Willamette Valley Medical Center is a for-profit Level III

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hospital in

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, adjacent to the McMinnville Airport on

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. Opened at a different location as McMinnville Community Hospital, the four-story medical center has 60 licensed hospital beds. It is owned by Lifepoint.

History

In 1904, the hospital was established in McMinnville. Known originally as McMinnvile Hospital, it was expanded in 1931, 1957, and 1968 before it was purchased by

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in 1971.Dietz, Diane. "In McMinnville, it's been like a fairy tale; Health". ''

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'', February 9, 2003, p. A1. At the time, it had 56-beds and was located on South Baker Street in downtown near

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."Work under way on 408-apartment complex on Blanton near Tualatin Valley Highway: McMinnville to get new $32 million hospital". ''

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'', June 2, 1994, West Zoner, p. 7. The facility had grown to 78 beds in 1975 when it planned to add 9 more beds. By 1985 the hospital was renamed as McMinnville Community Hospital. In September 1987, Hospital Corporation of America sold the hospital and 101 other medical centers to Health Trust, a company created by the employees. In 1994, owner Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation approved the construction of a new campus near the city's airport. Built on the the new facility cost $45 million to build and was more than twice as big as the former hospital. The new 67-bed campus opened in March 1996"Medical center opens its doors for a public peek". ''

'', March 15, 1996, West Zoner, p. B2. and was constructed by McDevitt Street Bovis. The hospital was then renamed as Columbia Willamette Valley Medical Center. The hospital was named one of America's 100 Top Hospitals in 1995 by Mercer Health Care Provider Consulting and HCIA, Inc. out of 3,400 hospitals nationwide. A occupational medicine clinic was added in 1999. In 1999, Columbia/HCA created two subsidiaries and sold the hospital to Triad, one of those two spin-offs. In 2001, the hospital had revenues of $88.3 million and an operating profit of $10.5 million.Triad's track record; Health. ''

'', February 9, 2003, p. A8. In October 2002, a cancer treatment center was opened at a cost of $5.5 million.

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purchased Triad in a $6.8 billion deal in July 2007, acquiring the McMinnville medical center.Murray, Barbra. "Acute Care Portfolio Trades in $315M Deal". cponline.com, March 3, 2008. In March 2008, the hospital was one of nine facilities sold by Community Health Systems to Capella Healthcare.

Details

The exterior of the four-story is faced with mauve colored brick and blue tinted windows. The medical centers main building contains of space. Willamette Valley Medical Center is the only hospital in the city of McMinnville: the next closest medical center in Newberg at

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. Willamette Valley Medical offers a variety of medical services including critical care,

, a 24-hour Level III emergency department, diagnostic imaging, cancer treatment, dialysis, cardiac care, a birth center, occupational medicine, operating rooms, and laboratory services among others. Behind the hospital building is the cancer treatment center.Hughey, Ray. "Briefly: HomeStreet Bank certified as being 'elder friendly'". ''

'', September 26, 2002, Southwest Zoner, p. 6. The center's building includes a water fountain made of copper, a kitchenette for patients, an enclosed walkway to the main building, floor-to-ceiling windows, and an exterior courtyard. Inside, the facility offers radiation treatment, chemotherapy, and a linear accelerator. The cancer center also offers outpatient treatments. In 2006, the hospital had a net profit of $14 million on gross patient revenues of $161 million.Hospital Financial and Community Benefit Reporting: Financial Data, 2006.
Oregon Health Policy and Research. Retrieved on August 29, 2008. In 2007, the center staffed 67 hospital beds and had 108,573 visits of which 20,204 were

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visits.Nemer, Jerry
Databank 2007.
Oregon Health Policy and Research. Retrieved August 29, 2008. That year there were 1,303 surgeries and 749 babies born at the hospital. The medical center is accredited by

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, employees 592 people, and has 150 doctors with access.Fact Sheet.
Willamette Valley Medical Center. Retrieved on August 29, 2008.

Heliport

Valley Medical Center Heliport is a private

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associated with the Medical Center.

References

External links

''Hospital And Healthcare Facility Design''

– ''Portland Business Journal''

Heliport external resources

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