ranked by Healthiest Employers Index Score.[20] This was the sixth time it received recognition in one of the categories for Healthiest Employer.[21] The award was created to recognize organizations that are committed to creating a healthy workplace.

See also

References
  1. "Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center". Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  2. "Samaritan Albany General Hospital". Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  3. "Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital". Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  4. "Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital". Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  5. "Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital". Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  6. "Mid-valley Our Town 2006-2007, Samaritan Health Services Inc". Archived from the original on May 4, 2003. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
  7. "New Samaritan facilities open for tours Oct. 13". Gazette Times. October 5, 2007. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
  8. "SAMARITAN ALBANY GENERAL HOSPITAL - ALBANY, OR - Detailed Hospital Profile". Retrieved September 9, 2008.
  9. "Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  10. "Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital".
  11. "Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital". Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  12. "Oregon Trauma Hospitals" (PDF). Oregon Department of Human Services. August 19, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
  14. "Samaritan Pacific Comm Hosp: Hospitals Directory". U.S. News and World Report. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
  15. "New SHS head brings health and law interests to post". December 31, 2017.
  16. "InterCommunity Health Network".
  17. "Oregon Health Authority. Coordinated Care Organizations (CCO)".
  18. "Foster G. McGaw Prize: Winners and Finalists".
  19. "Samaritan Health a finalist for national award". February 15, 2018.
  20. "Healthiest Employers of Oregon (5,000+ employees) No. 1: Samaritan Health Services". Portland Business Journal. August 16, 2018.
  21. "Samaritan Health Service Healthiest Employer Awards".
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