OREGON’S HOSPITALS STAND OUT Adventist Medical Center was recognized OHSU opened a rural health campus in Samaritan Health Services’ CEO and as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures Klamath Falls. President, Larry Mullins, was selected by by The Joint Commission, and was named Oregon Business Magazine as one of “10 one of Oregon’s Top Workplaces by The PeaceHealth named Mary Anne McMurren Innovators in Rural Health.” Oregonian. Chief Administrative Officer, and Shannon Surber Chief Operating Officer forSacred Shriners Hospital for Children joined Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center Heart Medical Center RiverBend and a team of 40 medical experts from received the Oregon Health Authority Sacred Heart Medical Center University Philadelphia to perform the first bilateral Incident Based Award for Unit Citation. District. hand transplant on a child. Bay Area Hospital achieved national des- PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Silverton Health’s Midwifery and Women’s ignation of “Chest Pain Center with Primary Center RiverBend welcomed Cindy Lilley Wellness team received the 2014 Triple PCI” for its response to severe heart attacks. as director of surgical services. Aim Practice Designation Award, and the Their Prefontaine Cardiovascular Imaging 2014 Highest Spontaneous Vaginal Birth Center received a three-year accreditation in PeaceHealth Cottage Grove and Rate Award from the American College of adult transthoracic echocardiography from Providence Hood River were named two Nurse-Midwives. the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. of the nation’s top 50 critical access hospitals by Becker’s Hospital Review. Cedar Hills Hospital added 10 beds. The specialty hospital is for patients in need of PeaceHealth named Elizabeth Dunne as psychiatric treatment or substance abuse its new system CEO. detox. Providence Medford Medical Center’s Columbia Memorial Hospital’s CEO, Erik BirthPlace now has the option to use pas - Thorsen, was selected by Oregon Business teurized breast milk, rather than formula, Magazine as one of “10 Innovators in Rural for newborn supplementation. Health.” Providence Portland Medical Center Columbia Memorial Hospital, Astoria was named one of 30 National Pancreas School District, and the City of Astoria Foundation Centers in the U.S., and was Sky Lakes Medical Center were recognized by the Oregon Economic recognized as a top 100 hospital with great added two Development Association for their collabo- oncology programs by Becker’s Hospital Veteran-only parking spaces near the hos- ration on the Astoria Landfill Redevelopment Review. pital’s main entrance Project. Providence Seaside Hospital welcomed St. Charles Health System hospitalist Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center orthopedic surgeon Brooke Benz, MD, as John Zachem, DO, received the St. Charles CEO Becky Pape was appointed by Gov. COO, and selected Janiece Zauner as CNO. Foundation North Star Award for commit- Kate Brown to serve on the newly created ment to improving the lives of Central Providence Portland Medical Center and Oregon Talent Council, a workforce devel- Oregonians. Providence St. Vincent Medical Center opment advisory group. both received the Gold Plus Achievement St. Charles Bend’s Dr. Aryan Azimi-Zonooz Grande Ronde Hospital welcomed urolo- Award from the American Heart Association was recognized by NICU Heroes for his work gist R. Patrick McCarthy, MD to open the and American Stroke Association for 2015. with newborns. GRH Urology Clinic. Providence Portland, Providence St. Tuality Healthcare’s Stroke Team received Kaiser Sunnyside was named one of Vincent, Providence Willamette Falls, and American Heart Association recognition with the nation’s elite specialty care providers Providence Milwaukie were designated as a “Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus according to the U.S. News & World Reports’ “Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence” Quality Achievement Award.” by The American College of Radiology. 2015–16 Best Hospitals for Specialty Care Tuality Healthcare launched a telepsy- rankings. Providence Health & Services’ Oregon chiatry program at its primary care clinics. pharmacy residency programs received Legacy Health’s Good Samaritan , Wallowa Memorial Health District’s CEO, the American Society of Health-System Emanuel, Meridian Park, and Salmon Larry Davy, was appointed to AHA’s Rural Pharmacists Residency Excellence Award Creek hospitals received the “Baby Friendly” Task Force. certification as part of a WHO and UNICEF for 2015. initiative. Willamette Valley Medical Center wel- Saint Alphonsus Health System welcomed comed allergist-immunologist James Carolyn Holly as its vice president of mar- McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center Sweet, MD, and cardiologist-internist keting, communication and public relations. has been named a Top Performer on Key Krystal Samuel, DO., Dr. Amy Kalina to its Quality Measures by The Joint Commission. Salem Hospital was designated as a hospitalist team, and named Dr. Richard Mercy Medical Center’s Shaw Heart Center Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Kimani medical director of its Acute and is the first in Oregon to receive the national Credentialing Center. Rehabilitation Center. Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence. 4.