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	Portland, Maine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a population of 63,882 as of 2004 (down from 64,249 in 2000).
		Portland's economy was greatly stressed by the Embargo Act of 1807 (prohibition of trade with the British) and the War of 1812.
		Portland was a center for protests concerning the Maine law of 1851 culminating in the Portland Rum Riot on June 2, 1855.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portland,_Maine (2356 words)

	MIDIRS \| The Midwifery Digest \| News \| Celebrating the Portland Hospital’s 21st anniversary - special Family Open ...
		The Portland Hospital is opening the doors and welcoming visitors to its first Family Open Day on Sunday 6th June from 10am to 4pm.
		Guests are invited to tour the hospital’s extensive facilities including the new Women’s Outpatient Centre, the recently refurbished maternity ward and full paediatric services, together with intensive care for children and high dependency care for adults.
		The hospital aims to make the dreams of twelve seriously or terminally ill children come true with events including a sponsored pram push, a parachute jump and a gala ball at the London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane.
	www.midirs.org /midirs/midweb1.nsf/Z45/3B02D8D7BA24867080256E5A00446EAD (675 words)

	Cat Hospital of Portland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Cat Hospital of Portland and Feline Laser Surgery Center is the only full-service exclusively feline hospital in the City of Portland.
		She loved Portland and had hoped to someday be a part of such a vibrant community.
		When the chance to bring her vision of compassionate care to the cats of Portland presented itself, it was irresistible.
	www.portlandcats.net /about.shtml (267 words)

	Portland Pirates - Day of Hockey
		The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, one of the country's leading children's hospitals, is committed to enhancing the lives of children through excellence in patient care, research and education.
		The Portland Pirates Foundation was formed in July, 2003 as a Maine public charitable corporation and represents the philanthropic arm of Portland Pirates, LLC.
		The mission of the Portland Pirates Foundation is to enrich and impact the region, and specifically the greater Portland area, through educational, sports-based, community-building and fundraising activities, programs, events and relationships.
	www.portlandpirates.com /dayofhockey.asp (759 words)

	Portland hospital gives ill a homecare option (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The study, which included the Portland VA and two other facilities, found that the price tag for treating similarly ill patients at home was $5,081, or a third less than the $7,480 cost of treating a patient in a hospital bed.
		Hospitals in Maryland, including Johns Hopkins, were not ideal for a continuing program because most facilities in the state operate on a fee-for-service basis: they can collect from insurers only when they fill a hospital bed.
		Willer, the heart patient, used to work for the Coast Guard and now is employed in the medical-records department of the Portland VA. After his first heart attack in January, he was admitted to the VA hospital, treated and eventually discharged.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06109/683370-114.stm (2040 words)

	Portland District Health
		Portland Hospital will immediately begin the hunt for more doctors after winning State Government funding that secures the future of the Accident and Emergency Department.
		Portland District Health Board chairman Vin Gannon thanked the community for its patience and support in the fight to improve hospital services.
		The Hospital continues to actively participate in ongoing self-evaluation and standards monitoring to ensure our patients and clients enjoy the highest quality of health care.
	www.swarh.com.au /portland (243 words)

	FEMP Water Efficiency: Veteran Affairs Hospital—Portland, Oregon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The hospital is a large facility (1,363,000 ft2) with a wide range of aging water-related equipment that frequently experienced high volumes of water use.
		A total of 346 toilets and urinals in the hospital were found to each use 3.5-5 gallons of water per flush.
		Laminar flow units are recommended for hospitals to prevent entrainment of germs and bacteria in the water stream.
	www.eere.energy.gov /femp/technologies/water_va_portland.cfm (943 words)

