Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center is a hospital in northwest Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Founded in 1875 by the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon

Episcopal Diocese of Oregon

The Episcopal Diocese of Oregon is a diocese of The Episcopal Church which consists of the western portion of the State of Oregon bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Columbia River, the Cascade Range and the Oregon-California border. Major cities in the diocese are Portland, Salem, Eugene and Medford...

, it is a part of the Legacy Health System

Legacy Health System

Legacy Health is a non-profit hospital system located in Portland, Oregon, United States. It consists of six primary-care hospitals and allied clinics and outpatient facilities. The system employs about 9000 staff members, and is the second-largest system in the Portland metro area, after the...

. It has centers for breast health, cancer, and stroke, and is home to the Devers Eye Institute, the Legacy Good Samaritan Obesity Institute, the Portland Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, the Rehabilitation Clinic of Oregon, and the Linfield

Linfield College

Linfield College is an American private institution of higher learning located in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. As a four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college with a campus in Portland, Oregon, it also has an adult degree program located in eight communities throughout the...

-Good Samaritan School of Nursing. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).