OAHHS Hospital Voice Spring/Summer 2021

3 Spring/Summer 2021 ospital Voice H A magazine for and about Oregon Community Hospitals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Copyright © 2021 Hospital Voice, a publication for and about Oregon’s 62 community hospitals, is published two times a year by the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS), 4000 Kruse Way Place, Suite 2-100, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035, 503-636-2204. Hospital Voice advertising rates may be obtained by contacting Grandt Mansfield at 503-445-2226 or grandt @ llmpubs.com . Advertisements do not imply endorsement by OAHHS. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher. Opinions expressed in the publication do not necessarily reflect official policy or position of OAHHS. Chair, OAHHS Board of Trustees Joe Sluka , President & CEO, St. Charles Health System OAHHS Board of Trustees Doug Boysen , President & CEO, Samaritan Health Services Wendy Watson , Hospital Board Trustee, COO, Kaiser Permanente John Hunter , CEO, OHSU Health Lisa Vance , Chief Executive - Oregon, Providence Health & Services Charlie Tveit , CEO, Lake District Hospital Ron Saxton , EVP & General Counsel, PeaceHealth Paul Stewart , CEO, Sky Lakes Medical Center Harold Geller , CEO, St. Anthony Hospital Dennis Knox , CEO, Mid-Columbia Medical Center Trent Green , Senior Vice President & COO, Legacy Health Joyce Newmyer , Chief Culture Officer, Adventist Health Dana Bjarnason , Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, OHSU Health Scott Kelly , President & CEO, Asante President/Chief Executive Officer Becky Hultberg Executive Vice President Andy Van Pelt Chief Financial Officer Peggy Allen Editor Dave Northfield Design and Advertising LLM Publications ǀ www.llmpubs.com Jon Cannon ǀ Design & Layout Grandt Mansfield ǀ Advertising Sales About the Cover A grateful COVID-19 vaccine recipient smiles underneath her mask at the Reser Stadium site in Corvallis in February. A partnership between Samaritan Health and Benton County Public Health, the site was one of several vac- cination destinations that popped up across the state in early 2021. 4 Letter from the President & CEO 6 How Salem Health Led the Way to Create Oregon’s First Mass Vaccination Hub 12 Uncharted Waters 16 In Clatsop County, a Community Comes Together for the Vaccine 18 Tears of Gratitude Inspire Poem After the Vaccine 20 PDX Red Lot: Thousands Vaccinated from the Comfort of Their Cars 21 In Jackson County, a Team Effort to Vaccinate the Community 22 Bringing the Vaccine to Oregonians: A Conversation with Dave Baden 28 Determined to Survive 29 Hospital Spotlights: Rural Vaccination Efforts Legacy Goes Mobile to Vaccinate Harder to Reach Oregonians Salem Health 6 How Salem Health drove the effort to create the state’s first large vaccine site. Tears of Gratitude Inspire Poem After the Vaccine 18 An 88-year-old Corvallis man was so grateful for his vaccine he wrote a poem of thanks to the Samaritan CEO. Bringing the Vaccine to Oregonians 22 The man who leads Oregon’s vaccine distribution effort talks about successes and lessons learned.