The Samaritan Health Services (SHS) is a

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, integrated delivery healthcare system consisting of five hospitals in Oregon and is headquartered in

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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

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s(CAHs) in

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, and Lincoln City.

Hospitals

SHS oversees the operations of five Oregon hospitals: * Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center is a 188-bed medical facility in Corvallis, Oregon. The only hospital in the city, it is a level II trauma center, and serves the Linn, Benton, and Lincoln County area. * Samaritan Albany General Hospital is a 76-bed medical facility in Albany, Oregon. Services include a level III trauma center, as well as the first open magnetic resonance imaging facility in the middle Willamette Valley. * Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital is a 25-bed critical access care facility in Lebanon, Oregon. It provides services to eastern Linn County. * Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital and Level IV trauma center. It is located in the coastal town of Lincoln City, Oregon. This hospital serves the residents and visitors of Lincoln County. * Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital is a 25-bed acute care medical facility in Newport, Oregon. Services include a level IV trauma center.

Samaritan Albany General Hospital

Samaritan Albany General Hospital ( ) is a 76-bed medical facility in Albany,

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. Services include a

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, as well as the first open magnetic resonance imaging facility in the middle

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

Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital

Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital () is a 25-bed critical access care facility at 525 N. Santiam Hwy,

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. It provides services to eastern Linn County. This facility is accredited by the

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(DNV).

Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital

Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital ( ) is a 25-bed

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medical facility at 930 SW Abbey

. Services include a

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. 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

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, with 380 employees, 110 of whom are nurses, and 120 volunteers. It is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO).

Heliport

The Pacific Communities Hospital Heliport is located at the hospital.

Governance

In 2018, Doug Boysen, former vice president and

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, was appointed as

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of the health system. Bob Turngren MD was hired a few months later as

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InterCommunity Health Network

SHS is partnered with the InterCommunity Health Network (IHN) Coordinated Care Organization (CCO). IHN was formed in 2012 by local public, private, and non-profit partners to unify health services and systems for

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(Medicaid) members in Benton, Lincoln, and Linn Counties and covers almost fifty five thousand individuals.

Awards

In 2017 SHS was listed as one of three finalists for the 2017 American Hospital Association

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Prize for Excellence in Community Service, 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. This was the sixth time it received recognition in one of the categories for Healthiest Employer. The award was created to recognize organizations that are committed to creating a healthy workplace.

References

External links

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Samaritan Albany General Hospital

Lebanon Community Hospital

Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital
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