Sustainable Services Across Our Community
General Surgery

Why This Program?

Samaritan aims to better serve the community with improvements to our General Surgery program. We are working to meet the growing patient demand by utilizing our operating rooms more effectively. It is also important to address the impact of the heavy burden of being on-call for our surgeons and their teams.

The Way Forward

  • Continue General Surgery coverage at all five hospitals.
  • These services will be supported within available staffing, with a strong focus on reducing reliance on temporary agency providers.
  • A systemwide General Surgery practice will be established to strengthen collaboration, consistency, and continuity of care.
  • General Surgery teams will continue to explore innovations and program refinements to maintain sustainable services.

2024 Data & Demographics

Clinical Statistics

  • 21,500 clinic visits.
  • 4,700 surgical cases.
  • 830 hospital admissions.
  • 4,700 surgical cases at Samaritan hospitals.
    • Of which the following were inpatient:
      • Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center: 575
      • Samaritan Albany General Hospital: 217
      • Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital: 87
      • Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital: 109
      • Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital: 44

Surgical cases on weekday evenings (6 p.m. – 6 a.m.) and weekends:

  • Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital: 10 across 251 weekday nights, 40 on weekends.
  • Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital:  38 across 251 weekday nights, 66 on weekends.

Staffing

  • 15 general surgeons currently employed. 
  • According to the American Association of Medical Colleges, additional general surgeons are needed to fully serve our community. 
  • To ensure coverage, many of our surgeons are routinely on call one of every two or three days. 
  • Call burden negatively impacts recruitment and retention.
  • Often no patient needs arise. This results in on-call expense with no direct revenue.
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