Providence Milwaukie Hospital

Providence Milwaukie Hospital
Providence Health & Services

Emergency Room entrance in 2009
Geography
Location Milwaukie, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 45°26′58″N 122°37′39″W / 45.44944°N 122.6276°WCoordinates: 45°26′58″N 122°37′39″W / 45.44944°N 122.6276°W
Organization
Care system
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Charity
  • Public
Hospital type General
Services
Beds 77 (licensed)
History
Founded 1968
Links
Website oregon.providence.org/patients/facilities/providence-milwaukie-hospital
Lists Hospitals in Oregon

Providence Milwaukie Hospital is a 77-bed acute care hospital in Milwaukie, Oregon, US. Located in the Portland metropolitan area, it is owned by Providence Health & Services. Opened in 1968, it was originally Dwyer Memorial Hospital, a private hospital, before becoming a community hospital a few years after opening.

History

There were competing plans for a hospital in Milwaukie in the mid-1960s, with one being Milwaukie General Hospital to be built at Stanley and Railroad avenues, while Dwyer Memorial Hospital was planned for 32nd and Harrison streets.[1] Plans for the Dwyer Memorial Hospital won out, with construction starting in May 1967 on what was to be an $800,000, 60-bed facility.[2] The new 62-bed hospital opened in July 1968.[3] The $1.5-million private hospital was named in honor of A J. Dwyer, an lumberman in Clackamas County.[3] Dwyer was then transferred in July 1971 to North Clackamas Community Hospital, Inc., a non-profit organization established to run the formerly for-profit institution as a community hospital.[4]

In 1980, a new emergency department opened with 10 examination rooms.[5] The hospital changed its name to Dwyer Community Hospital in January 1982.[6] The North Clackamas Community Hospital, which operated as Dwyer Community Hospital, started talks in January 1986 with then Providence Health Care System about merging into Providence,[7] which was consummated later that year.[8] The market share of the hospital was 1.5% for the Portland area in 1988.[9] The hospital added a new surgical wing and entrance in 1997, part of a $15 million expansion project.[10] Prior to the expansion, the hospital was only licensed for 56 beds.[11]

Providence Milwaukie started construction on a three-story, 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m2) building to house the Healing Place in February 2001.[12] Labor strife with nurses over 19-months, including a one-day strike, ended in November 2003 with a new contract for the nurses.[13] In May 2002, construction started on a new emergency department that was expected to cost $9 million and add 16,000 square feet (1,500 m2) to the existing ER.[5] Providence Milwaukie was named one of the top 100 hospitals in 2004 by Solucient.[14]

Details

The hospital is licensed for 77 beds, but as of 2013 only had 66 beds available.[15] Services at Providence Milwaukie include radiology, surgery, emergency, cancer treatment, pediatrics, nuclear medicine, and sleep disorders, among others.[16] For 2012, the hospital had a total of 3,129 acute care discharges, with 9,266 patient days, and 30,399 emergency room visits.[17] For the fiscal year ending in 2011, the hospital had total revenues of $95 million and a profit of $10.6 million.[18] That year Providence Milwaukie also provided $11.3 million in charity care.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sullivan, Ann (March 20, 1967). "Milwaukie Needs One Hospital; Two Planned For Area". The Oregonian. p. 7.
  2. ↑ "Work Begins On Hospital". The Oregonian. May 7, 1967. p. 33.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sullivan, Ann (July 18, 1968). "Open House Slated For Dwyer Hospital". The Oregonian. p. 30.
  4. ↑ "Milwaukie community takes over hospital". The Oregonian. July 7, 1971. p. 12.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Providence Milwaukie to get $9 million emergency department". Portland Business Journal. May 28, 2002. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dwyer Memorial Hospital". The Oregonian. January 28, 1982. p. C6.
  7. ↑ "Portland hospitals consider merger". The Oregonian. January 24, 1986. p. F9.
  8. ↑ "Welcome to the Family (advertisement)". The Oregonian. July 1, 1986. p. A8.
  9. ↑ "Hospital market share". The Oregonian. May 22, 1989. p. C9.
  10. ↑ "Providence opens new wing". Portland Business Journal. December 1, 1997. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  11. ↑ Kadera, Jim (June 11, 1996). "Milwaukie hospital expansion exceeds estimate". The Oregonian. p. B2.
  12. ↑ Carter, Dan (February 5, 2001). "Ground breaking a healing place". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  13. ↑ Moody, Robin J. (November 17, 2003). "Providence Milwaukie nurses OK contract". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Three Providence hospitals crack top 100 list". Portland Business Journal. May 25, 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Databank 2013". Health System Research and Data. Oregon Health Authority. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "Our Services". Providence Milwaukie Hospital. Providence Health & Services. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  17. ↑ "Databank 2012". Health System Research and Data. Oregon Health Authority. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "2011 Hospital Financial Summary". Hospital Reporting. Oregon Health Authority. Retrieved 29 November 2013.

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