NEWS RELEASES
Legacy Emanuel unveils a mobile ICU to pick up and transport critically ill patients to the hospital
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center used ECMO nonstop as a treatment option for respiratory or cardiac failure patients during the pandemic. Legacy Emanuel’s mobile ECMO team... » MORE
Legacy Health exits crisis standards of care for adult ICU, pediatric care
As of Monday, Feb. 13, Legacy Health and Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel moved to end crisis standards of care for adult ICU and pediatric care... » MORE
Frequently Asked Questions about the Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Family Birth Center Closure
Legacy Health announced on Jan. 27 that we have made the difficult decision to stop delivering babies at the Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham. .... » MORE
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Family Birth Center Closure
January 27, 2023 • After much discussion, planning, and working with our staff, we have made the difficult decision to stop delivering babies at Legacy Mount Hood’s Family Birth Center. The date for that change is tentatively set for Friday, March 17.... » MORE
Hospitals take action in federal court to continue fighting for vulnerable patients denied care by state of Oregon
January 26, 2023 • Legacy Health, Providence Health & Services, PeaceHealth and St. Charles Health System are taking action in U.S. District Court today... » MORE
Legacy Health names two new hospital presidents
January 16, 2023 • Legacy Health recently named two new presidents to local hospitals... » MORE
New trustees join Salmon Creek Hospital Foundation Board
January 4, 2023 • Salmon Creek Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce the election of Douglas Bartocci, Lisa Dow, Jessica Engblom-Stryker, Erik Paulsen, Monte Phillips, and Mei Wu to its board of trustees. The foundation... » MORE
Randall Children's Hospital Hosts inaugural swim with Santa event
December 14, 2022 • Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel is pleased to invite families and children of all ages to the inaugural Swim with Santa event from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 17 at the North Clackamas Aquatic Park... » MORE
Portland Metro Hospitals implement crisis standards of care for adults
December 9, 2022 • Like hospitals and health systems nationwide, our health systems are continuing to see a high number of babies and young children with RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, requiring hospitalization... » MORE
Public health measures like masking key to keeping children safe, healthy during RSV season
December 1, 2022 • Recognizing the extreme strain on hospital resources statewide and in the Portland Metro area, and in alignment with guidance from the Oregon Health Authority, Kaiser Permanente, Legacy Health, OHSU Health and Providence have declared staffing crisis standards of care... » MORE
Randall Children's Hospital implements crisis standards of care
Making decisions about the allocation of critical care resources is heart-wrenching. For Legacy Health front-line health care workers, healing and caring is at the center of our mission to serve our patients and our communities. Health care teams show up every day to help heal people, and every single life is valued... » MORE
Keeping children safe and healthy during RSV season
Like hospitals and health systems nationwide, our health systems are seeing a high number of babies and young children with RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, requiring hospitalization... » MORE
In response to a surge of pediatric RSV cases
At Randall Children’s Hospital, we are at 100% capacity for pediatric patients in both the emergency department and pediatric inpatient units. We are implementing creative and safe solutions to meet the community demand for pediatric beds... » MORE
Family Medical Group Joins Legacy Health
Today, Legacy Health is pleased to announce Family Medical Group primary care practices in Silverton, and Molalla joined Legacy Health, effective Sept. 26, 2022... » MORE
Oregon hospitals act against state on behalf of vulnerable patients with severe mental illness, accuse state of violating civil rights
In a move to protect the civil rights of vulnerable Oregonians, three leading Oregon hospital systems are coming together to ensure the Oregon Health Authority fulfills its legal obligation to provide adequate mental health treatment capacity for civilly committed individuals... » MORE
Legacy Health offers free monkeypox vaccination clinic on Saturday
At Legacy Health, our mission is good health for our people, our patients, our communities and our world and maintaining the health of all our communities is the focus of what we do. With the current monkeypox outbreak, we encourage everyone who is eligible to receive a monkeypox vaccine... » MORE
Portland Business Alliance recognizes Legacy Health president with a woman in leadership award
August 24, 2022 • Last week, the Portland Business Alliance announced Kathryn Correia, president and chief executive officer of Legacy Health, as the 2022 recipient of the Sandra K. McDonough Leadership award... » MORE
Two Legacy Health Hospitals Recognized for Five-star Care
August 4, 2022 • Two Legacy Health hospitals were recently recognized for delivering five-star quality care by the federal government. The five-star rating reflects Legacy’s commitment to good health for its people, patients and the communities it serves... » MORE
Groundbreaking kicks off construction of $35 million expansion to Legacy Silverton Medical Center
June 28, 2022 • Today, Legacy Health announced a $35 million expansion of Legacy Silverton Medical Center with a celebratory groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction that will modernize and expand the emergency department and imaging department and redesign the hospital entrance... » MORE
Legacy supports all reproductive health services
At Legacy Health, it is our mission to provide good health for our people, our patients, our communities and our world. These are our commitments that form the core of our mission, and we take them seriously. We believe that all people deserve access to the care they need when they need it... » MORE
A proactive approach for raising COVID-19 vaccination rates among BIPOC staff
In late 2021, Oregon enacted a vaccine mandate for health care workers to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.This was an understandable step taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the requirement also inadvertently highlighted the inequities that Black, Indigenous and communities of color (BIPOC) face when it comes to health care. These inequities were founded on historical forces that Legacy Health wanted to understand better... » MORE
Bahaa Wanly Takes Helm as Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center President
March 9, 2022 • Bahaa Wanly has recently taken the helm as Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center’s president, bringing with him numerous years of health care leadership experience... » MORE
