PeaceHealth is a not-for-profit health care system that owns and operates ten

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s, and numerous clinics, in the

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. Headquartered in

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, the organization has operations in

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, and

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, and was founded by the Catholic

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in 1976.

History

In 1890, nuns of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace moved to

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, from the convent in

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in Eugene. After continued growth, the Sisters formed a non-profit health care system in 1976, and in 1994 the name was changed to PeaceHealth. In 1997, PeaceHealth merged its SelectCare health insurance plan with

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, which at the time PeaceHealth was based in Eugene. PeaceHealth merged with Southwest Washington Health System in December 2010, and moved its headquarters from

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, to Vancouver, Washington. At the time, PeaceHealth had annual revenues of approximately $1.3 billion and operated seven hospitals. The organization announced an alliance with

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in May 2013, which the

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criticized due to PeaceHealth following Catholic medical care directives.

Operations

PeaceHealth operates ten hospitals in three states. In

, it runs PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center in

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. In Oregon, PeaceHealth operates Sacred Heart Medical Center, University District (Eugene),

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(

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), Peace Harbor Medical Center (

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), and Cottage Grove Community Medical Center ( Cottage Grove). In Washington, it owns Peacehealth Southwest Washington Medical Center (Vancouver), PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center ( Longview), PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center ( Bellingham), PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center ( Friday Harbor), and PeaceHealth United General Medical Center (

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). The organization's PeaceHealth Medical Group employs approximately 800 medical providers and operates medical clinics across all three states. Their laboratories, known as the separate unit PeaceHealthLabs, are also wide-known.

References

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History

Operations

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