Description
The State of Oregon Community Benefit Reporting documentation of 2017 states, "Peace Harbor serves the rural communities of: Florence, Mapleton, Swisshome, Westlake, Waldsport, Yachats, Deadwood and Reedsport. The Peace Harbor service area has 27,095 residents: 983 (4%) are preschoolers age 5 or younger, 2,509 (9%) are 5-19 years old, 11,620 (43%) are adults age 20-64 and 7,869 (29%) are seniors age 65+." [2]
History
Because district voters had rejected a $6 million levy to replace the existing 31-year-old Western Lane Hospital in 1983, the Lane Hospital Board sought assistance from private hospital corporations. According to the Siuslaw News , Peace Harbor Hospital is "owned and managed by HHS of Bellevue, Wash., a non-profit Catholic health care corporation which also operates Sacred Heart General Hospital in Eugene". [3]
Local resident Don-Lee Davidson donated the 20-acre site for the hospital. In planning since 1983, construction on the $5.2 million Peace Harbor Hospital began on June 1, 1988, with official groundbreaking on June 15, 1988. Dedication ceremonies were held July 7, 1989. [3]
The name "Peace Harbor" was selected for "its coastal theme, its connotation of care and its association with its parent organization", The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. [3] In addition to 21 private rooms, "other improvements include an expanded emergency room, a radiology department with both ultrasound and mammography services". [3]
Labor negotiations with the Oregon Nurses Association in 2017 went through federal mediation before a contract was approved. [4] [5] [6]
Seismic upgrades were completed in 2021, with the hospital reporting, "Peace Harbor is prepared for a high-magnitude, Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake". [7]
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