	Willamette Week Online \| News \| NEWS STORY \| Physicians' Shaky Prognosis (3/8/2006)
		A Northeast Portland hospital that was the subject of a WW cover story last October suffered a major blow last week after federal officials said it no longer qualifies for reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid.
		The hospital employed as many as 200 people in 2005, but at midday last Saturday, there was not a single car in any of the hospital's parking lots.
		The news also poses challenges for the Portland Development Commission, which lent $500,000 at 3 percent interest over five years to the doctors who bought the hospital a little more than a year ago.
	www.wweek.com /editorial/3218/7312/?SOURCE=RSS (1052 words)

	Portland Oregon Hospital - Clinic - Health Care
		All this study is from organizations that represent hospitals, doctors, employers, accrediting organizations, federal and states agencies, and the patient's surveys.
		Portland Hospitals, OR, Oregon Hospital Database - Helpline Database
		Portland Hospital, Hospital Portland Oregon, Portland VA Medical...
	www.find-hospital.com /portland-oregon-hospital.html (248 words)

	Portland Streetcar
		The Portland Streetcar was designed to fit the scale and traffic patterns of the neighborhoods through which it travels.
		The City of Portland, Oregon is noted for the dramatic revitalization of its downtown core.
		The Portland Streetcar system is one more important transportation decision that has enhanced Portland’s vitality while helping the city accommodate new residential and business growth.
	www.portlandstreetcar.org /history.php (841 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Portland Hospital to be investigated
		The exclusive Portland Hospital is to be investigated after a midwife was struck off after being found guilty of four counts of misconduct.
		She was taking care of Harvard law graduate Laura Touche, 31, in the post-natal ward of Portland Hospital, central London, on 6 February, 1999.
		"On that basis, the Portland Hospital were prepared to have her working there as a bank member of staff on nights when they couldn't get fully qualified midwifery staff," she said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/london/3396951.stm (502 words)

	North Portland Veterinary Hospital - Hospital Tour
		Only 14% of all veterinary hospitals in the United States and Canada have made this commitment to voluntarily participate in an on-site evaluation and passed.
		We recently moved to our new, state-of-the-art hospital in February, 2001, and have continued to grow and stay busy.
		We have a complete, fully stocked in-hospital pharmacy to make it convenient for you to purchase your prescription at the same time and location where your pet is treated.
	www.npvh.com /tour.html (1132 words)

	KATU 2 - Portland, Oregon
		Problems at the Portland hospital were initially publicized by the Willamette Week newspaper, which reported that a patient, Helen Wilson, died in July 2005 following surgery.
		Bill Houston, the hospital's chief executive officer, said a corrective plan was submitted Monday and he has "absolute confidence" that it will allow the hospital to retain active Medicare status.
		A spokesman for the federal agency's regional office said Tuesday that about 75 percent of hospitals facing this type of warning are able to correct their problems and avoid having their contract terminated.
	www.katu.com /news/story.asp?ID=83928 (585 words)

	Tiny bugs cancel Portland hospital surgery. 2 December 2005. Horsham News
		Surgery at the Portland District Hospital has been cancelled today due to a plague of tiny insects.
		The hospital cancelled the four operations scheduled, after small thrips got into the airconditioning system and into the sterilising department where surgical instruments are cleaned.
		The hospital's chief executive officer, Marie Shea, says there was nothing the hospital could have done to prevent the problem.
	www.abc.net.au /news/australia/vic/westvic/200512/s1521743.htm (190 words)

	Portland Hospital Online Guide for Oregon
		Portland, situated approximately 70 miles from the Pacific Ocean where the Columbia River meets the Willamette River, has a magnificent setting, combining sparkling waterways with lush greenery rarely found in urban settings.
		Also, Portland is just a short distance from the spectacular Columbia Gorge and Multnomah Falls, windsurfing at Hood River, touring at valley wineries, skiing at Mt. Hood, fish watching at Bonneville Dam, and all of the excitement of the Oregon coast.
		The Oregon Hospital Directory uses our results as well as information from Qwest Dex Yellow Pages and Smart Pages to try to give complete coverage in the state of Oregon.
	www.a-zonline.com /Hospitals/Oregon/Portland.htm (277 words)

