Tuality Community Hospital

Infobox Hospital
Name = Tuality Community Hospital
Org/Group = Tuality Healthcare


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Location = Hillsboro
Region = Washington County
State = Oregon
Country = United States
HealthCare = Medicare/Medicaid/charity
Type = general
Speciality =
Standards =
Emergency = Acute care
Affiliation= Pacific University
Beds = 167
Founded = 1918
Closed =
Website = http://www.tuality.org
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Tuality Community Hospital is a non-profit, general care medical facility located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. This 167 bed facility founded in 1918 in downtown is the only hospital in Hillsboro, Washington County’s most populous city. Tuality has partnerships with both Pacific University [Suh, Elizabeth. Pacific University seeks expansion. "The Oregonian", September 7 2007.] and Oregon Health Sciences University.Harrington, Patrick. Tuality Healthcare, OHSU open cancer center. "The Oregonian", October 7 2002.] At six stories tall, the building is tied for the tallest in the city with the Hillsboro Civic Center. [Bermudez, Esmeralda. Plan highlights. "The Oregonian", November 16 2006.]

History

Tuality traces its roots back to 1918 when Minnie Jones Coy started a small six bed home-hospital in Hillsboro at Second and Oak Streets. [http://www.tuality.org/body.cfm?id=14 About Us.] Tuality Healthcare. Retrieved on March 24 2008.] Two years later, the facility moved to Seventh and Oak in Hillsboro, expanded to 18 hospital beds, and was renamed Jones Hospital. In 1940, the hospital opened a new building with 28 beds. That addition included a nursery and delivery room, operating rooms, and an x-ray room. Six years later, another expansion was completed, with additional surgery areas, another delivery room, and a laboratory.

In 1952, Jones died at age 57, leaving the 74 bed hospital to her estate. Two years later, the estate sold the facility for $250,000 to a non-profit community group, who renamed it Tuality Community Hospital.Tuality Hospital begins in home. "Hillsboro Argus", October 19 1976.]

The hospital was expanded again in 1960, increasing the number of beds to 84. In 1970, the building was remodeled to add an intensive care (ICU) and coronary combined unit. In 1973, a new orange brick facility was built; with that, much of the pre-1960 building was demolished. The revamped three story hospital had 93 beds, opened on February 17 1973, and cost $6 million. In 1978, a fourth floor with 44 beds was added, and a year later, other sections of the building were expanded to allow for respiratory therapy, nuclear medicine, pathology, and biomedical engineering, among other services. With the 1982 purchase of Forest Grove Community Hospital in nearby Forest Grove, Oregon, the ownership group created the Fontus healthcare organization in 1983.

Expansion of the hospital continued in 1985 when a fifth and sixth story were added to increase capacity to 181 hospital beds. The expansion included a new laboratory and expanded surgical and x-ray facilities. Construction of the Tuality Health Education Center adjacent to the hospital continued expansion in 1986. In 1988, a 20 bed Extended Care Rehabilitation Center was created within the facility, reducing the number of hospital beds to 167. In 1996, a 400 car parking structure was built at the hospital campus. Two years later, an expanded birthing facility opened and MAX Light Rail expansion included a stop at the hospital. In 2002, the first open heart surgery at the hospital was performed and a cancer treatment center was opened as a joint project with Oregon Health Sciences University. [Harrington, Patrick. Tuality will pair up for heart surgery: The health care group seeks to serve the Hillsboro area’s rapidly growing and aging population. "The Oregonian", July 27 2000.]

In 2003, a 129,000 square foot medical office building was finished adjacent to the hospital, with expanded doctors offices and a sky bridge to the main hospital. Tuality added eight hospitalists to the staff in 2005. [New Tuality doctors will stay in-house. "The Oregonian", March 3 2005.] In 2006, Pacific University opened their new 105,000 square foot Health Professions Campus at Tuality Hospital for housing their College of Health Professions. [http://www.pacificu.edu/hpc/ Health Professions Campus.] Pacific University. Retrieved on November 21 2007.]

Facility

Tuality Community Hospital is located in a six story orange-brick building in downtown Hillsboro between Tualatin Valley Highway. The facility contains a department of nuclear medicine, [ [http://jnm.snmjournals.org/cgi/content/full/44/4/499 Clinical Investigations.] The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Retrieved on March 24 2008.] [Harrington, Patrick. Tuality home to gallbladder experts. "The Oregonian", December 26 2002.] a cardiac intensive care unit, a special skilled nursing ward for rehabilitation of long-term injuries, [Stout, Heidi J. [http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2001/05/14/focus2.html?page=3 Money makers ...and the services that drain the system.] "Portland Business Journal", May 11 2001.] an obstetrics unit, department of orthopedics, department of neurology, a cardiology department, and emergency care. [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/hospitals/directory/glance_6920004.htm Hospital Directory: Tuality Healthcare.] U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved on November 21 2007.] Additionally, there is a private heliport for transporting patients to and from the facility. [ [http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/airport/OG46.html Tuality Hospital.] FBOweb.com. Retrieved on March 24 2008.] Tuality Hospital contains a 22 bed short term skilled nursing unit. [ [http://www.hospital-data.com/hospitals/TUALITY-COMMUNITY-HOSPITAL-HILLSBORO.html Tuality Community Hospital.] Hospital-Data.com. Retrieved on March 24 2008.]

The hospital discharges 7,287 patients annually with a total of 28,908 patient days of hospitalization. [http://www.ahd.com/states/hospital_OR.html Individual Hospital Statistics for Oregon.] American Hospital Directory. Retrieved on March 24 2008.] Quality indicators for 2005 include: average heart attack death rate, average balloon angioplasty death rate, average heart bypass surgery death rate, average gastro intestinal hemorrhage death rate, average congestive heart failure death rate, average hip fracture death rate, average stroke death rate, and average pneumonia death rate. [ [http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OHPPR/HQ/2005HospReports.shtml 2005 Oregon Hospital Quality Indicators.] Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Retrieved on March 24 2008.] Tuality Community Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) and the College of American Pathologists. [ [http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/OHPPR/HQ/com_thc_ami.shtml Oregon Hospital Quality Indicators: Hospital Specific Reports.] Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Retrieved on March 24 2008.]

Tuality Healthcare

Tuality Hospital is operated by Tuality Healthcare. Tuality Healthcare is a not for profit, community healthcare organization that operates one other hospital, a health foundation, medical plazas, urgent care centers, an education center, and various other medical offices. Additionally they operate Tuality Health Alliance, a medical provider network in the Portland metropolitan area.

ee also

*List of hospitals in Portland, Oregon

External links

* [http://www.orhospitalquality.org/provider.php?380021 Oregon Hospital Quality Indicators]
* [http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/hospitals/directory/numbers_6920004.htm U.S. News & World Report: Tuality Healthcare]

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