Our Services

Providence Milwaukie Hospital

  • Emergency services

    If this is an emergency, call 9-1-1. Hospital emergency rooms (ERs) are set up to focus on medical emergencies. They are not set up to focus on rou...
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  • Hospital care

    If you need inpatient care, get in and out of the hospital as quickly as possible. This will reduce costs and your risk of hospital-acquired infection...
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  • ACL repair

    Surgery for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries involves reconstructing or repairing the ACL. ACL reconstruction surgery uses a graft to rep...
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  • Ankle replacement

    The ankle is a weight-bearing joint that absorbs the body's full impact. An injured or diseased ankle can be especially painful. Ankle replacement is ...
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  • Arthroscopy

    Arthroscopy is a surgical procedure that allows your doctor to look at the inside of a joint in your body through a thin viewing instrument called an ...
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  • Bone biopsy

    A bone biopsy is a procedure in which a small sample of bone is taken from the body and looked at under a microscope for cancer, infection or other bo...
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  • Bone grafting

    Grafting is a surgical procedure that replaces missing bone with an artificial, synthetic or natural material from the patient's own body....
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  • Braces

    Braces, casts and splints are orthopedic devices used to immobilize or restrict movement of a body part in order to heal an injury or correct a deform...
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  • Bunionectomy

    Bunion surgery generally involves an incision in the top or side of the big toe joint and the removal or realignment of soft tissue and bone to reliev...
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  • Fracture repair

    Fracture repair is surgery to fix a broken bone using plates, nails, screws or pins....
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  • Hip replacement surgery

    Total joint replacement involves surgery to replace the ends of both bones in a damaged joint to create new joint surfaces. Total hip replacement s...
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  • Hip revision

    Hip revision surgery, which is also known as revision total hip arthroplasty, is a procedure in which a surgeon removes a previously implanted artific...
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  • Joint aspiration

    A sample of joint fluid can be taken from any joint in your body. The joint fluid is then analyzed in a lab to look for inflammation, infection, gout,...
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  • Joint fusion

    Joint fusion permanently fixes a joint in one position....
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  • Knee replacement surgery

    Joint replacement involves surgery to replace the ends of bones in a damaged joint. This surgery creates new joint surfaces. In knee replacement su...
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  • Ligament and tendon repair

    Ligament and tendon repair is surgery to repair a damaged or torn tendon or ligament....
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  • Rotator cuff repair

    Surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff tendon usually involves: Removing loose fragments of tendon, bursa and other debris from the space in th...
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  • Shoulder replacement surgery

    Joint replacement involves surgery to replace the ends of bones in a damaged joint. This surgery creates new joint surfaces. In shoulder replacemen...
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  • Steroid injections

    Articular corticosteroids or steroids are medicines injected directly into a painful, inflamed joint, ligament or tendon....
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  • Electroencephalograms (EEG)-adult

    An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that measures and records the electrical activity of your brain. Special sensors (electrodes) are attached to ...
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  • Bereavement Services memorial events

    The community is invited to remember and honor the lives of their loved ones at our spring memorials held every year in May and at our Light Up A Life...
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  • Community Care workshops and seminars

    Community Care seminars are offered at no charge to faith communities, outreach ministries, senior centers, civic organizations and community groups. ...
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  • Grief support groups

    Professionally-facilitated ongoing support groups for adults who are grieving the death of a loved one are offered at a variety of locations and times...
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  • Anti-reflux surgery

    Surgery Overview Fundoplication surgery is the most common surgery used to treat GERD and is usually performed by a general surgeon. This surgery can...
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  • Appendectomy

    Surgery overview An appendectomy, the surgical removal of the appendix, is standard procedure to treat a swollen and inflamed appendix (appendicitis)...
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  • Cataract surgery

    A cataract is a painless, cloudy area in the lens of the eye. The lens is enclosed in a lining called the lens capsule. Aging and exposure to sunlight...
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  • Individual and family grief counseling

    Bereavement social workers provide short-term individual and family counseling to children, teens and adults who are grieving the death of a loved one...
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  • Me Too Family Support Group

    The death of a loved one can affect the whole family. Me Too offers a family approach to grief support, with age-specific groups for children, te...
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  • Me Too Family Support Group volunteer

    Me Too volunteers act as co-facilitators to children’s bereavement support groups under the direction of a professional facilitator. Me Too volunteers...
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  • Telephone bereavement support and referrals

    Bereavement social workers and specially-trained bereavement volunteers support grieving individuals over the telephone. Information about bereavement...
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  • Breast MRI

    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio waves to make pictures of the breast. MRI may show problems in the breast t...
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  • Hospice animal assisted activity volunteer

    Volunteers who have completed the Delta Society Animal-Assisted Therapy and Education program with their pets are assigned by the volunteer coord...
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  • Hospice Bereavement volunteer

    Bereavement volunteers act as part of the Providence Bereavement Services staff by contacting survivors of hospice patients after the death. They...
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  • Hospice facility specialist volunteer

    Hospice facility specialist volunteers are assigned to visit hospice patients in selected care facilities. The facility specialist is assigned to a sp...
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  • Hospice hospital service volunteer

    Hospice-trained volunteers in hospital service seek to support the patients, visitors and personnel of the department in a way that exhibits the hospi...
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  • Hospice massage therapy volunteer

