Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center

Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center
Legacy Health System
Geography
Location Gresham, Oregon, United States
Organization
Care system Private, non-profit
Hospital type General medical and surgical
Services
Emergency department yes
Beds 115 (licensed)
History
Founded 1959 (1959)
Links
Website www.legacyhealth.org/locations/hospitals/legacy-mount-hood-medical-center
Lists Hospitals in Oregon

Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center is a hospital in Gresham in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1959, the 115-bed facility in the Portland metropolitan area is owned by Legacy Health System. Originally a for-profit hospital, it moved to its current campus in 1984.

History

Gresham General Hospital opened in July 1959 in downtown Gresham at a former nursing home that opened in 1934.[1] Gresham General was a private, for-profit facility owned by Ben F. Doerksen and his wife built as a 52-bed facility for a cost of $500,000.[2] Metropolitan Hospitals, parent company for Emanuel Hospital, purchased the hospital in 1971 and renamed it as Gresham Community Hospital,[1][3] and by 1973 it had grown to a 113-bed facility.[4] Earlier in 1971 Emanuel and several other hospitals joined to form Metropolitan Hospitals, which in 1989 became Legacy Health through another merger.[3] In November 1984, Gresham's hospital moved to its current location on Southeast Stark Street in 1984, when it was renamed as Mount Hood Medical Center.[5] The new $15.6 million facility was five stories and had 107 beds.[5]

Construction on a second medical office building on the campus started in 1998.[6][7] In 2001, the hospital added a permanent MRI machine, replacing a mobile unit that had previously been used.[8] The next year the imaging department completed an expansion that doubled the size and also added a CAT scan machine.[9] In 2003, Mount Hood Medical Center started construction on a $3 million expansion of the maternity department.[10] The hospital opened an expanded 29-bed, 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) emergency department in 2009.[11]

Operations

Mount Hood Medical Center has 115 licensed beds, but only operates 91 of the beds.[12][13] The hospital serves the eastern portions of Multnomah County in the Portland area. Part of Legacy Health, the state of Oregon classifies the hospital as a DRG hospital.[14] Services at the facility include emergency services, maternity, surgery, radiology, breast health, cardiac rehabilitation, and orthopedic services, among others.[15] For 2013, the hospital had a total of 5,848 discharges, with 20,493 patient days, and 41,501 emergency room visits, plus 93,254 outpatient days.[13] Also that year were 1,027 births and 1,526 inpatient surgeries.[12] Financially, in 2013 Mount Hood Medical Center had $319,752,501 in gross patient revenues, provided $25,853,578 in charity care, had $110,376,379 total in operating expenses, and an income of $2,030,716.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 Reed, Watford (April 3, 1983). "Contract awarded for Gresham hospital project". The Oregonian. p. B1.
  2. ↑ "Hospital Holds Ceremony". The Oregonian. July 26, 1959. p. 14.
  3. 1 2 "Emanuel 100". Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. Legacy Health. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Ann (1973-06-19). "Flexible design marks hospital nearing completion". The Oregonian. p. 11.
  5. 1 2 Jeffries, Pat (October 26, 1984). "Move is quite an operation". The Oregonian. p. D17.
  6. ↑ Goldfield, Robert (February 23, 1997). "New Legacy clinic?". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Legacy plans space merger". Portland Business Journal. September 3, 1998. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Full-time MRI debuts at Legacy Mount Hood". Portland Business Journal. June 6, 2001. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Moody, Robin J. (December 18, 2002). "Legacy Mount Hood expands imaging facilities". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Moody, Robin J. (July 1, 2003). "Legacy Mount Hood expanding birth center". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Around Town: Legacy opens new ER in Gresham". Portland Business Journal. March 22, 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Databank 2013". Health System Research and Data. Oregon Health Authority. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 "2014 Oregon Community Hospital Report" (PDF). Oregon Association of Hospitals & Health Systems. p. 31. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Mount Hood Services". Legacy Mount Hood Hospital. Legacy Health. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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