Providence Milwaukie Hospital

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Providence Milwaukie Hospital
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Emergency Department entrance in 2009
Geography
Location Milwaukie, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 45°26′58″N122°37′39″W / 45.4494°N 122.6276°W / 45.4494; -122.6276 Coordinates: 45°26′58″N122°37′39″W / 45.4494°N 122.6276°W / 45.4494; -122.6276
Organization
Care system
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Charity
  • Public
Hospital type General
Services
Beds 77 (licensed)
History
Founded 1968 (1968)
Links
Website oregon.providence.org/patients/facilities/providence-milwaukie-hospital
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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.

Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care.

Milwaukie, Oregon City in Oregon, United States

Milwaukie is a city mostly in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States; a very small portion of the city extends into Multnomah County. The population was 20,291 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1847 on the banks of the Willamette River, the city, known as the Dogwood City of the West, was incorporated in 1903 and is the birthplace of the Bing cherry. The city is now a suburb of Portland and also adjoins the unincorporated areas of Clackamas and Oak Grove.

Portland metropolitan area Metropolitan area in the United States

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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]

A community hospital can be purely a nominal designation or have a more specific meaning. When specific, it refers to a hospital that is accessible to the general public, and provides a general or specific medical care which is usually short-term, in a cost-effective setting, and also focuses on preventing illnesses and not only treating them. The following countries have specified definitions for a community hospital:

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]

Emergency department Medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine

An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident & emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance. The emergency department is usually found in a hospital or other primary care center.

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]

Strike action Work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work

Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became common during the Industrial Revolution, when mass labor became important in factories and mines. In most countries, strike actions were quickly made illegal, as factory owners had far more power than workers. Most Western countries partially legalized striking in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.

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 department 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]

Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty involving the application of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Nuclear medicine, in a sense, is "radiology done inside out" or "endoradiology" because it records radiation emitting from within the body rather than radiation that is generated by external sources like X-rays. In addition, nuclear medicine scans differ from radiology as the emphasis is not on imaging anatomy but the function and for such reason, it is called a physiological imaging modality. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans are the two most common imaging modalities in nuclear medicine.

In the United States, charity care is health care provided for free or at reduced prices to low income patients. The percentage of doctors providing charity care dropped from 76% in 1996-97 to 68% in 2004-2005. Potential reasons for the decline include changes in physician practice patterns and increasing financial pressures. In 2006, Senate investigators found that many hospitals did not inform patients that charity care was available. Some for-profit hospitals provided as much charity care as some non-profit hospitals. Investigators also found non-profit hospitals charging poor, uninsured patients more than they did patients with health insurance.

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  2. ↑ "Work Begins On Hospital". The Oregonian. May 7, 1967. p. 33.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "2011 Hospital Financial Summary". Hospital Reporting. Oregon Health Authority. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
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