OAHHS Hospital Voice Fall/Winter 2019

3 Fall/Winter 2019 ospital Voice H A magazine for and about Oregon Community Hospitals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Copyright © 2019 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 Katy Patterson at 503-445-2244 or katy @ 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 Charlie Tveit , CEO, Lake District Hospital Ron Saxton , EVP & General Counsel, PeaceHealth Paul Stewart , President & CEO, Sky Lakes Medical Center Kelly Morgan , CEO, Mercy Medical Center Erik Thorsen , President & CEO, Columbia Memorial Hospital Cheryl Wolfe , RN, President & CEO, Salem Health Scott Kelly , CEO, Asante Steve Eldrige , Hospital Board Trustee, Good Shepherd Health Care System Lisa Vance , Chief Executive - Oregon, Providence Health & Services John Hunter , MD (Physician Executive Trustee), CEO, OHSU Healthcare Ruth Williams-Brinkley , President, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Harry Geller , CEO, St. Anthony Hospital President/Chief Executive Officer Andy Davidson Executive Vice President Andy Van Pelt Chief Financial Office r Peggy Allen Editor Dave Northfield Design and Advertising LLM Publications ǀ www.llmpubs.com Jon Cannon ǀ Design & Layout Katy Patterson ǀ Advertising Sales About the Cover Local ranchers in Grant County use State Highway 20 to move some 50 cattle from one grazing area to the next. Photographer Rod Stevens took this shot about 10 miles east of John Day, Oregon. 4 Letter from the President & CEO 10 Community Benefit Paddles Upstream 20 New Leadership 23 Lifetime Achievement Awards 24 Suicide Prevention Program Works to Save Lives On and Off Hospital Grounds 26 Hospital Spotlights: OHSU Tuality Providence Health PeaceHealth Housing is Health OHSU Rural Health Conference 6 Behavioral health is driving a growing share of the care in rural Oregon, and that care is moving outside the walls of the hospital. Beyond the Four Walls 8 Rural hospitals’ innovative programs take care into the community—meeting patients where they are. It’s All About Connecting 14 At the end of 2019, Andy Davidsonwill wrap up his 14-year tenure leading the Oregon Association of Hospitals & Health Systems.