Willamette Valley Medical Center | |
Org/Group: | Capella Healthcare |
Location: | McMinnville, |
Region: | Yamhill County |
State: | Oregon |
Country: | US |
Coordinates: | 45.199°N -123.1647°W |
Healthcare: | Medicare/Medicaid/Charity/Public |
Type: | General |
Emergency: | III |
Affiliation: | None |
Beds: | 60 |
Website: | https://willamettevalleymedical.com |
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.
In 1904, the hospital was established in McMinnville.[1] 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 35acres 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.
In 2001, the hospital had revenues of $88.3 million and an operating profit of $10.5 million.[12] In October 2002, a 8000square feet 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]
The exterior of the four-story is faced with mauve colored brick and blue tinted windows.[3] The medical centers main building contains 164150square feet 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. Behind the hospital building is the 8000square feet cancer treatment center.[15] 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.[15] Inside, the facility offers radiation treatment, chemotherapy, and a linear accelerator.[15] The cancer center also offers outpatient treatments.[16]
In 2006, the hospital had a net profit of $14 million on gross patient revenues of $161 million.[17] In 2007, the center staffed 67 hospital beds and had 108,573 visits of which 20,204 were emergency department visits.[18] That year there were 1,303 surgeries and 749 babies born at the hospital.[18] The medical center is accredited by The Joint Commission, employees 592 people, and has 150 doctors with access.[19]
Valley Medical Center Heliport | |
Faa: | OG38 |
Type: | Private |
Owner: | Willamette Valley Medical Center |
Location: | McMinnville, Oregon |
Elevation-F: | 159 |
Elevation-M: | 48 |
Coordinates: | 45.1994°N -123.1633°W |
H1-Number: | H1 |
H1-Length-F: | 44 |
H1-Length-M: | 13 |
H1-Surface: | Concrete |
Valley Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport associated with the Medical Center.