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Providence Milwaukie Hospital
Providence Health & Services
Emergency Department entrance in 2009
Geography
Location	Milwaukie, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	45°26′58″N 122°37′39″W / 45.4494°N 122.6276°W / 45.4494; -122.6276
Organization
Care system	Medicare Medicaid Charity Public
Type	General
Services
Beds	77 (licensed)
History
Opened	1968 (1968)
Links
Website	oregon.providence.org/patients/facilities/providence-milwaukie-hospital
Lists	Hospitals in Oregon

Providence Milwaukie Hospital is a 77-bed acute care hospital in Milwaukie, Oregon, US. Located in the Portland metropolitan area, it is owned by Providence Health & Services. Opened in 1968, it was originally Dwyer Memorial Hospital, a private hospital, before becoming a community hospital a few years after opening.

History

There were competing plans for a hospital in Milwaukie in the mid-1960s, with one being Milwaukie General Hospital to be built at Stanley and Railroad avenues, while Dwyer Memorial Hospital was planned for 32nd and Harrison streets. Plans for the Dwyer Memorial Hospital won out, with construction starting in May 1967 on what was to be an $800,000, 60-bed facility. The new 62-bed hospital opened in July 1968. The $1.5-million private hospital was named in honor of A J. Dwyer, an lumberman in Clackamas County. Dwyer was then transferred in July 1971 to North Clackamas Community Hospital, Inc., a non-profit organization established to run the formerly for-profit institution as a community hospital.

In 1980, a new emergency department opened with 10 examination rooms. The hospital changed its name to Dwyer Community Hospital in January 1982. The North Clackamas Community Hospital, which operated as Dwyer Community Hospital, started talks in January 1986 with then Providence Health Care System about merging into Providence, which was consummated later that year. The market share of the hospital was 1.5% for the Portland area in 1988. The hospital added a new surgical wing and entrance in 1997, part of a $15 million expansion project. Prior to the expansion, the hospital was only licensed for 56 beds.

Providence Milwaukie started construction on a three-story, 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m) building to house the Healing Place in February 2001. Labor strife with nurses over 19-months, including a one-day strike, ended in November 2003 with a new contract for the nurses. In May 2002, construction started on a new emergency department that was expected to cost $9 million and add 16,000 square feet (1,500 m) to the existing ER. Providence Milwaukie was named one of the top 100 hospitals in 2004 by Solucient.

Details

The hospital is licensed for 77 beds, but as of 2013 only had 66 beds available. Services at Providence Milwaukie include radiology, surgery, emergency, cancer treatment, pediatrics, nuclear medicine, and sleep disorders, among others. For 2012, the hospital had a total of 3,129 acute care discharges, with 9,266 patient days, and 30,399 emergency department visits. For the fiscal year ending in 2011, the hospital had total revenues of $95 million and a profit of $10.6 million. That year Providence Milwaukie also provided $11.3 million in charity care.

See also

• List of hospitals in Oregon

References

1. Sullivan, Ann (March 20, 1967). "Milwaukie Needs One Hospital; Two Planned For Area". The Oregonian. p. 7.
2. "Work Begins On Hospital". The Oregonian. May 7, 1967. p. 33.
3. ^ Sullivan, Ann (July 18, 1968). "Open House Slated For Dwyer Hospital". The Oregonian. p. 30.
4. "Milwaukie community takes over hospital". The Oregonian. July 7, 1971. p. 12.
5. ^ "Providence Milwaukie to get $9 million emergency department". Portland Business Journal. May 28, 2002. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
6. "Dwyer Memorial Hospital". The Oregonian. January 28, 1982. p. C6.
7. "Portland hospitals consider merger". The Oregonian. January 24, 1986. p. F9.
8. "Welcome to the Family (advertisement)". The Oregonian. July 1, 1986. p. A8.
9. "Hospital market share". The Oregonian. May 22, 1989. p. C9.
10. "Providence opens new wing". Portland Business Journal. December 1, 1997. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
11. Kadera, Jim (June 11, 1996). "Milwaukie hospital expansion exceeds estimate". The Oregonian. p. B2.
12. Carter, Dan (February 5, 2001). "Ground breaking a healing place". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
13. Moody, Robin J. (November 17, 2003). "Providence Milwaukie nurses OK contract". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
14. "Three Providence hospitals crack top 100 list". Portland Business Journal. May 25, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
15. "Databank 2013". Health System Research and Data. Oregon Health Authority. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
16. "Our Services". Providence Milwaukie Hospital. Providence Health & Services. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
17. "Databank 2012". Health System Research and Data. Oregon Health Authority. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
18. ^ "2011 Hospital Financial Summary". Hospital Reporting. Oregon Health Authority. Retrieved November 29, 2013.

External links

• Providence Milwaukie Hospital – U.S. News & World Report

• Hospital buildings completed in 1968
• Milwaukie, Oregon
• Hospitals in Oregon
• Providence Health & Services
• Buildings and structures in Clackamas County, Oregon
• 1968 establishments in Oregon
• Hospitals established in 1968