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Willamette Valley Medical Center is a for-profit Level III acute care hospital in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. Opened at a different location as McMinnville Community Hospital, the four story medical center has 80 licensed hospital beds. Adjacent to the McMinnville Airport on Oregon Route 18, the facility is owned by Capella Healthcare. ==History== In 1904, the hospital was established in McMinnville.〔(“Voices - Milestones in Yamhill County history”. ) ''News-Register'', January 1, 2000.〕〔 Known originally as McMinnvile Hospital, it was expanded in 1931, 1957, and 1968 before it was purchased by Hospital Corporation of America in 1971.〔Dietz, Diane. “In McMinnville, it's been like a fairy tale; Health”. ''The Register-Guard'', February 9, 2003, p. A1.〕 At the time, it had 56-beds and was located on South Baker Street in downtown near Linfield College.〔“Work under way on 408-apartment complex on Blanton near Tualatin Valley Highway: McMinnville to get new $32 million hospital”. ''The Oregonian'', June 2, 1994, West Zoner, p. 7.〕 The facility had grown to 78 beds in 1975 when it planned to add 9 more beds. By 1985 the hospital was renamed as McMinnville Community Hospital. In September 1987, Hospital Corporation of America sold the hospital and 101 other medical centers to Health Trust, a company created by the employees.〔”Buyout plan approved for hospital corporation”. ''The Oregonian'', March 16, 1989, Business, p. E16.〕 In 1994, owner Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation approved the construction of a new campus near the city’s airport.〔 Built on the the new facility cost $45 million to build〔 and was more than twice as big as the former hospital.〔 The new 67-bed campus opened in March 1996〔“Medical center opens its doors for a public peek”. ''The Oregonian'', March 15, 1996, West Zoner, p. B2.〕 and was constructed by McDevitt Street Bovis.〔Section: Pulse; Contracts and Low Bids. ''Oregon Engineering News-Record'', November 7, 1994, Vol. 233, No. 19; Pg. 62.〕 The hospital was then renamed as Columbia Willamette Valley Medical Center.〔 The hospital was named one of America’s 100 Top Hospitals in 1995 by Mercer Health Care Provider Consulting and HCIA, Inc. out of 3,400 hospitals nationwide.〔“McMinnville hospital named one of country’s top 100”. ''The Oregonian'', December 21, 1995, West Zoner, p. 6.〕 A occupational medicine clinic was added in 1999.〔Oberst, Gail. (“Hospital opens occupational medicine clinic”. ) ''News-Register'', March 27, 1999.〕 In 1999, Columbia/HCA created two subsidiaries and sold the hospital to Triad, one of those two spin-offs.〔 In 2001, the hospital had revenues of $88.3 million and an operating profit of $10.5 million.〔Triad’s track record; Health. ''The Register-Guard'', February 9, 2003, p. A8.〕 In October 2002, a cancer treatment center was opened at a cost of $5.5 million.〔 Community Health Systems purchased Triad in a $6.8 billion deal in July 2007, acquiring the McMinnville medical center.〔Murray, Barbra. “Acute Care Portfolio Trades in $315M Deal”. cponline.com, March 3, 2008.〕 In March 2008, the hospital was one of nine facilities sold by Community Health Systems to Capella Healthcare.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Willamette Valley Medical Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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