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| name = PeaceHealth |
| name = PeaceHealth |
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| type = [[Not-for-profit organization|Not-for-profit]] |
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| foundation = 1976 |
| foundation = 1976 |
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| founder = [[Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace]] |
| founder = [[Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace]] |
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| location_city = [[Vancouver, |
| location_city = [[Vancouver, Washington]] |
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| location_country = [[United States| |
| location_country = [[United States|U.S.]] |
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| key_people = {{ubl|Liz Dunne,|{{block indent|[[President (corporate title)|president]] and [[chief executive officer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peacehealth.org/about-peacehealth/peacehealth-executive-leadership|title=Executive Leadership|website=[[PeaceHealth]]|accessdate=2023-11-10}}</ref>|em=1}}|Richard DeCarlo,|{{block indent|[[executive vice president]] and [[chief operating officer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peacehealth.org/about-peacehealth/peacehealth-executive-leadership|title=Executive Leadership|website=[[PeaceHealth]]|accessdate=2023-11-10}}</ref>|em=1}}}} |
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| key_people = Liz Dunne, President and CEO |
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| area_served = {{ubl|[[Alaska]]|[[Oregon]]|[[Washington (state)|Washington]]}} |
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| services = Health care |
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| num_employees = 16,000 (2019)<ref>{{cite news |last=Macuk |first=Anthony |date=October 10, 2019 |title=PeaceHealth lays off another 50 employees |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/oct/10/peacehealth-lays-off-another-50-employees/ |work=[[The Columbian]] |accessdate=March 30, 2020}}</ref> |
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'''PeaceHealth''' is a |
'''PeaceHealth''' is a [[Not-for-profit organization|not-for-profit]] [[Health system|health care system]] that owns and operates ten [[hospital]]s and numerous [[Clinic|clinics]] in the U.S. states of [[Alaska]], [[Oregon]], and [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The organization is headquartered in [[Vancouver, Washington]], and was founded by the Catholic [[The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace|Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace]] in 1976. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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In August 1890, [[Nun|nuns]] of the [[The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace|Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace]] moved to [[Fairhaven, Washington]], from the convent in [[Newark, New Jersey]], to establish a hospital for loggers; [[PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center|St. Joseph Hospital]] opened in January of 1981.<ref name="history">{{ubl |
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In 1890, nuns of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace moved to [[Fairhaven, Washington]], from the convent in [[Newark, New Jersey]], to establish a hospital for loggers.<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace: A Heritage of Healing and Compassionate Care|url=http://www.peacehealth.org/about-peacehealth/the-peacehealth-story/Pages/sisters-st-joseph.aspx|work=The PeaceHealth Story|publisher=PeaceHealth|accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref> The order continued to build hospitals and in 1936 opened their first one in [[Oregon]], [[Pacific Christian Hospital]] in [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]].<ref name=history/> After continued growth, the Sisters formed a non-profit health care system in 1976, and in 1994 the name was changed to PeaceHealth.<ref name=history/> In 1997, PeaceHealth merged its SelectCare health insurance plan with [[Providence Health & Services]], which at the time PeaceHealth was based in Eugene.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brock|first=Kathy|title=Providence Good Health Plan, SelectCare to merge|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1997/01/20/story1.html?page=all|accessdate=22 May 2013|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=January 19, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Woodward|first=Steve|title=Catholic health operation will merge|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|date=January 18, 1997|page=B1}}</ref> |
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|{{cite web |title=The PeaceHealth Story: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace: A Heritage of Healing and Compassionate Care |url=http://www.peacehealth.org/about-peacehealth/the-peacehealth-story/Pages/sisters-st-joseph.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222164846/http://www.peacehealth.org/about-peacehealth/the-peacehealth-story/Pages/sisters-st-joseph.aspx |archive-date=2015-12-22 |accessdate=2023-11-10 |work=[[PeaceHealth]] |publisher=}} |
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|{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.peacehealth.org/about-peacehealth/our-history |website=PeaceHealth |language=en}} |
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|{{Cite web |title=Our Community History in the Pacific Northwest |url=https://www.peacehealth.org/about-peacehealth/our-history/our-community-history-pacific-northwest |website=PeaceHealth |language=en}} |
