The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, based in Philadelphia, began fundraising for a hospital in Pendleton in 1901, and the next year the three-story, 40-bed hospital opened at a cost of $75,000.[1][2] As part of the fundraising, one of the nuns placed donation cans in saloons in the city, which raised $8,000.[1][3] St. Anthony's added a nursing school in 1909, which later closed in 1955.[3] The hospital expanded to 75 beds in 1922 after a $200,000 addition.[3]
The hospital spent $2.1 million in 1961 to remodel the hospital, which included demolishing the first hospital building in 1962.[3] A $17 million upgrade started in 2002 that included a new addition and $6 million in new imaging equipment.[4] In May 2004, the hospital was listed as a critical access hospital by the state.[5]
The city's planning commission approved a new hospital campus on 93 acres (38 ha) on the south side of the city along U.S. Route 395 in February 2012.[6] Construction began in May 2012 on what was planned to be a $70 million, 103,000-square-foot (9,600 m2) project that included an office building and helipad.[6][7] Originally the hospital was to open on November 20, 2013,[8] but the Oregon Health Authority had not issued a license for the hospital, so the opening was delayed until December 20 after a license was granted on November 26.[9] The new $70 million, 102,000-square-foot (9,500 m2) hospital was two stories tall.[1][10][11]
The state of Oregon classifies the hospital as a Type A Rural hospital and as a critical access facility.[14] It is also a level four trauma center,[15] and accredited by the Joint Commission.[16] St. Anthony is part of the Catholic Health Initiatives hospital network.[17]
For 2012, the hospital had a total of 1,471 discharges, with 4,374 patient days, and 11,531 emergency room visits.[18] Also that year were 341 births and 680 inpatient surgeries.[18] For the fiscal year ending in 2011, the hospital had total revenues of $54.4 million and a profit of $7.9 million.[19] That year St. Anthony Hospital also provided $4.7 million in charity care.[19]
^"Oregon Trauma Hospitals"(PDF). Oregon Health Authority. April 3, 2013. p. 5. Archived from the original(PDF) on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2013.