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OREGON’S HOSPITALS STAND OUT
Adventist Health
received Platinum
Award recognition by the American Heart
Association as a Fit-Friendly Worksite.
Adventist Health Medical Group
wel-
comed Dr. Ralph Prows as its first full-time
chief medical officer.
Asante
was named a Top 15 Health System
in the Nation for the fourth year in a row
from Truven Health Analytics.
Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center
was named in Truven Analytics’ Top 100
Hospitals of 2016 Report.
Asante Three Rivers Medical Center
received the American Nurses Credentialing
Center’s Pathway to Excellence re-designa-
tion for creating a positive work environment.
CHI St. Anthony Hospital
welcomed Katie
Morioka, WHNP, to its family clinic.
Columbia Memorial Hospital
CEO Erik
Thorsen was named a 2016 Rural Hospital
CEO to Know in Becker’s Hospital Review.
Columbia Memorial Hospital
received a
Care Award from the International Board of
Lactation Consultant Examiners for provid-
ing breastfeeding mothers with lactation
support through its CMH Lactation Program.
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
CEO Becky Pape was appointed to serve
on the Oregon Talent Council.
Good Shepherd Health Care System
CEO Dennis Burke was named a 2016 Rural
Hospital CEO to Know in Becker’s Hospital
Review.
Good Shepherd Health Care System
received the Recognition for Innovation
and Outcomes award from the National
Rural Health Resource Center.
Good Shepherd Health Care System’s
Diagnostic Imaging Department received
a Gold Seal of accreditation in magnetic
resonance imaging by the American College
of Radiology.
Grande Ronde Hospital
was named a Top
100 Critical Access Hospital in the United
States from iVantage Health Analytics for
the second year in a row.
Four of
Grande Ronde Hospital’s
clinics
received Rural Health Clinic designation by
the Public Health Division and Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Harney District Hospital
named Mary
Gregg as its nurse manager.
Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
received
the highest rating for adult valve replace-
ment and heart bypass surgeries from the
Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Kaiser Westside Medical Center
wel-
comed Brantley Dettmer as its chief oper-
ating officer and Janet Reeder as its chief
nursing executive.
Lake Health District, Lower Umpqua
Hospital, PeaceHealth Cottage Grove
Medical Center
, and
PeaceHealth
Peace Harbor Hospital
are participating
in the National Rural Accountable Care
Consortium, a program designed to help
rural Medicare patients live healthy lives.
Lake District Hospital
expanded its non-
smoking policy to include e-cigarettes on
campus.
Legacy Health’s
Pamela Weatherspoon,
manager of diversity and community
engagement, was among the Portland
Business Journal’s 2016 “40 Under 40”
honorees.
Life Flight Network
has become the first air
medical operator to receive the Helicopter
Association International Accreditation
Program of Safety designation for heli-
copter air ambulance operations. It also
received International Standard for Business
Aircraft Operators accreditation from the
International Business Aviation Council. Life
Flight Network is owned by a consortium of
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Oregon
Health & Science University, Providence
Health & Services and Saint Alphonsus
Regional Medical Center.
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center’s
intensive care unit earned a Silver Beacon
Award for Excellence from the American
Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The
national three-year award recognizes con-
tinuous learning and effective systems for
achieving optimal patient care.
Mercy Medical Center
welcomed Aric
Groshong, MD, as its first pediatric hos-
pitalist.
Mercy Medical Center’s
Health Imaging
Services was awarded a three-year accredita-
tion in nuclear medicine from the American
College of Radiology.
Mid-Columbia Medical Center
welcomed
John Huffman as its community outreach
director.
Oregon Health & Science University
School of Medicine
began an emergency
medicine residency rotation at
Columbia
Memorial Hospital.
Oregon Health & Science University
wel-
comed nanoengineer Sadik Esener to lead
its early detection cancer research.
Oregon Health & Science University
received a grant from the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services to improve
and expand the delivery of substance abuse
services, with a specific focus on opioid
abuse in underserved populations.
Oregon Health & Science University
and
Sky Lakes Medical Center
announced
plans for a clinic and educational center in
Klamath Falls.
Oregon Health & Science University
was
named in Becker’s Hospital Review list of
Top 100 Great Hospitals in America.
OHSU
Partners
welcomed CFO Scott
Johnson.
PeaceHealth
welcomed Mark Zarraga, MD;
Erik Young, MD; and S. Andrew Orlino, MD.
PeaceHealth
welcomed Ron Saxton as
interim executive vice president and gen-
eral counsel.
PeaceHealth
welcomed Susan Blane as
director of community benefit for its Oregon
Network.
PeaceHealth Cottage Grove Medical
Center
was listed in Becker’s Hospital
Review’s 50 Critical Access Hospitals
to Know in 2016; and received the 2016
QUEST Award for High-value Healthcare
from Premier Inc.
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical
Center
was recognized with a Citation of
Merit from Permier Inc. as part of the 2016
QUEST Awards for High-value care.
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center
at RiverBend
received Baby-Friendly des-
ignation from the Baby-Friendly Hospital
Initiative.
PeaceHealth
and
Providence Health &
Services
signed a strategic alliance agree-
ment to collaborate on new community
wellness projects.
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