Legacy Health wins exclusive $2 million federal grant to address mental health and wellness among health care workers
February 16, 2022 • Legacy Health has been awarded a three-year $2.2 million federal grant to develop or enhance programs that reduce health care worker stress, improve employee wellness, and help retain workers... » MORE
Local Legacy Devers Eye Institute medical innovator in corneal care receives worldwide honor for vision research
February 1, 2022 • Mark Terry, M.D., of Legacy Devers Eye Institute in Portland, Ore., was one of three researchers presented with a Future Vision Foundation award as a laureate representing groundbreaking accomplishments. Future vision showcases the work of extraordinary medical innovators... » MORE
Legacy Health unveils surgical robotics program at Silverton Medical Center
January 10, 2022 • Legacy Health is pleased to announce the launch of a new surgical robotics program at Legacy Silverton Medical Center with the installation of an Intuitive daVinci Xi Surgical System robot... » MORE
Legacy Health asks the public to avoid hospital emergency departments for COVID-19 tests
January 5, 2022 • As COVID-19 cases rise due to the omicron variant, Legacy Health and the other healthcare systems in the area understand the frustration people are experiencing as they try to get a test... » MORE
Legacy Health announces new medical group president
January 4, 2022 • Legacy Health recently hired Dr. Don Tran as president of Legacy Medical Group, Legacy Health’s network of medical clinics across the Portland/Vancouver metro area and mid-Willamette Valley. In this role, Tran represents Legacy when working with other health systems and oversees the standard of care and patient experience... » MORE
Legacy Health implements visitor restrictions as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
Legacy Health is committed to the safety of its patients and staff. Based on this week’s updated COVID-19 case counts in counties served, Legacy is adjusting our visitor policy to restrict visitors in all hospitals and clinics... » MORE
Legacy Health prepares for omicron, urges caution through the holidays
As the omicron variant arrives in our communities, Legacy Health is preparing to deliver safe, high-quality care during an upcoming surge that will drive a spike in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations... » MORE
As a significantly higher COVID surge looms, hospital systems ask for your help
Get vaccinated and get boosted if you have not already done so. Current projections predict a significant spike in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations driven by the omicron variant beginning mid-January and likely peaking in February... » MORE
Legacy Devers Eye Institute and Legacy Research Institute are part of a study to investigate stem cell therapy as a potential glaucoma treatment
November 4, 2021 • Legacy Devers Eye Institute is leading a national research project investigating stem cell therapy as a potential treatment for glaucoma, the world’s second leading cause of blindness. Legacy’s Brad Fortune, O.D., Ph.D., and a multidisciplinary team... » MORE
COVID-19 pediatric vaccinations
Legacy Health encourages families to get a COVID-19 vaccination for their children ages 5 to 11 as soon as they are offered to help protect your child, reduce severe infections and limit hospitalizations in our communities. Reviews by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have shown that the vaccines are safe and effective for children... » MORE
Colder temperatures, power outages increase risk of carbon monoxide poisoning
November 3, 2021 • As fall weather sets in throughout Oregon, the Oregon Poison Center at Oregon Health & Science University and the Legacy Emanuel Hyperbaric Department want to remind the public about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning... » MORE
Legacy Health’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign improves safety, reduces infections in communities
October 12, 2021 • Legacy Health has vaccinated 1,400 employees since announcing its COVID-19 vaccination requirement on Aug. 4 to reduce infections and protect the safety of Legacy’s staff, patients and communities. Legacy has increased the vaccination rate... » MORE
Legacy Health pauses all nonurgent surgical procedures
August 23, 2021 • The Delta variant is creating a significant strain on our hospitals and staff and in the coming weeks Legacy Health is projecting an unprecedented number of hospitalizations. Legacy has made the decision to implement surge plan measures that will address the... » MORE
Legacy Health sells Hopewell House to nonprofit hospice
August 10, 2021 • Legacy Health will sell Hopewell House to the Friends of Hopewell House, a grassroots nonprofit that quickly formed to restore the hospice services provided at the historic mansion tucked in the Hillsdale neighborhood... » MORE
Legacy Health implements new vaccine requirement policy
August 4, 2021 • At Legacy Health, our goal is to be the safest place to deliver and receive care. Since March of 2020, there have been incredible lessons learned about how we keep our patients, one another, and our community safe. The landscape of the pandemic is ever-changing... » MORE
Legacy Health announces new senior vice presidents
July 28, 2021 • Legacy Health recently hired Kecia Kelly, DNP, as senior vice president and chief nursing officer, and Seth Podolsky, M.D., as senior vice president, chief medical officer. Both will serve on Legacy's executive team. » MORE
Randall Children’s Hospital opens new Family Birth Center
July 7, 2021 • Today, Legacy Health announces the opening of a new Family Birth Center at Randall Children’s Hospital, the most ambitious center of its kind in a generation and the most comprehensive, state-of-the art birth center in Oregon. » MORE
Portland-area health systems call for caution ahead of Fourth of July weekend
June 30, 2021 • With the Fourth of July weekend on the horizon, we are coming together as leaders of Portland-area health care systems to encourage people to do their part to reduce heavy demand on hospital emergency departments. » MORE
CARES Northwest announces new Executive Director
May 24, 2021 • Today, the Board of Directors of CARES Northwest is pleased to announce that Jenny Gilmore-Robinson a nonprofit executive with... » MORE
A-dec and Legacy Health Announce Joint-effort to Fight COVID-19
April 1, 2020 • A-dec and Legacy Health today announced an agreement for A-dec to manufacture and provide much needed supply of personal protection equipment (PPE) for Legacy hospitals and health care facilities. » MORE
Mary and Ryan Finley donate $3 million to Legacy Health, OHSU to combat COVID-19
March 31, 2020 • An Oregon couple moved by the heroic work of frontline clinicians and health care workers during the COVID-19 crisis is giving $1.5 million each to Legacy Health and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). » MORE
