Health Compass Newsletter

By Erik Thorsen, CEO

Expanding specialty care to our community has long been a priority of the CMH Board of Trustees. In 2010, the Board astutely began looking for a larger partner for our independent organization. Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland was an obvious choice, since the vision and organizational values of our entities are closely aligned.

2024 marks CMH’s 14th year of strategically collaborating with OHSU. When we look back at CMH’s history, we see that collaborating with OHSU was the foundation needed to bring our patients expert care and set up CMH for growth and stability.

Since 2010, our partnered services have grown to include cancer care, cardiology, emergency medicine, imaging, hospitalist services and all of our CMH-OHSU Health Medical Group Clinics covering preventive and specialty care.

While CMH remains an independent, community-based organization, it’s exciting to look at “then and now” to see how the collaboration has improved access to care in our region.

More of our friends and neighbors can receive needed services close to home, contributing to improved health outcomes. Patients continue to receive excellent care from the providers they know and trust. And our CMH-OHSU Health team has the professional support and academic resources to support their careers.

For both our longtime patients and those who may be newer to the area, thank you for trusting us as we’ve made our board’s vision a reality and continue to grow our services. It’s our privilege to care for you.

By the numbers: Our CMH-OHSU collaboration

15 CMH-OHSU service lines

• Cancer Care
• Emergency
• General Surgery
• Interventional Radiology
• Pediatrics
• Primary Care
• Radiology
• Women’s Health
• Cardiology
• Endocrinology
• Hospitalists
• Orthopedics
• Podiatry
• Pulmonology
• Urology

15,187 emergency visits in 2022

6+ years providing state-of-the-art cancer care here in Clatsop County

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