healthcare not for profit hospitals industry healthcare founded 1989 headquarters portland oregon website legacy health legacy health is a non profit hospital system located in portland oregon united states . 1 it consists of six primary care hospitals and allied clinics and outpatient facilities . the system employs about 10 000 staff members and is the second largest system in the portland metro area after the providence health system . contents 1 history 2 facilities 3 references 4 external links history edit the beginnings of legacy health date to 1875 with the foundation of good samaritan hospital . meanwhile emanuel hospital started in 1912 which in 1971 joined with the physicians & surgeons hospital to form metropolitan hospitals in order to build meridian park hospital . 2 3 also in 1971 emanuel purchased gresham community hospital which later became legacy mount hood medical center . 2 metropolitan hospitals then became a holding company for the hospitals in 1983 and renamed itself to healthlink in 1985 . 4 holladay park hospital had joined the group by then and closed in 1994 . physicians & surgeons hospital had started in 1945 and in 1986 became careunit hospital of portland for alcohol dependency treatments which closed in 1987 . 5 6 in 1989 healthlink and good samaritan hospital merged to create legacy health system . 2 it was renamed in 2010 as legacy health . facilities edit the system s hospitals are legacy emanuel medical center randall children s hospital at legacy emanuel legacy good samaritan medical center legacy meridian park medical center and legacy mount hood medical center in oregon and legacy salmon creek medical center in washington . legacy hosts several specialized institutes and research centers including legacy cancer institute the legacy devers eye institute the legacy weight and diabetes institute the legacy rehabilitation institute of oregon the legacy oregon burn institute the legacy biomechanics laboratory and the robert s. dow neurobiology laboratories . legacy s hospitals and related services are accredited by the joint commission jcaho . references edit portland and vancouver based hospital clinics . retrieved 16 december 2012 . a b c emanuel 100 . legacy emanuel medical center . legacy health . retrieved 31 march 2014 . corporation to serve 2 satellite hospitals . the oregonian . may 13 1971 . p. 29 . metropolitan hospitals now called healthlink . the oregonian . october 13 1985 . p. d9 . hospital reunion . the oregonian . october 18 1987 . p. 126 . the news in brief . the oregonian . july 29 1987 . p. a3 . external links edit legacy health official website this oregon volunteer or nonprofit organization related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article relating to a hospital in oregon is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title legacy health & oldid 710867729 categories legacy healthcompanies based in portland oregonhospital networks in the united statesorganizations established in 1989healthcare in portland oregon1989 establishments in oregonoregon organization stubswestern united states hospital stubsoregon building and structure stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 march 2016 at 14 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view