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The major shortcoming of most patient portals is their linkage to a single health organization. If a patient uses more than one organization for healthcare, the patient typically needs to log on to each organization's portal to access information. This results in a fragmented view of individual patient data. [3]
Legacy Silverton Medical Center, known as Silverton Hospital before its affiliation with Legacy Health System in 2016, [1] [2] is a nonprofit regional hospital located in Silverton, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1917, the 48-bed facility moved to its current location in 1938.
Services at the facility include emergency services, maternity, surgery, radiology, breast health, cardiac rehabilitation, and orthopedic services. [ 15 ] For 2013, the hospital had a total of 5,848 discharges, with 20,493 patient days, and 41,501 emergency department visits, plus 93,254 outpatient days. [ 13 ]
Legacy Health is a non-profit hospital system located in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1] It consists of six primary-care hospitals, a children's hospital, and allied clinics and outpatient facilities. The system employs about 14,000 staff members, and is the second-largest system in the Portland metro area, after Providence Health & Services.
For 2012, the hospital had a total of 11,275 discharges, with 52,005 patient days, 3,433 surgeries, 1,028 births, and 23,763 emergency department visits. [14] That year it had $653 million in charges, provided $32.8 million in charity care, and had an operating margin of $26.5 million.
A community health center is a not-for-profit, consumer directed healthcare organization that provides access to high quality, affordable, and comprehensive primary and preventive medical, dental, and mental health care. Community health centers have a unique mission of ensuring access for underserved, under-insured and uninsured patients.
The 554-bed facility provides a full range of services, including conventional surgery, heart treatment, critical care, neurology/stroke care/brain surgery, and care for high-risk pregnancies. Legacy Emanuel also houses the Randall Children's Hospital. It is one of the hospitals in the area where gun shot victims are routinely brought in. [8]
In 2013, Community Health Systems entered into an agreement with Health Management Associates to purchase HMA for about $3.6 billion in cash and stock. [22] The merger was completed in January 2014 and made Community Health Systems the largest for-profit hospital operator at the time, [23] with 206 hospitals in 29 states. [24]