Reply 5-MAR-2019
edit@John At SHS Thanks for the quick turnaround and feedback. I propose the lead stays as is and the addition be moved to the next section. Also taking into account your edits.
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- ==Operations==
- SHS operates five hospitals and has over five hundred employed providers in Oregon. The largest hospitals are two Acute Care Hospitals in Corvallis and Albany, and three Critical Access Hospitals(CAHs) in Lebanon, Newport, and Lincoln City.
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- ==Background==
- Samaritan Health Services is a not-for-profit [1] regional health system that brings together community hospitals,[2] physician clinics and health insurance plans [3] to serve the 250,000 residents of Oregon’s Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties [4]. At 5,500 employees [5] it is one of the regions largest businesses. [6] . Beginning in 1997, and over the course of five years, five regional hospitals joined together under SHS. [7].
References
- ^ "Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Paul, Alex. "A healthy legacy: Outgoing Samaritan CEO reflects on 25 years of growth". Democrat Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Samaritan cuts costs to avoid layoffs". The Gazette-Times. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ From Population Research Center - Portland State University cited in "County Populations" 2018 Secretary of State. Retrieved 2019-03-04
- ^ "Samaritan cuts costs to avoid layoffs". The Gazette-Times. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Industry in Corvallis". Corvallis Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Paul, Alex. "A healthy legacy: Outgoing Samaritan CEO reflects on 25 years of growth". Democrat Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2019.