Specialty clinics agree to build near new hospital.Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard A network of medical specialists has agreed to build a new medical office building next to PeaceHealth's RiverBend hospital in Gateway in Springfield. Northwest Speciality Clinics, a network of nine practices with more than 50 physicians, will construct the building on land leased from PeaceHealth, said Brian Terrett, a PeaceHealth spokesman. The doctors are the first to commit to locating their clinics at RiverBend. Six of the nine practices currently have offices in the Physicians & Surgeons buildings at 1200 Hilyard St., which are owned by PeaceHealth and adjacent to Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
The practices are Northwest Surgical Specialists, Eugene Gastroenterology gastroenterology Medical specialty dealing with digestion and the digestive system. In the 17th century Jan Baptista van Helmont conducted the first scientific studies in the field; William Beaumont published his own observations in 1833. Consultants, Nephrology nephrology Branch of medicine dealing with kidney function and diseases. An understanding of kidney physiology is important not only in treating kidney disease but in knowing the effect of drugs, diet, and hypertension on kidney disease, and vice versa. Associates, Neurology neurology (n  rŏl`əjē, ny–), study of the morphology, physiology, and pathology of the human nervous system. Associates, Northwest Gynecologic Oncology Gynecologic oncology is a specialized field of medicine that focuses only on cancers of the female reproductive system, notably ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer and vulvar cancer. , the Center for Genetics and
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Maternal-fetal medicine is the branch of obstetrics that focuses on the medical and surgical management of high-risk pregnancies. Management includes monitoring and treatment. An obsetrician who practices maternal-fetal medicine sometimes is known as a perinatologist. , Oregon Lung Specialists, Oregon Neurosurgery neurosurgery /neu·ro·sur·gery/ (noor´o-sur?jer-e) surgery of the nervous system. neu·ro·sur·ger·y n. Surgery on any part of the nervous system. Specialists and Women's Care. Northwest Specialty Clinics also is talking with other specialists and ancillary service providers about leasing space in the building, Terrett said. Terrett said that PeaceHealth and Northwest Specialty Clinics have signed a letter of intent, a precursor to a ground lease agreement. The building has not yet been designed, so it's not yet known how big it will be, but it will be located as close as possible to the new hospital, he said. The doctors hope to break ground by next October, he said. "The goal is to be close enough that people, both physicians and patients and their families, could be in the building and get right into the hospital," he said. PeaceHealth's plan for Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend includes a number of medical office buildings on the campus next to the hospital. PeaceHealth owns about 170 acres at RiverBend, controlling not just the land on which the hospital will be built but the surrounding acreage as well. That means any doctors who want their offices close to the hospital will be doing business with PeaceHealth. Having an agreement with Northwest Speciality Clinics could motivate other medical practices to follow suit, Terrett said. Construction of the $350 million hospital began earlier this year and is scheduled to be completed by winter 2008, followed by an opening in late spring or early summer, Terrett said. Dr. Christine Kollmorgen, a general surgeon General surgeon A physician who has special training and expertise in performing a variety of operations. Mentioned in: Appendectomy and president of Northwest Speciality Clinics, could not be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon. She said in a statement that having multiple groups of specialists under one roof will "improve communication between physicians, promote quality care and streamline the patient experience." |
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