Tuality Healthcare is a non-profit, community health care organization based in
Hillsboro,
Oregon
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, United States. Founded in 1918, the organization operates a medical center in
Washington County, Oregon
Washington County is one of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon and part of the Portland metropolitan area. The 2020 census recorded the population as 600,372, making it the second most populous county in the state and most populous "Wash ...
, and has been selected on several occasions as one of
Oregon
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’s 100 Best Companies to Work For by ''Oregon Business'' magazine.
History
Tuality Healthcare's beginning starts in 1918 when Minnie Jones Coy started a small
hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
in Hillsboro.
[Tuality Healthcare history highlights.]
Tuality Healthcare. Retrieved on March 31, 2008. Over the next 65 years that hospital expanded to nearly 100 hospital beds, and in 1982 purchased an additional hospital in
Forest Grove, Oregon. Then in 1983 the community ownership group formed Fontus as a healthcare organization. This organization comprised the two hospitals and the Tuality Medical Foundation.
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In 1986, the group built the Tuality Health Education Center at the Hillsboro campus, followed by the Tuality Health Information Resource Center in 1988.[ Then in 1992 Tuality Healthcare finished a medical office building in Hillsboro. In 1994, Tuality Health Alliance is formed, and in 2000 Tuality and ]Oregon Health Sciences University
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is a
public research university focusing primarily on health sciences with a main campus, including two hospitals, in Portland, Oregon. The institution was founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medi ...
form a partnership to expand cancer treatment in Washington County with the facility opened in 2002.[
Tuality sold off its stake in the Tanasbourne Health Center in 2004 after a dispute with partner Providence Health & Services over the later's attempt to build a hospital in Hillsboro.] The facility includes an urgent care clinic and doctor's offices. In both 2004 and 2005 the group was named one of the 100 Best Companies to work for in Oregon. In 2006, Tuality, in partnership with Pacific University, opened Pacific's Health Professions Campus at Tuality's downtown Hillsboro campus.[Health Professions Campus.]
Pacific University. Retrieved on March 31, 2008. Regence BlueCross BlueShield announced in May 2012 that some of its members would be moved to plans that would utilize Tuality's provider network. In October of that year an affiliation with former partner Providence Health & Services was announced that was to be a trial program.
Groups and facilities
Tuality operates the following healthcare facilities: Tuality Community Hospital
Hillsboro Medical Center, formerly Tuality Community Hospital, is a medical care facility located in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. The 167-bed facility was founded in 1918 in downtown and is one of two hospitals in Hillsboro, Washington ...
, Tuality Urgent Care, Tuality Forest Grove Hospital
Tuality Forest Grove Hospital is licensed as a hospital in Forest Grove, Oregon, United States, but does not operate as an inpatient care service. Built in 1963, the facility had 48 beds and employed approximately 100 healthcare professionals. , Tuality/OHSU Cancer Center, and other medical offices in western Washington County. It also operates the Tuality Health Education Center, which includes a library that is a member of the Washington County Cooperative Library Services.
Inpatient services offered by Tuality Healthcare at these facilities include: cancer treatment, cardiac related services, a critical care center and Tuality Community Hospital, surgical services, geriatric psychiatry, and birth and maternity care. Outpatient care includes diagnostic imaging, infusion services, laboratory testing, rehabilitation, breast health care, and urgent and emergency care.
Additionally, Tuality operates the Tuality Healthcare Foundation, Tuality Health Information Resource Center, Tuality Health Alliance, and the Tuality Health Education Center. The Health Alliance is a healthcare provider network with participation mainly in the Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
metropolitan area.
Tuality operates 215 total hospital beds with 13 full-time physicians, 123 registered nurses, 6 pharmacists, and approximately 600 other medical and non-medical personnel. All facilities generate a total annual revenue of $284.2 million.[Individual Hospital Statistics for Oregon.]
American Hospital Directory. Retrieved on March 31, 2008. They are accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) and the College of American Pathologists.
Affiliations
On August 18, 2015, Tuality Healthcare and Oregon Health & Science University
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is a
public research university focusing primarily on health sciences with a main campus, including two hospitals, in Portland, Oregon. The institution was founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medi ...
(OHSU) signed a letter of intent (LOI) to pursue an affiliation that would integrate Tuality's clinical enterprise with OHSU's health care enterprise. An agreement was finalized in February 2016, which called for Tuality's clinical operations to be managed by OHSU, under the strategic direction of a new company called OHSU Partners.
See also
* List of hospitals in Portland, Oregon
The following is a partial list of hospitals in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Private hospitals
Others
Defunct hospitals
See also
* List of hospitals in Oregon
* List of hospitals in the United States
References
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References
External links
Portland Business Journal: Bond woes could cripple Portland's hospitals
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Hospital networks in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Oregon
Companies based in Hillsboro, Oregon
Medical and health organizations based in Oregon
American companies established in 1983
1983 establishments in Oregon