Tuality Forest Grove Hospital

Tuality Forest Grove Hospital
Tuality Healthcare

Entrance sign to hospital.
Geography
Location Forest Grove, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 45°31′04″N 123°05′25″W / 45.51778°N 123.09028°WCoordinates: 45°31′04″N 123°05′25″W / 45.51778°N 123.09028°W
Organization
Hospital type general
Services
Beds 48
History
Founded 1963
Links
Website http://www.tuality.org
Lists Hospitals in Oregon

Tuality Forest Grove Hospital is a 48 bed general care hospital in Forest Grove, Oregon, United States. Built in 1963, the facility employs approximately 100 healthcare professionals.[1]

History

Construction on a hospital began in 1962.[2] In 1963, the $412,000 facility opened as Forest Grove Community Hospital.[3] The hospital founders sold it in 1967 to a local business group, who in-turn sold the hospital again in 1976 to American Medical International.[3] Forest Grove's hospital was then remodeled and updated at that time, with a new $450,000 wing added that brought capacity to 48 beds in January 1977.[3][4] In 1978, a new delivery area opened to allow entire labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum process to occur in a single room.[3]

In 1982, a medical office building was built on the campus and the hospital was purchased by Tuality Community Hospital in neighboring Hillsboro, Oregon.[3] After the purchase, the ownership group created Fontus in 1983 as a healthcare organization. In 1990, the hospital was renamed as Tuality Forest Grove Hospital. In 1995, a geriatric psychiatric unit was added to the facility, and in 1999 a dialysis unit opened.[3] The maternity unit was discontinued in 1996 as part of a re-organization of the parent company.[5] The hospital announced plans in July 2013 to expand the facility by 75 beds and add a parking structure.[2] The long-term expansion plans would add wings to the existing structure and add a fourth floor.[2][6]

Facility

The hospital has 48 beds and 25 full-time registered nurses.[1] Tuality Forest Grove Community Hospital is owned and operated by Tuality Healthcare.[7] The hospital includes a 22-bed psychiatric ward for geriatric patients.[8]

See also

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Tuality Forest Grove Hospital. Hospital-Data.com. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bray, Kari (July 15, 2013). "Forest Grove's Tuality Hospital looks to grow". The Oregonian. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Tuality Healthcare history highlights. Tuality Healthcare. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
  4. "New FG hospital wing to offer better care". The Oregonian. January 11, 1977.
  5. Colby, Richard. Forest Grove hospital loses unit. The Oregonian, October 30, 1996.
  6. Bray, Kari (July 15, 2013). "Master plan for Forest Grove's Tuality Hospital gets pass from planning commission". The Oregonian. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  7. About Us. Tuality Healthcare. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
  8. Moody, Robin. Hospitals struggle, but most still make money. Portland Business Journal, August 17, 2007.