Lincoln City’s New Hospital
Learn about your replacement hospital opening in early 2020!
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We are excited to share information about the NEW Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City, which we envision as an efficient and innovative hospital facility located on a patient-centered medical campus.
Our Vision: To create a world-class, award-winning, community-centered rural hospital campus that will challenge conventional expectations, be patient- and family-centric, flexible, scalable and reflective of our local culture. We envision a state-of-the-art hospital campus that exemplifies excellence and is environmentally conscious, sustainable, timeless and mission-driven.
The replacement facility is being built on the southeast corner of the 12-acre campus overlooking Devils Lake. During construction, the hospital and outlying clinics will remain open to serve the health care needs of residents and visitors of Lincoln City and the surrounding area.
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If you have questions, please contact PR/Marketing Coordinator Mary Jo Kerlin. Email 541-557-6208
Reading the words in our Vision, you can see we have high ambitions for the new hospital!
The new design will be unique to our community and will support streamlined and logical workflows for our staff. The expectation is that this hospital will be transformed from the inside out. With physical barriers and clumsy processes eliminated, our staff can focus on what they already do so well – deliver exceptional care and customer service.
September 2016: Predesign planning kicks off with dozens of key stakeholders providing input on how to create optimal patient care workflow and processes.
November 2017: Design development begins, focused on creating the physical space to support the new processes.
July 2018: With final design and construction documents approved by city and state agencies, site work begins the week of July 9.
October 2019: New building is completed and staff begin training in the new building.
February 2020: Departments move from old building into the new building, which will then open for patient care.
April 2020: Original hospital building to be demolished.
July 2020: All campus improvements, including the new main parking lot, will be completed.
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North Lincoln Health District (NLHD) is a public taxing district that was formed in 1965 for the primary purpose of building and operating the North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City, which opened in 1968. The health district’s board members are publicly elected.
The North Lincoln Hospital Foundation (NLHF) was formed in 1983 with the mission of supporting the health district, the hospital and the overall health and well-being of the community. Since then, countless individuals and businesses have generously supported the foundation’s efforts, helping to raise more than $2 million for medical equipment, services and financial support for patient and community wellness programs.
Samaritan Health Services (SHS) is a not-for-profit regional health system comprising hospitals, physician clinics and health plans serving Lincoln, Benton and Linn counties. In 2001, the health district and Samaritan entered into a long-term affiliation in which the health district continued to own the hospital and adjacent properties (serving as the landlord) and Samaritan operated those facilities (serving as the tenant). Thus, Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital was created as part of the affiliation agreement between NLHD and SHS. The not-for-profit hospital is part of SHS and employs those who work at the hospital.
In February 2016, NLHD transferred ownership of its land and buildings to SHS with the provision that SHS build a new hospital to serve the health care needs of residents and visitors for decades to come. SHS will also consider how to best situate the new hospital on the hospital campus and how the campus can further be developed to address other health and community needs. NLHD will continue to exist in support of health-related programs in the community.
Construction on the new hospital building began in July 2018 and will be completed in October 2019.
The new hospital will begin receiving patients in February 2020.
All campus improvements (including demolition of the old building and completion of the main parking lot) will be completed by July 2020.
As we move through the process, exact timelines will be updated and announced.