Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
Legacy Health
Geography
Location	Vancouver, Washington, United States
Coordinates	45°43′15″N122°38′53″W / 45.72071°N 122.64807°W / 45.72071; -122.64807
Organization
Type	General
History
Opened	2005
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Washington state

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Vancouver, Washington, United States. It is part of Legacy Health, a locally owned, nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon. ^{[1] [2]}

Legacy Salmon Creek opened in 2005 as the first hospital built in Washington state in almost 20 years. The six-story, 460,000-square-foot hospital and 180,000-square-foot medical office complex cost $285 million. ^[3] In the hospital's first full fiscal year, Legacy Salmon Creek averaged 80 patients a day. By 2015, the average hospital census was more than 160 patients a day. ^[3]

Legacy Salmon Creek employs more than 1,200 people.^{[ citation needed ]}

Among its services are Legacy Cancer Institute, a children's-only emergency room, neonatal intensive care unit, birthing center, total joint (orthopedics) surgery center, breast health center and surgical care.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Vancouver's Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center food and nutrition team provides delivery service for at-risk patients". Food Management. February 11, 2020.
2. "Clark County Public Health testing seven people for coronavirus". The Columbian.
3. "Legacy Salmon Creek turns 10". The Columbian. August 14, 2015.