Legacy's Awards and Honors
May 2009
Trauma Level 1 re-accreditation
Burn center re-accreditation, NACHRI recognition of The Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel as one of 10 hospitals nationwide designated as best practices for community benefit
Portland Children's Investment Fund (CHIF) awarded 2 of The Children's Hospital's proven programs in early childhood, child abuse prevention/intervention, and foster care
$400,000 to Emanuel Children's Clinic (ECC) for providing a medical home for up to 300 of Portland's foster children and youth
$600,000 to CARES Northwest (a child abuse prevention and treatment consortium that resides on the Emanuel campus and includes The Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Doernbecher Children's Hospital at OHSU, Kaiser Permanente and Providence Health & Services) for services for an estimated 689 children needing urgent child abuse medical assessments.
March 2009
2 Legacy physicians, Gwen Grewe, MD and Katherine Morris, MD, were honored by the Portland Business Journal as recipients of the prestigious "40 Under 40" recognition.
February 2009
The American Stroke Association awarded its "Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award" to 4 Legacy Health hospitals: Emanuel, Good Samaritan, Meridian Park and Salmon Creek. Of 1,512 participating stroke programs in the United States, only 120 have received a Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold award.
January 2009
More than 100 Legacy physicians, representing 47 medical specialties, were featured as Top Docs in the January issue of the Portland Monthly magazine.
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center was named by The Portland Business Journal as one of Oregon's Most Admired Companies in the Health Care Companies category.
October 2008
Legacy Meridian Park's stroke program is re-accredited by the Joint Commission "with no recommendations," meaning no deficiencies.
June 2008
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center received the Patient Safety Alliance Achievement Award for high standards of medical and surgical patient care in 2007.
May 2008
Practice Greenhealth honored Legacy Health with its System for Change Award, which recognizes health systems that work cohesively to gather information, set goals, gauge their progress and encourage environmentally friendly practices. Legacy is one of only four health systems in the country to win the prestigious award this year.
Practice Greenhealth also presented all 5 Legacy Health Medical Centers with their Environmental Leadership award, bestowed on hospitals that find creative and innovative ways to achieve long-term sustainability.
The Oregon Burn Center (OBC) at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center won 3 Telly Awards for its Burn Center Disaster Training video. Produced by 8 Rivers Film, the OBC training video, called Critical 72, won in 3 categories: a Bronze Award for editing, a Bronze Award for training and a Silver Award for cinematography.
April 2008
Pam Vukovich, Legacy Health's interim president/CEO, was recognized by Oregon State University College of Business as a business leader in the Portland community. The Alumni and Business Partner Awards were established in 2002 to recognize professional achievements and service to the OSU College of Business by alumni and business partners.
National recognition of The Children's Hospital's Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention and Period of PURPLE (TM) Crying Program
March 2008
Bryce Helgerson, chief administrative officer of Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center, was honored as one of the Portland Business Journal's "40 Under 40" business leaders for 2008.
January 2008
More than 130 Legacy physicians, representing 41 medical specialties, were featured as Top Docs in the January issue of the Portland Monthly magazine.
November 2007
Legacy Health was honored by Portland Business Journal for our corporate philanthropy.
July 2007
The Short Stay Unit at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center was awarded the Lasting Change Award by NRC+Picker for achieving Best Practice status in pain management and maintaining that level of care for a minimum of 18 months.
Legacy Caregiver Services received a 2007 National Family Caregiving Award from the National Alliance for Caregiving for the "Powerful Tools for Caregivers" program.
In recognition of our state-of-the-art technonolgy to improve patient care, Legacy Health was named to the 2007 "100 Most Wired" list by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine. Legacy has been named on the list every year since 1999.
June 2007
Trauma Nurses Talk Tough (TNTT) is a 2007 recipient of the American Hospital Association's NOVA Award for effective, collaborative programs focused on improving community health status.
May 2007
Legacy Health received the 2007 H2E Sustained Environmental Leadership Award from Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E). H2E also inducted Legacy into the H2E Environmental Leadership Circle.
Each Legacy hospital received separate 2007 H2E Environmental Leadership Award from Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E). Each hospital was also being inducted into the H2E Environmental Leadership Circle.
The Portland Business Journal names Pam Vukovich, Legacy's senior vice president and chief financial officer, as one of three non-profit honorees for its 2007 CFO Award.
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