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|{{retrieved|access-date=2023-11-10}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Benoit |first=Matt |date=2021-04-05 |title=Examining Bellingham’s Hospital History |url=https://www.whatcomtalk.com/2021/04/05/examining-bellinghams-hospital-history/ |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=WhatcomTalk |language=en-US}}</ref> After continued growth, the Sisters consolidated their healthcare ministries in the west and formed a not-for-profit health care system in 1976,<ref name="history" /> and in 1994 the name was changed to PeaceHealth.<ref name=history/> In 1997, PeaceHealth merged its SelectCare [[health insurance]] plan with a service from [[Providence Health & Services]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Brock |first=Kathy |date=January 19, 1997 |title=Providence Good Health Plan, SelectCare to merge |newspaper=[[Portland Business Journal]] |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1997/01/20/story1.html?page=all |accessdate=May 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Woodward|first=Steve|title=Catholic health operation will merge|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|date=January 18, 1997|page=B1}}</ref> Their partnership has continued until at least 2015,{{Update inline|date=November 2023}} when in October of that year, they jointly signed a letter of intent to collaborate on a health center in [[Vancouver, Washington]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-27 |title=PeaceHealth and Providence healthcare systems to collaborate on services |url=https://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/peacehealth-and-providence-healthcare-systems-to-collaborate-on-services/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=The Journal of the San Juan Islands |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Betsy |date=November 15, 2015 |title=Providence Health & Services, PeaceHealth join forces on health and wellness services |url=https://www.chausa.org/publications/catholic-health-world/archive/article/november-15-2015/providence-health-services-peacehealth-join-forces-on-health-and-wellness-services |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Catholic Health World |publisher=[[Catholic Health Association of the United States]]}}</ref> In 2016, both parties denied that they were eyeing merging.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lund-Muzikant |first=Diane |date=June 2, 2016 |title=Are Providence and PeaceHealth in Talks to Merge? |url=https://www.thelundreport.org/content/are-providence-and-peacehealth-talks-merge |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=The Lund Report}}</ref> |
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PeaceHealth merged with Southwest Washington Health System in December 2010, and moved its headquarters from [[Bellevue, Washington]] |
PeaceHealth merged with Southwest Washington Health System in December 2010, and moved its headquarters from [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]] to Vancouver, Washington.<ref name=merger>{{cite news|last=Corvin|first=Aaron|title=Southwest, PeaceHealth finalize merger|url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/dec/08/southwest-washington-medical-center-and-peacehealt/|accessdate=May 22, 2013|newspaper=[[The Columbian]]|date=December 8, 2010}}</ref> At the time, PeaceHealth had annual revenues of approximately $1.3 billion and operated seven hospitals.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sickinger |first=Ted |date=March 20, 2010 |title=Health systems look to merge |newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref> The organization announced an alliance with [[University of Washington Medical Center]] in May 2013,<ref name="uw">{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Ben |date=May 21, 2013 |title=UW Medicine, PeaceHealth to form alliance |newspaper=[[Puget Sound Business Journal]] |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/morning_call/2013/05/uw-medicine-peacehealth-to-form.html |accessdate=May 22, 2013}}</ref> which the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] criticized due to PeaceHealth following Catholic medical care directives.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ostrom|first=Carol M.|title=UW Medicine, Catholic health system to have 'strategic affiliation'|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021024295_uwpeacehealthxml.html|accessdate=May 22, 2013|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|date=May 20, 2013}}</ref> |
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PeaceHealth acquired [[ZoomCare]] in 2018.<ref name="Acquires">{{cite news |last=Stayner |first=Wyatt |date=December 18, 2018 |title=Vancouver-based PeaceHealth acquires Zoom+Care |newspaper=[[The Columbian]] |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/dec/18/peacehealth-acquires-zoomcare/ |access-date=2023-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harbarger |first=Molly |date=2018-12-18 |title=PeaceHealth to buy Zoom Care after years of legal, financial troubles |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2018/12/peacehealth-to-buy-zoom-care-after-years-of-legal-financial-troubles.html |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=[[The Oregonian]] |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Operations== |
