Willamette Valley Medical Center is a for-profit Level III acute care hospital in McMinnville, Oregon, United States, adjacent to the McMinnville Airport on Oregon Route 18. Opened at a different location as McMinnville Community Hospital, the four-story medical center has 60 licensed hospital beds. It is owned by Lifepoint.
History
In 1904, the hospital was established in McMinnville.[1][2] Known originally as McMinnvile Hospital, it was expanded in 1931, 1957, and 1968 before it was purchased by Hospital Corporation of America in 1971.[2][3] At the time, it had 56-beds and was located on South Baker Street in downtown near Linfield College.[4] The facility had grown to 78 beds in 1975 when it planned to add 9 more beds.[5] By 1985 the hospital was renamed as McMinnville Community Hospital.[6] In September 1987, Hospital Corporation of America sold the hospital and 101 other medical centers to Health Trust, a company created by the employees.[7]
In 1994, owner Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation approved the construction of a new campus near the city's airport.[3] Built on the 35 acres (140,000 m2) the new facility cost $45 million to build[3] and was more than twice as big as the former hospital.[4] The new 67-bed campus opened in March 1996[8] and was constructed by McDevitt Street Bovis.[9] The hospital was then renamed as Columbia Willamette Valley Medical Center.[8]
The hospital was named one of America's 100 Top Hospitals in 1995 by Mercer Health Care Provider Consulting and HCIA, Inc. out of 3,400 hospitals nationwide.[10] A occupational medicine clinic was added in 1999.[11] In 1999, Columbia/HCA created two subsidiaries and sold the hospital to Triad, one of those two spin-offs.[12]
In 2001, the hospital had revenues of $88.3 million and an operating profit of $10.5 million.[12] In October 2002, a 8,000-square-foot (740 m2) cancer treatment center was opened at a cost of $5.5 million.[3]Community Health Systems purchased Triad in a $6.8 billion deal in July 2007, acquiring the McMinnville medical center.[13] In March 2008, the hospital was one of nine facilities sold by Community Health Systems to Capella Healthcare.[13]
Details
The exterior of the four-story is faced with mauve colored brick and blue tinted windows.[3] The medical centers main building contains 164,150 square feet (15,250 m2) of space.[4] Willamette Valley Medical Center is the only hospital in the city of McMinnville: the next closest medical center in Newberg at Providence Newberg Medical Center.[14]
Willamette Valley Medical offers a variety of medical services including critical care, acute care, a 24-hour Level III emergency department, diagnostic imaging, cancer treatment, dialysis, cardiac care, a birth center, occupational medicine, operating rooms, and laboratory services among others.[15] Behind the hospital building is the 8,000-square-foot (740 m2) cancer treatment center.[16] The center's building includes a water fountain made of copper, a kitchenette for patients, an enclosed walkway to the main building, floor-to-ceiling windows, and an exterior courtyard.[16] Inside, the facility offers radiation treatment, chemotherapy, and a linear accelerator.[16] The cancer center also offers outpatient treatments.[17]
In 2006, the hospital had a net profit of $14 million on gross patient revenues of $161 million.[18] In 2007, the center staffed 67 hospital beds and had 108,573 visits of which 20,204 were emergency department visits.[19] That year there were 1,303 surgeries and 749 babies born at the hospital.[19] The medical center is accredited by The Joint Commission, employees 592 people, and has 150 doctors with access.[15]
^ ab"Corporation buys McMinnville hospital". The Oregonian. October 15, 1971. p. 20.
^ abcdeDietz, Diane. "In McMinnville, it's been like a fairy tale; Health". The Register-Guard, February 9, 2003, p. A1.
^ abc"Work under way on 408-apartment complex on Blanton near Tualatin Valley Highway: McMinnville to get new $32 million hospital". The Oregonian, June 2, 1994, West Zoner, p. 7.
^"Health panel will convene". The Oregonian. January 13, 1975. p. B10.
^Timberlake, Cotten (April 2, 1985). "Big merger in health industry announced". The Oregonian. AP. p. D9.
^"Buyout plan approved for hospital corporation". The Oregonian, March 16, 1989, Business, p. E16.
^ ab"Medical center opens its doors for a public peek". The Oregonian, March 15, 1996, West Zoner, p. B2.
^Section: Pulse; Contracts and Low Bids. Oregon Engineering News-Record, November 7, 1994, Vol. 233, No. 19; Pg. 62.
^"McMinnville hospital named one of country's top 100". The Oregonian, December 21, 1995, West Zoner, p. 6.
