| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center | |
| Legacy Health | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private, non-profit |
| Hospital type | District General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I[1] |
| Beds | 554[2] |
| History | |
| Founded | 1912[2] |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.legacyhealth.org/body.cfm?id=78 |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center is a medical facility located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1912 by the Lutheran Church, it is a part of Legacy Health. The facility is home to the Oregon Burn Center, The Children's Hospital, the Life Flight Network (MEDEVAC)[3] and is a Level I trauma center.
The 554-bed facility provides a full range of services including conventional surgery, radiation treatment, high risk patient care and others.[4]
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Legacy Emanuel's campus includes center for burn treatment, urology, trauma, and neonatal care. The Emergency Services Trauma Center was designated as a Level I trauma care facility in 1988 by the state of Oregon.[5] Emanuel's campus also includes The Children's Hospital.
Legacy’s burn unit treats around 300 patients each year. The burn center is one of only a few in the country with a Total Contact scanner that is used to create masks for severe facial burn victims to aid in the recovery process.[6]
The Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel is located on the main hospital's campus.[2] The children’s hospital includes a neonatal unit for newborns.[7] Children’s Hospital includes a cancer treatment center with services such as neurology and neuro-oncology, and an emergency services department for children.[8][9] Located on the campus is a fifteen bedroom Ronald McDonald House that opened in 1997 and provides low cost housing for parents of children receiving care at the hospital.[10] The $242 million expansion started in 2010 ranks as Portland's costliest development on the inner east side since reconstruction of the Lloyd Center shopping mall nearly 20 years before.[11] In 2011, the children's hospital was renamed as the Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel after a $10 million donation from the Robert D. and Marcia H. Randall Charitable Trust.[12]
Legacy opened the Carl Peterson Clinical Nursing Education Center at the hospital in 2005. The training center has a number of simulation labs designed for the training and assessment of nurses. The education center is also intended to serve as a resource for training all staff not just nurses. [3][13]
In April 2007, the hospital was named to the 2007 Honor Roll of The Center for Companies That Care in recognition for its working environment and contributions to the community.[2]
Emanuel Legacy is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).[14]