Community Benefit
Adventist Health’s mission statement of Living God’s love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope is coupled with a vision to transform the health experience of our communities through collaborative programs, community investments and community outreach. We are inspired by the healing ministry as represented by the life of Jesus Christ and believe we are called to live out our mission intentionally in the communities we serve. In the small towns, suburbs and inner cities we serve, we continue our journey to provide quality health care until every person made in God’s image has experienced the best health today, hope for tomorrow, and God’s love that endures forever.
Healthy Columbia Willamette Collaborative
Our Adventist Health Portland community well-being team is part of the Healthy Columbia Willamette Collaborative, a unique public-private partnership of 12 organizations in Clark, Washington, Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. The collaborative is dedicated to advancing health equity in the quad-county region through collaborative health improvement plans and activities that leverage collective resource.
Upcoming initiatives
Our three-year community health implementation strategy was approved in the spring of 2023. For the next three years we will be focused on the following high priority needs: access to care, food security, health risk behaviors and housing. To learn more, please reference the reports at the bottom of the page.
In 2022, Adventist Health provided
- $67.5 million in charity care
- $25.5 million in community health improvement
- $28.8 million in education and research
- $287.9 million in Medicaid
- $442.2 million in Medicare
- $206.4 million subsidized health services
- $1.058 billion total
Community Benefit Reports
We value your input in our Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy.
Please send comments to community.benefit@ah.org.
You may request a paper copy from the administration/president’s office or by emailing community.benefit@ah.org.
- You may view electronic copies of current and previous community benefit reports below:
- 2023 Community Health Implementation Strategy
- 2022 Community Health Plan Update
- 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment
- 2021 Community Health Plan Update
- 2020 Community Health Plan Update
- 2020 Community Health Implementation Strategy
- 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment
- 2019 Community Health Plan Update/Annual Report
- 2017 Community Health Plan (Implementation Strategy) and 2016 Update/Annual Report