Healthcare Innovation May 31, 2024
OHSU says it will make a capital commitment of $1 billion over 10 years to improve the quality of essential services across the region
Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University and Legacy Health are moving ahead with a plan to unite as one health system called OHSU Health that was announced in August 2023. The combined system will have 12 hospitals, 100-plus locations and about 30,000 employees and more than 3 million patient visits a year.
OHSU is part of the State of Oregon, established in Oregon law as a public corporation. Legacy is a local, nonprofit health system that had been struggled financially, according to news reports.
In the coming months OHSU and Legacy Health will submit an...