| PeaceHealth | |
| Type: | Not-for-profit |
| Foundation: | 1976 |
| Founder: | Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace |
| Location City: | Vancouver, Washington |
| Location Country: | U.S. |
| Industry: | Health care |
| Services: | Health care |
| Num Employees: | 16,000 (2019)[1] |
PeaceHealth is a not-for-profit health care system that owns and operates ten hospitals and numerous clinics in the U.S. states of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington. The organization is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, and was founded by the Catholic Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace in 1976.
In August 1890, nuns of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace moved to Fairhaven, Washington, from the convent in Newark, New Jersey, to establish a hospital for loggers; St. Joseph Hospital opened in January of 1981.[2] After continued growth, the Sisters consolidated their healthcare ministries in the west and formed a not-for-profit health care system in 1976, and in 1994 the name was changed to PeaceHealth. In 1997, PeaceHealth merged its SelectCare health insurance plan with a service from Providence Health & Services.[3] [4] Their partnership has continued until at least 2015, when in October of that year, they jointly signed a letter of intent to collaborate on a health center in Vancouver, Washington.[5] [6] In 2016, both parties denied that they were eyeing merging.[7]
PeaceHealth merged with Southwest Washington Health System in December 2010, and moved its headquarters from Bellevue to Vancouver, Washington.[8] At the time, PeaceHealth had annual revenues of approximately $1.3 billion and operated seven hospitals.[9] The organization announced an alliance with University of Washington Medical Center in May 2013,[10] which the American Civil Liberties Union criticized due to PeaceHealth following Catholic medical care directives.[11]
PeaceHealth acquired ZoomCare in 2018.[12] [13]
PeaceHealth changed their logo in spring of 2023, to better reflect their focus on "whole person wellness".[14]
The hospitals, as well as the 139 clinics operated by PeaceHealth, constitute the PeaceHealth Medical Group. Its chief executive is Mike Metcalf.[16]
PeaceHealth operates three "networks"—Northwest (containing their locations in Bellingham, Friday Harbor, and Sedro-Woolley, as well as Alaska), Columbia (containing their locations in Longview and Vancouver), and Oregon.[17]
PeaceHealth Laboratories is the laboratory branch of PeaceHealth. Its CEO is Ran Whitehead.[18]