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Adventist Medical Center |
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10123 Se Market Street |
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Portland |
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Oregon |
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USA |
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97216 |
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503 257 2500 |
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dietrihr@ah.org |
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Specialization Of Adventist Medical Center
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Obestetrician/Gynecologist |
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About Adventist Medical Center
Adventist Medical Center (AMC), located in southeast Portland, is a non-profit, 302-bed acute care facility, offering a full range of inpatient, outpatient and emergency services throughout the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area. With over 2,100 employees, AMC is a major Portland area employer. In 2007 AMC treated 11,483 inpatients, 107,184 outpatients and 45,770 patients in the emergency room.
Adventist Medical Center is part of Adventist Health, a not-for-profit, faith-based health system operating in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. Founded on the Seventh-day Adventist heritage of Christian health care, Adventist Health is comprised of 18 hospitals with more than 2,800 beds, nearly 18,000 employees, numerous clinics and outpatient facilities, the largest system of rural health clinics in California, 15 home care agencies and three joint-venture retirement centers with a fourth on the way. Adventist Health, headquartered in Roseville, California, is part of an international network of more than 160 Adventist health care facilities.
** Our Mission **
to demonstrate the human expression of the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.
** We commit to **
* Delivering whole-person care that nurtures body, mind, and spirit
* Encouraging living well by promoting a healthy lifestyle.
* Reflecting God’s love by serving with compassion, dignity and respect.
* Improving the health of the communities we serve.
* Providing services in the most medically and financially appropriate setting.
* Delivering compassionate, high quality care with technical excellence.
* Creating a safe environment of care that inspires trust and confidence.
* Serving as a faith-based health care organization consistent with the
philosophy of the Seventh-day Adventist church.
** Our Vision **
We will be the market leader in delivering innovative, accessible, cost-effective, high quality, whole-person care. We will be recognized for exceptional service consistently demonstrating our mission and values.
** Our Values **
In partnership with God, we will fulfill our mission and vision by treating others in harmony with our values:
* Integrity
Ensure our actions are consistent with our values.
* Quality
Provide care that is safe, reliable and patient-centered.
* Compassion
Reflect the love of Jesus through care, respect and empathy
* Wholeness
Embrace a balanced life – integrating mind, body and spirit.
* Respect
Recognize the God-given dignity and individuality of each person.
* Family
Support each other in achieving our shared purpose
Stewardship – Serve our community through responsible resource management.
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History Of Adventist Medical Center
In the late 1860s, Seventh-day Adventists began to move to Oregon. Like many Americans, they held strong convictions about health. In Michigan, the Battle Creek Sanitarium had been established by the church and Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. Many hoped a similar sanitarium could be built in the west.
Lewis Belknap, MD, a student of Dr. Kellogg's in Battle Creek, had such a dream. In the fall of 1893, Dr. Belknap arrived in Portland. He was penniless, having been robbed of all his possessions while waiting on a dock in San Francisco. But he held tight to his dream. A local family loaned him the first month's rent for a small eight-room house in which to start a six-patient practice.
Within a couple years, the fledgling sanitarium outgrew the small quarters. By 1895, Portland Sanitarium had relocated to the Reed Mansion. Belknap rented the mansion from the Simeon Reed family, whose estate founded Reed College. The large ornate house provided room for 20 patients, along with a surgical ward, office, kitchen and dining room.
In 1896, Dr. Belknap moved to San Jose, California to start another sanitarium there. With this departure, the Seventh-day Adventist Church took full charge of the sanitarium. By 1897, a two-year nurses' training program and a health food company were added.
By 1922, the hospital was named Portland Adventist Sanitarium and moved into a modern, new building at 60th and Belmont on Mt. Tabor. There were continued expansions at this site. In 1964, the board voted to change the name to Portland Adventist Hospital.
As the hospital continued to grow, there was once again the need for a new facility. This time the move was to the current site, on Market Street just east of I-205. The new hospital was completed in 1977 (a few years before I-205 was finished) and the name was then changed to Portland Adventist Medical Center. It was the first hospital in Portland to have all private rooms.
Growth has continued. In Portland, the current Adventist Medical Center is the centerpiece of a system including a modern medical center and 18 primary care medical clinics. Although many things have changed through a century of providing health care to our community, our historical commitment to our mission of caring for the whole person remains firm.
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