ospital Voice
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A magazine for and about
Oregon Community Hospitals
Summer/Fall 2016
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Copyright © 2016
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.
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Chairman, OAHHS Board of Trustees
Jim Mattes,
President & CEO
,
Grande Ronde
Hospital
OAHHS Board of Trustees
Carol Bradley,
MSN, RN, CENP, Senior Vice
President and Chief Nursing Officer, Legacy
Health System
George Brown,
MD, CEO, Legacy Health
System
Peter Hofstetter,
FACHE, CEO, Willamette
Valley Medical Center
Scott Kelly,
CEO, Asante Rogue Regional
Medical Center
Kelly Morgan,
CEO, Mercy Medical Center
Larry Mullins,
DHA, President & CEO, Sa-
maritan Health Services
Daniel Schuette,
Member, St. Charles Health
System Board of Trustees
Joe Sluka,
President & CEO, St. Charles Health
System
John Terhes,
MD, Chief of Staff, McKenzie-
Willamette Medical Center
Erik Thorsen,
CEO, Columbia Memorial
Hospital
Dave Underriner,
Chief Executive, Providence
Health & Services
Cheryl Wolfe,
President & CEO, Salem Health
Rick Yecny,
Chief Administrative Officer,
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center
President/Chief Executive Officer
Andy Davidson
Executive Vice President
Andy Van Pelt
Chief Financial Officer
Peggy Allen
Editor
Kennedy Soileau
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About the Cover
Registered nurse Katie Hubball of Good Shep-
herd Health Care System works with patient
Ras Taylor through the Cardiopulmonary
Rehab Program. Read the full story on page 25.
4 Oregon’s Hospitals Stand Out 6 Letter from the President & CEO 10 Health Care For All 18 CDC Infections Report 20 Thank you, Ellen Lowe 21 Hospital Spotlights:Asante Three Rivers Medical Center
Willamette Valley Medical Center
Sky Lakes Medical Center
Peace Health
Bay Area Hospital
Good Shepherd Health Care System
Samaritan Health Services
Salem Health
Building a Healthy Rural Oregon 8 Four transformation programs open to all rural Oregon hospitals The Informed Patient 11 Website helps patients get a clearer view of hospital prices Power to the Patients 13 Hospitals get back to basics to improve patient care