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PeaceHealth operates ten hospitals in three states. In [[Alaska]], it runs [[PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center]] in [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]]. In Oregon, PeaceHealth operates [[Sacred Heart Medical Center University District|Sacred Heart Medical Center, University District]] (Eugene), [[Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend]] ([[Springfield, Oregon|Springfield]]), [[Peace Harbor Hospital|Peace Harbor Medical Center]] ([[Florence, Oregon|Florence]]), and [[Cottage Grove Community Hospital|Cottage Grove Community Medical Center]] ([[Cottage Grove, Oregon|Cottage Grove]]). In Washington, it owns [[PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center|Peacehealth Southwest Washington Medical Center]] (Vancouver), [[PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center]] ([[Longview, Washington|Longview]]), [[PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]]), and [[PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center]] ([[Friday Harbor, Washington|Friday Harbor]]). |
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PeaceHealth changed their logo in spring of 2023, to better reflect their focus on "whole person wellness".<ref>{{Cite web |title=PeaceHealth’s brand evolves to reflect focus on whole person wellness |url=https://www.peacehealth.org/news/2023-03-29/peacehealths-brand-evolves-reflect-focus-whole-person-wellness |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=[[PeaceHealth]] |language=en}}</ref> |
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The organization's '''PeaceHealth Medical Group''' employs approximately 800 medical providers and operates medical clinics across all three states. |
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==PeaceHealth Medical Group <span class="anchor" id="Locations"></span>== |
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PeaceHealth operates ten hospitals in three states:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Location |url=https://www.peacehealth.org/locations |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=[[PeaceHealth]] |language=en}}</ref> |
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* [[Alaska]] |
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** [[PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center]] ([[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]]) |
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* [[Oregon]] |
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** [[PeaceHealth Cottage Grove Community Medical Center]] ([[Cottage Grove, Oregon|Cottage Grove]]) |
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** [[PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District]] ([[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]) |
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** [[PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center]] ([[Florence, Oregon|Florence]]) |
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** [[PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend|PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center RiverBend]] ([[Springfield, Oregon|Springfield]]) |
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* [[Washington (state)]] |
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** [[PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center]] ([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]]) |
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** [[PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center]] ([[Friday Harbor, Washington|Friday Harbor]]) |
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** [[PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center]] ([[Longview, Washington|Longview]]) |
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** [[PeaceHealth United General Medical Center]] ([[Sedro-Woolley, Washington|Sedro-Woolley]]) |
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** [[PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center]] ([[Vancouver, Washington|Vancouver]]) |
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The hospitals, as well as the 139 clinics operated by PeaceHealth, constitute the '''PeaceHealth Medical Group'''. Its chief executive is Mike Metcalf.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PeaceHealth Medical Group |url=https://careers.peacehealth.org/pages/peacehealth-medical-group |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=[[PeaceHealth]]}}</ref> |
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=== Networks === |
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PeaceHealth operates three "networks"—Northwest (containing their locations in Bellingham, Friday Harbor, and Sedro-Woolley, as well as Alaska), Columbia (containing their locations in Longview and Vancouver), and Oregon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PeaceHealth Locations |url=https://www.peacehealth.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/17-syst-677-map_5-15_locations.pdf |website=[[PeaceHealth]]}}</ref> |
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== PeaceHealth Laboratories == |
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'''PeaceHealth Laboratories''' is the laboratory branch of PeaceHealth. Its CEO is Ran Whitehead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About PeaceHealth Laboratories |url=https://www.peacehealthlabs.org/?sid=173 |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=[[PeaceHealth Laboratories]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 20:47, 28 October 2024
Company type | Not-for-profit |
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Industry | Health care |
Founded | 1976 |
Founder | Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | |
Key people |
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Services | Health care |
Number of employees | 16,000 (2019)[3] |
Website | peacehealth |
PeaceHealth is a not-for-profit health care system that owns and operates ten hospitals and numerous clinics in the U.S. states of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington. The organization is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, and was founded by the Catholic Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace in 1976.
