Adventist Medical Center

Description

Adventist Medical Center AMC located in southeast Portland is a nonprofit 302bed acute care facility offering a full range of inpatient outpatient and emergency services throughout the PortlandVancouver metropolitan area With over 2100 employees AMC is a major Portland area employer In 2007 AMC treated 11483 inpatients 107184 outpatients and 45770 patients in the emergency room

Adventist Medical Center is part of Adventist Health a notforprofit faithbased health system operating in California Hawaii Oregon and Washington Founded on the Seventhday Adventist heritage of Christian health care Adventist Health is comprised of 18 hospitals with more than 2800 beds nearly 18000 employees numerous clinics and outpatient facilities the largest system of rural health clinics in California 15 home care agencies and three jointventure 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 wholeperson care that nurtures body mind and spirit

Encouraging living well by promoting a healthy lifestyle

Reflecting Gods 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 faithbased health care organization consistent with the
philosophy of the Seventhday Adventist church

Our Vision
We will be the market leader in delivering innovative accessible costeffective high quality wholeperson 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 patientcentered

Compassion
Reflect the love of Jesus through care respect and empathy

Wholeness
Embrace a balanced life integrating mind body and spirit

Respect
Recognize the Godgiven dignity and individuality of each person

Family
Support each other in achieving our shared purpose
Stewardship Serve our community through responsible resource management

History

In the late 1860s Seventhday 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 Kelloggs 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 months rent for a small eightroom house in which to start a sixpatient 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 Seventhday Adventist Church took full charge of the sanitarium By 1897 a twoyear 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 I205 The new hospital was completed in 1977 a few years before I205 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