Editor’s letter We are invested in anticipating community needs so we can meet them with compassionate, quality care centered around you. Adventist Health Portland, an OHSU Health partner, includes a 302-bed medical center with an emergency room, dozens of medical and urgent care clinics, and home care and hospice services. Our many physicians and employees are dedicated to caring for you as a whole person — mind, body and spirit — not just as an injury or illness. We are also part of Adventist Health, a health care network of more than 20 hospitals and countless clinics and services spanning California, Oregon and Hawaii. Your partner in living well A lot has changed since Adventist Health arrived in Portland in the late 1800s. What hasn’t changed is our long-term dedication to being here for our community with the complete care they need, from gentle birthing to healthy aging and everything in between. That commitment shines in areas like meeting the growing need for birthing care in east Portland through our expanding women’s health program. Inside this issue, you’ll read how our new midwifery team is giving women more choices in their pregnancy and birth care. We are invested in anticipating community needs so we can meet them with compassionate, quality care centered around you. To do that, we’ve spent years handpicking extraordinary providers and other members of our care teams. People — like cardiology nurse practitioner Haley Pacholec, featured in these pages — who combine clinical excellence with a passion for patients and each other naturally create exceptional clinical outcomes. Our patients notice the difference, not only in our trusted cardiac program but throughout our network of clinics, emergency room and hospital. Through our unique partnership with Oregon Health & Science University, we’re bringing more expertise in more specialties right to where you and your family live and work. We’ve also enhanced our technology to help people get lifesaving answers sooner. Now we’re excited to share more about how Adventist Health Portland supports you in living well today, tomorrow and beyond. I appreciate your taking the time to explore the following pages. Even more, I value the trust you place in us as your health care partner. Kyle King President, Adventist Health Portland Guest Editor AdventistHealth.org/Portland 3
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