Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics and Santiam Hospital & Clinics announce definitive agreement to partner
The two organizations share a long-standing commitment to delivering compassionate, community-based care.
PointClickCare certification 'a game changer' for Salem Health Laboratories
For patients and families, the streamlined process helps avoid unnecessary hospital visits and emergency room trips.
Three stars - Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI)
The Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) has awarded Salem Health Vascular Surgery three stars for its active participation in the Registry Participation Program.
Operating under the Society for Vascular Surgery, the Vascular Quality Initiative is composed of 14 registries containing demographic, clinical, procedural and outcomes data from more than 1,000,000 vascular procedures performed nationwide and in Canada. The mission of the SVS VQI is to improve patient safety and the quality of vascular care delivery by providing web-based collection, aggregation and analysis of clinical data submitted in registry format for all patients undergoing specific vascular treatments.
Salem Health first received the honor in 2024 and again in 2025. This achievement highlights our commitment to improving patient lives through rigorous standards and practices.
Get With The Guidelines®️ - Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll
Our program demonstrated excellence in seven different metric areas monitored by Get With The Guidelines® through 2024. Additionally, we achieved honor roll with meeting an additional benchmark in our door to needle times. We had previously been at silver status, but progressed to gold level this year.
Winter sports injuries: Skiing, snowboarding and ice falls
Surgeons at Salem Health Orthopedics say the winter months usually show a spike in orthopedic injuries.
Salem Health orthopedic surgeons use technology to preserve muscles during surgery
Learn more about muscle-saving approaches to joint replacement surgery that can offer patients a chance at a faster recovery with less pain.
Respiratory therapists avert a fish emergency
All About Me room opens at Gilbert House Children's Museum
Nurses make custom quilts for patients, families
Baby blues or something more serious?
A-fib journeys: From panic to world travel
Salem Health ahead of the big A-fib curve
'All About Me' room debuts at Gilbert House Children's Museum
Learn self-care practices for a higher IQ
Shop your way to better sleep
Memory lapses: When to worry about dementia
Celebrate Heart Month 2017!
What could your cigarette money buy?
Welcome to first baby… what's her name?
Six quit-smoking programs in Marion and Polk county
Give your family the gift of certainty
14 activities to enjoy or avoid while pregnant
My great aunt is dying. Will a Christmas card make her sad?
When holidays are hard
Drynuary: What is it? Should you do it?
Have a lighter Festival of Lights