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Krista Farnham has been named chief executive for Providence Portland Medical Center and will lead Providence Oregon’s eastern region.
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It was a year in the record books for Providence Foundations of Oregon in 2017. They raised more than $50 million - and received the single largest gift ever - marking the most successful fundraising year in the 35 year...
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In his lifetime and through his estate, the late Robert W. Franz gave close to $40 million to Providence Portland Medical Foundation. Providence Cancer Institute has been renamed in his honor.
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Providence’s commitment to patient safety is a high priority among caregivers and that has been recognized by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission. All eight Providence hospitals in Oregon and Providence’s...
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More than 150 people took part as Providence Cancer Center participated in Vice President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Summit. The goal is to make a decade worth of advances toward a cure in five years, from increasing...
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An increased focus on compassionate care work means the long-term program director of Providence Portland Medical Center’s internal medicine residency program will step aside, bringing new, but well-known,...
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Providence Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Clinics now serve patients at two locations: Providence Portland Medical Center and a newly opened clinic at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.
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Researchers at Providence Cancer Center received a $75,000 grant to study biomarkers that may help predict responses to immuntherapy and assist oncologists in making treatment-related decisions for patients with head and...
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Providence is adding oral/dental oncology facilities at Providence Portland and Providence St. Vincent Medical Centers.
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Providence Cancer Center researchers have initiated several important clinical trials to investigate the effectiveness of promising new immunotherapies to treat patients with head and neck cancers.
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Research led by Providence Health & Services has found Medicaid coverage results in significantly higher rates of several common cancer screenings, especially among women. Cancer screenings are often the best way to...
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Providence researchers have identified an immunotherapy approach that synergizes with radiation so well it not only eliminated the tumor in most preclinical models with pancreatic cancer, it found and destroyed distant,...
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Providence Cancer Center researchers might have identified how to determine if a patient with advanced melanoma will likely respond to a certain immunotherapy treatment.
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Becker’s Hospital Review has named Providence Portland Medical Center as one of 100 hospitals with great oncology programs.
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Providence Cancer Center is one of 30 centers in the U.S. – and the only center in Oregon – to earn a special designation from the National Pancreas Foundation (NPF). Among other centers are Mayo Clinic,...
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Four Providence hospitals in the Portland have each been designated as a “Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence” by The American College of Radiology, or ACR. The four Providence hospitals – Providence...
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Just seven percent of the hospitals in the nation receive Magnet status, and Providence Portland Medical Center has now received that elite nursing designation for the third time.
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A breakthrough drug for treating the most common type of lung cancer was just approved by the Food and Drug Administration ahead of schedule following two successful clinical trials, including one that involved patients at...
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Providence Portland Medical Center has received national recognition for providing the highest level of safe and quality care. The Leapfrog Group named Providence Portland Medical Center to its annual list of Top Hospitals...
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The Providence Portland Medical Center was designated as a Magnet organization in 2005 and 2010 by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. This prestigious designation recognizes...
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Patients needing imaging services will find nationally recognized care at Providence Portland Medical Center. The American College of Radiology, or ACR, awarded Providence Portland the designation of Diagnostic Imaging...
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On Halloween, breast cancer patient Melissa Roy-Hart, aka Wonder Woman, allowed reporters to follow her to her final breast cancer treatment at Providence Cancer Center Oncology and Hematology Care Clinic – Southeast.
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Providence Integrative Medicine Program offers complementary therapies such as acupuncture to help breast cancer patients cope and find relief.
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Providence Health & Services is prepared with infectious disease protocols and for the possibility of managing both suspected and confirmed Ebola patients.
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Robotic surgery is not a thing of science fiction – it’s been practiced for years now in many hospitals. But today’s robotic technology is getting even better, offering greater precision for even the most...
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Parents of premature infants will now have expanded access to Providence’s nationally recognized care of tiny babies on Portland’s eastside with the opening of Providence Portland Medical Center’s...
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Cancer patients in Oregon, Washington and three other Western states will receive improved access to care and clinical trials as a result of a new $6.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute’s Community...
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This next generation diagnostic test has robust clinical validation coupled with a unique decentralized delivery model that will reduce turn-around time for results.
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Patients visiting Providence Portland Medical Center and Providence St. Vincent Medical Center receive some of the best care in Oregon, according to U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News' annual rankings.
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Peter Watson, M.D., becomes medical director of perinatal outreach to help spread the word of Providence’s growing high-risk obstetrics and neonatal intensive care services.
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Giant teeth at the end of a long hydraulic arm on a huge machine took big bites out of the old Moore Lithograph building in northeast Portland this morning – with demolition replacing the more traditional...
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Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC, opened for business Thursday, May 30, on the Providence Portland Medical Center campus. The center is a partnership involving Portland physicians, Providence Health & Services...
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Providence hospitals are tops in Oregon in the latest Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Score rankings. Four Providence hospitals received “A” grades – more than any other health system in the state.
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Spring finals are common for high school students, but most don’t include handling sharp knives, hot ovens, or require an eye for plating aesthetics. On Sunday, March 9, 18 teenagers will be putting all they have...
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Providence Portland Medical Center and Providence St. Vincent Medical Center received “Top Hospital” honors from The Leapfrog Group.
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