Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Explained

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Vancouver, Washington, United States. It is part of Legacy Health, a locally owned, nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon.^{[1] [2]}

Legacy Salmon Creek opened in 2005 as the first hospital built in Washington state in almost 20 years. The six-story, 460,000-square-foot hospital and 180,000-square-foot medical office complex cost $285 million.^[3] In the hospital's first full fiscal year, Legacy Salmon Creek averaged 80 patients a day. By 2015, the average hospital census was more than 160 patients a day.^[3]

Legacy Salmon Creek employs more than 1,200 people.

Among its services are Legacy Cancer Institute, a children's-only emergency room, neonatal intensive care unit, birthing center, total joint (orthopedics) surgery center, breast health center and surgical care.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vancouver’s Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center food and nutrition team provides delivery service for at-risk patients. February 11, 2020. Food Management.
2. Web site: Clark County Public Health testing seven people for coronavirus. The Columbian.
3. Web site: Legacy Salmon Creek turns 10. August 14, 2015. The Columbian.