History
[edit]In August 1890, nuns of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace moved to Fairhaven, Washington, from the convent in Newark, New Jersey, to establish a hospital for loggers; St. Joseph Hospital opened in January of 1981.[4][5] After continued growth, the Sisters consolidated their healthcare ministries in the west and formed a not-for-profit health care system in 1976,[4] and in 1994 the name was changed to PeaceHealth.[4] In 1997, PeaceHealth merged its SelectCare health insurance plan with a service from Providence Health & Services.[6][7] Their partnership has continued until at least 2015,[needs update] when in October of that year, they jointly signed a letter of intent to collaborate on a health center in Vancouver, Washington.[8][9] In 2016, both parties denied that they were eyeing merging.[10]
PeaceHealth merged with Southwest Washington Health System in December 2010, and moved its headquarters from Bellevue to Vancouver, Washington.[11] At the time, PeaceHealth had annual revenues of approximately $1.3 billion and operated seven hospitals.[12] The organization announced an alliance with University of Washington Medical Center in May 2013,[13] which the American Civil Liberties Union criticized due to PeaceHealth following Catholic medical care directives.[14]
PeaceHealth acquired ZoomCare in 2018.[15][16]
PeaceHealth changed their logo in spring of 2023, to better reflect their focus on "whole person wellness".[17]
PeaceHealth Medical Group
[edit]PeaceHealth operates ten hospitals in three states:[18]
The hospitals, as well as the 139 clinics operated by PeaceHealth, constitute the PeaceHealth Medical Group. Its chief executive is Mike Metcalf.[19]
Networks
[edit]PeaceHealth operates three "networks"—Northwest (containing their locations in Bellingham, Friday Harbor, and Sedro-Woolley, as well as Alaska), Columbia (containing their locations in Longview and Vancouver), and Oregon.[20]
PeaceHealth Laboratories
[edit]PeaceHealth Laboratories is the laboratory branch of PeaceHealth. Its CEO is Ran Whitehead.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ "Executive Leadership". PeaceHealth. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "Executive Leadership". PeaceHealth. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ Macuk, Anthony (October 10, 2019). "PeaceHealth lays off another 50 employees". The Columbian. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c
- "The PeaceHealth Story: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace: A Heritage of Healing and Compassionate Care". PeaceHealth. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- "Our History". PeaceHealth.
- "Our Community History in the Pacific Northwest". PeaceHealth.
- Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ^ Benoit, Matt (April 5, 2021). "Examining Bellingham's Hospital History". WhatcomTalk. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ Brock, Kathy (January 19, 1997). "Providence Good Health Plan, SelectCare to merge". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ Woodward, Steve (January 18, 1997). "Catholic health operation will merge". The Oregonian. p. B1.
- ^ "PeaceHealth and Providence healthcare systems to collaborate on services". The Journal of the San Juan Islands. October 27, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ Taylor, Betsy (November 15, 2015). "Providence Health & Services, PeaceHealth join forces on health and wellness services". Catholic Health World. Catholic Health Association of the United States. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ Lund-Muzikant, Diane (June 2, 2016). "Are Providence and PeaceHealth in Talks to Merge?". The Lund Report. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ Corvin, Aaron (December 8, 2010). "Southwest, PeaceHealth finalize merger". The Columbian. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ Sickinger, Ted (March 20, 2010). "Health systems look to merge". The Oregonian.
- ^ Miller, Ben (May 21, 2013). "UW Medicine, PeaceHealth to form alliance". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ Ostrom, Carol M. (May 20, 2013). "UW Medicine, Catholic health system to have 'strategic affiliation'". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ Stayner, Wyatt (December 18, 2018). "Vancouver-based PeaceHealth acquires Zoom+Care". The Columbian. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ Harbarger, Molly (December 18, 2018). "PeaceHealth to buy Zoom Care after years of legal, financial troubles". The Oregonian. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "PeaceHealth's brand evolves to reflect focus on whole person wellness". PeaceHealth. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Find a Location". PeaceHealth. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "PeaceHealth Medical Group". PeaceHealth. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "PeaceHealth Locations" (PDF). PeaceHealth.
- ^ "About PeaceHealth Laboratories". PeaceHealth Laboratories. Retrieved November 11, 2023.