	Health Care to Native Americans: Reservation and Hospital Health Care
		Health services administered by the Office of Indian Affairs were most often poorly equipped to combat the serious cases of tuberculosis, trachoma, smallpox, and other contagious and infectious diseases on Indian reservations during the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries.
		This meant removal of patients from their communities, as in the case of Alaskan Native patients of the Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon.
		Administered by the Department of the Interior at Morningside Hospital, Portland, Oregon.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /exhibition/if_you_knew/if_you_knew_06.html (408 words)

	Hospitals win improvement awards - The Portland Business Journal: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Legacy Health System hospitals took four of six awards granted recently to Oregon hospitals for improvement of specific quality measures.
		The awards, sponsored by OMPRO, the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems and the Office of Rural Health, recognize performance improvement in one of four clinical areas: acute myocardial infarction, surgical-site infection prevention, heart failure or pneumonia.
		Hospitals were required to provide a description of the performance improvement actions implemented and demonstrate their success with data showing improvement.
	portland.bizjournals.com /portland/stories/2004/07/26/daily28.html (560 words)

	Portland Hospital Units
		Services include chemotherapy, lumbar punctures, bone marrow biopsies and aspirations, kidney and liver biopsies, infusions, etc. The focus of this unit is to provide the highest quality care in a compassionate, inviting environment, always with the child in mind.
		The unit is staffed by a interdisciplinary team of experts who offer the state's most complete program of child development and rehabilitation.
		In addition to surgical and procedure rooms that use the latest available technology, there is a playroom with toys and play equipment for patients and their siblings.
	www.legacyhealth.org /body.cfm?id=245&oTopID=245&PLinkID=13 (290 words)

	North Portland Veterinary Hospital - Home
		We feel blessed and fortunate to care for 2nd and 3rd generation families that trust us to provide and care for their pets.
		We have an open door policy – we’ll take you anywhere in the hospital to show you what we can do and what’s happening to your pet.
		You’re invited to watch us bandage your pet’s hurt paw, draw blood to run some blood tests, clean your pet’s teeth, visit your sick, hospitalized pet, or scan your pet’s abdomen with an ultrasound.
	www.npvh.com (220 words)

	DHS News Release, Dec. 13, 2005
		A 19-year-old civilly committed Oregon State Hospital patient, missing since Monday afternoon from the hospital's Portland campus, was located Tuesday afternoon and detained by police in downtown Portland.
		Hospital officials said someone sighted patient Jared A. Posey at Powell's Bookstore and notified Portland police.
		State Hospital officials notified Oregon State Police who are making arrangements to handle the criminal matters related to the warrants issued in Multnomah and Washington counties.
	www.oregon.gov /DHS/news/2005news/2005-1213a.shtml (101 words)

	Jay County Hospital :: Serving Portland and surrounding communities in Jay County, Indiana
		Jay County Hospital is a critical access hospital and provides comprehensive care – from diagnosis to recovery – in the full range of emergency, medical and surgical subspecialties.
		Jay County Hospital is your progressive, comprehensive trusted health care leader dedicated to improving the health of all we serve, providing excellent, compassionate and cost effective care.
		We offer many on and off-site community educational opportunities for health and wellness: Health Fairs, Health Conferences, CPR classes, Childbirth Classes, Jay Impact Wellness, Health Talk, Smoking Cessation and Support, Cancer and Diabetes Support Groups, and TeenAware are just a few programs that we offer.
	www.jaycountyhospital.com (178 words)

	Portland: Hospital gowns redesigned for Muslims (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The problem was acute for Maine Medical because 2,000 Somali refugees have come to Portland over the past few years and most of them are treated at the hospital's international clinic.
		The new gown created by the Portland hospital is long enough to provide more coverage of a patient's legs and has extra material to ensure that a patient's backside remains covered.
		The hospital is considering posting signs on the rooms of Muslim women warning male visitors and staff to check with a nurse's station before entering, said spokeswoman Krista Hopson in Ann Arbor, Mich.
	www.islamonline.com /cgi-bin/news_service/world_full_story.asp?service_id=935 (808 words)

