Caring with Compassion Across Oregon
Providence in Oregon is a not-for-profit network of hospitals, health plans, physicians, clinics, home health services, and affiliated health services. We strive to give those we serve exceptional, compassionate health care that provides peace of mind. At Providence, it's not just health care, it's how we care™.
Quality Health Care for All
We believe health care is a basic human right. We’re here to serve the evolving needs of the communities we serve and make excellent health care available to all. We work collaboratively to develop patient-centered practices that help make lifelong quality care accessible and affordable.
Hospitals across Oregon
Providence hospitals have been recognized for excellence by such groups as American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, National Cancer Institute and Portland Business Journal.
- Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, Hood River, OR
- Providence Medford Medical Center, Medford, OR
- Providence Milwaukie Hospital, Milwaukie, OR
- Providence Newberg Medical Center, Newberg, OR
- Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, OR
- Providence Seaside Hospital, Seaside, OR
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, OR
- Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center, Oregon City, OR
Providence Medical Group – Oregon
With more than 90 clinics and more than 600 employed physicians in Oregon, Providence Medical Group offers primary and specialty care to adults and children. Our patient-centered medical home clinics have received Oregon’s highest, Tier 3, recognition for excellence.
Providence Health Plan
Providence Health Plan offers a cohesive approach to member and patient care with insurance options for commercial and self-funded groups, people eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, and other individuals and families.
Nursing – Oregon
Providence Oregon employs approximately 5,500 professional nurses in hospitals, clinics, as well as community and home health based ministries. Our nurses pursue excellence in nursing through advanced education as well as certifications in specialty practice.
Providence Oregon includes two magnet designated hospitals; Providence St. Vincent’s which just achieved their fifth magnet designation, and Providence Portland Hospital who has achieved Magnet designation three times. In addition, The Center for Medically Fragile Children is a Pathways designated facility.
- William Olson, Chief Executive
- Pam Bauer, Chief Executive, High Performing Network
- Jennifer Burrows, RN, Chief Executive, West Division and Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
- Melissa Damm, Chief Financial Officer
- Krista Farnham, Chief Executive, East Division and Providence Portland Medical Center
- Jennifer Gentry, RN, Chief Nursing Officer
- Anthony Herrington, Executive Director, Community Health Engagement and Community Programs
- Ben LeBlanc, M.D., Chief Executive, Providence Medical Group Oregon
- Maria Maldonado, Executive Director, Strategy and Business Development
- Shaune Mattsson, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Providence Home and Community Care
- Chris Pizzi, Chief Executive, South Division and Providence Medford Medical Center
- Elizabeth Ransom, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
- Gary Walker, Executive Director, Communication
- Jennifer Zelensky, Chief Operating Officer, Providence Medical Group Oregon
Community benefit investments are one way Providence lives its Mission. For generations, we’ve offered a caring hand to those with the greatest need in our community.
In the past year, we devoted millions in community benefit to make sustainable improvements in the health of our diverse communities throughout Oregon.
Learn More About Community Benefit in Oregon
In the face of rapidly changing health care, our commitment to our Mission to care for everyone remains unchanged.
This ministry greatly depends on partnering with others in the community who are equally committed to doing good and improving the health of all. Together with community partners we conduct community health assessments to understand what our community needs are. Then with our partners, we identify the greatest unmet needs among the people in the communities we serve. These include lack of access to affordable care; lack of access to mental health services; poverty and homelessness; and barriers to healthy behaviors and disease prevention.
Providence traces its beginnings to 1843 when a religious community of Catholic women was founded in Montreal, Quebec. Soon to be called the Sisters of Providence, this community grew from the work of a young widow, Emilie Gamelin, who dedicated her resources and ultimately her life to service for others.
In 1856, Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart and four other Sisters of Providence arrived in Vancouver, Washington Territory. Within months of their arrival, the pioneer sisters began caring for elderly men and women, orphaned children and the sick in what was called the "Providence Enclosure." By 1858 they opened St. Joseph Hospital, the first hospital in the Northwest. The Sisters of Providence incorporated their acts of charity in 1859, and word of their good works quickly spread across Washington Territory.
Today the legacy of those first pioneer sisters lives on in the dedication and commitment of all who have joined in the Providence Mission of service.