	MotheringDotCommune Forums - Anyone in Portland give birth at Providence Portland hospital'
		Still not sure about hospital birth (due to insurance coverage/lack of cash for midwife)...but it would help to hear from people who gave birth there.
		I have not worked with that doctor, but the CNMs are good, but don't have a lot of power within the hospital (which I think says something.) I don't know there epidural rates or c-section rates but I think that they better than St. V's which is a natural birth nightmare.
		She had a really nice hospital birth as far as they go...had the birthing ball, her own pace, labored in the tub, and had a foot rest thingy too.
	www.mothering.com /discussions/printthread.php?t=257765 (2144 words)

	skinet \| Johnson Stable, Taken to Portland Hospital
		Kalispell, MT, April 11, 2001--Former Olympic ski champion Bill Johnson remained in a coma nearly three weeks after a near-fatal racing crash, but his condition had stabilized so much that doctors allowed him to leave the hospital and be flown to Portland, OR, for the next stage on his rehabilitation and recovery.
		He was flown by private jet and admitted to Providence Portland Medical Center.
		The move to Portland will move him closer to his family, particularly his mother DB -- who lives outside Portland in Gresham, Ore.
	www.skinet.com /skinet/article/print/0,13434,323377,00.html (303 words)

	Oregon DHS : Mental health
		The purpose of Oregon State Hospital is to provide quality inpatient psychiatric and medical care to patients.
		FPS also provides treatment to restore fitness to proceed in a trial to persons who were determined not competent to aid an assist their attorney.
		Oregon State Hospital opened in 1883 at its present location in Salem and has played a key role in the development of public mental health services for the state.
	www.oregon.gov /DHS/mentalhealth/osh/main.shtml (871 words)

	Portland in hospital after fainting spells
		Penn State Director of Athletic Medicine Dr. Wayne Sabastianelli said that Portland was hospitalized to rule out medical reasons as the cause of the spells.
		Portland was still on the inpatient roster at Mount Nittany hospital as of 5 p.m.
		yesterday, but due to hospital regulations no comment could be made concerning her condition or when she will be released.
	www.collegian.psu.edu /archive/2004/11/11-16-04tdc/11-16-04dsports-01.asp (252 words)

	Welcome to New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland Maine - News & Events - Press Releases
		Portland, Maine (December, 2004) - Mary Macy, M.D. has joined the medical staff at New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland as the Outpatient Medical Director.
		Macy joins us from the Naval Hospital Great Lakes in Great Lakes, Illinois where her practice included the treatment of musculoskeletal dysfunction and pain in the Orthopedic Department.
		Macy is returning to Maine with her sone, Chris, and will be living in the Portland area.
	www.nerhp.org /pr_dec1.asp (206 words)

	Portland florist - Award winning Portland florist - Old Town Florist in Portland Oregon - Portland Florists
		Welcome to Old Town Florist, we have been serving the city of Portland, and beyond for over twenty years.
		She was having a terrible week and you all helped with putting back a smile in her day.
		I live in Connecticut and she in Portland.
	www.oldtownflorist.com (809 words)

	Restrictions removed from Physicians' Hospital - The Portland Business Journal:
		After drawing fire from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) for patient care deficiencies, Physicians' Hospital has received notification from CMS that the agency removed restrictions on patient admissions and rescinded its threat to pull Medicare reimbursement.
		CMS also ended its 23-day termination action on the physician-owned Portland Hospital, according to a March 23 letter from the agency.
		Physicians' Hospital, an acute care community hospital in Northeast Portland, was surveyed by CMS in February.
	www.bizjournals.com /portland/stories/2006/03/27/daily23.html?from_rss=1 (616 words)

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