    Providence Hospice massage therapy volunteers are assigned by the volunteer coordinator and provide physical and emotional support to terminally ill h...
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  • Hospice patient pet services volunteer

    Volunteers who serve in this area are part of the Pet Peace of Mind program.They are assigned to visit patients who have pet care needs. A volunteer s...
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  • Hospice program support volunteer

    Hospice Program support volunteers act on the direction of the volunteer coordinator or other hospice staff member to provide assistance with office f...
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  • Image-guided biopsy

    Ultrasound uses reflected sound waves to produce an image of organs and other structures in the body. This technology can be useful in helping docto...
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  • Low vision therapy

    Vision problems caused by cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetes, stroke and head injuries make it difficult to read the newspaper, follo...
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  • Hospice respite volunteer

    Providence Hospice respite volunteers provide comfort and companionship to terminally ill patients so that exhausted family caregivers can take a brea...
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  • Hospice vigil volunteer

    Providence Hospice vigil volunteers  are assigned by the hospice staff to bring comfort, support and companionship to patients and their family m...
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  • Hospice visitation volunteer

    Providence Hospice visitation volunteers  provide comfort and companionship to terminally ill patients residing in nursing facilities or adult ca...
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  • Career highlights

    NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. Career Highlights are offered throughout the school year.  Each is a small (30 to 40 students), three-hour class fo...
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  • Home sleep testing

    For portable sleep monitoring, you will use equipment at home that records information about you while you sleep. If you will have portable sleep ...
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  • In-patient sleep testing

    Sleep studies are usually done by a trained sleep lab technician. The studies are usually scheduled for evening and night hours (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.) in...
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  • Maintenance of wakefulness testing

    This test measures whether you can stay awake during a time when you are normally awake. If a "maintenance of wakefulness test" is done, you...
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  • Bone densitometry

    Bone densitometry uses special X-ray equipment to quickly and accurately measure the density of bones. This measurement helps doctors identify people ...
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  • Mammography

    A mammogram is an X-ray test of the breasts (mammary glands) used to screen for breast problems, such as a lump, and whether a lump is fluid-filled (a...
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  • Computed tomography (CT) scan

    CT scans, also known as CAT scans, obtain multiple cross-sectional images of the body by using special X-rays and computer enhancement to create an im...
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  • Radiology

    X-rays are a form of radiation, like light or radio waves, that can be focused into a beam, much like a flashlight beam. Unlike a beam of light, howev...
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  • Ultrasound

    Ultrasound is a test that uses reflected sound waves to produce an image of organs and other structures in the body. It does not use X-rays or other t...
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  • Extended EEG monitoring

    A diagnostic test called an electroencephalogram, or EEG, can help determine if a patient is having seizures. An EEG is a test that records brainwaves...
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  • Multiple sleep latency testing

    This test measures how long it takes you to fall asleep. It also determines whether you enter REM sleep. If a multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) is be...
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  • Nocturnal polysomnograms

    This test records several body functions during sleep, including brain activity, eye movement, oxygen and carbon dioxide blood levels, heart rate and ...
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  • Long-term EEG monitoring

    A diagnostic test called an electroencephalogram, or EEG, can help determine if a patient is having seizures. An EEG is a test that records brainwaves...
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  • Hernia surgery

    Surgery overview A hernia is a bulge of intestine, another organ, or fat through the muscles of the belly. A hernia can occur when there is weakness ...
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  • Lithotripsy

    Kidney stones are a painful medical problem that affects more than 400,000 Americans every year. The stones are formed from hardened mineral deposits ...
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  • Nissen fundoplication

    Surgery Overview Fundoplication surgery is the most common surgery used to treat GERD and is usually performed by a general surgeon. This surgery can...
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  • Prostatectomy

    A prostatectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland and is usually done by a urologist. This type of surgery is typically per...
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  • Thyroid surgery

    Surgery Overview Thyroid surgery is used to treat thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, and hyperthyroidism. During this procedure, part or all of the thy...
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  • Nuclear medicine

    Nuclear medicine scans use a special camera (gamma) to take pictures of tissues and organs in the body after a radioactive tracer (radionuclide or rad...
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  • Sleep studies

    Sleep studies are tests that watch what happens to your body during sleep. The studies are done to find out what is causing your sleep problems. Sleep...
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  • Colonoscopy

    Colonoscopy enables your doctor to examine the lining of your colon (large intestine) for abnormalities by inserting a flexible tube as thick as your ...
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  • Insomnia referrals

    Your doctor can learn a lot about your insomnia and its causes by reviewing your sleep history. He or she may also ask you to keep a sleep diary for o...
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  • Sleep consultations

    Providing answers and treatment for your sleep problems, Providence Sleep Disorders Centers have a team of sleep experts who have diagnosed and treate...
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  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy

    Flexible sigmoidoscopy lets your doctor examine the lining of the rectum and a portion of the colon (large intestine) by inserting a flexible tube abo...
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  • Upper endoscopy

    The term “endoscopy” refers to a special technique for looking inside a part of the body. “Upper GI” is the portion of the gastro­intestinal tract, th...
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  • Ear foreign body removal

    Objects (foreign bodies) inserted into the ear usually do not cause significant damage. But objects that are inserted forcefully can damage the ear ca...
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  • Orchiectomy

    Orchiectomy is the removal of one or both testicles (testes) and is generally performed by a urologist. The testicles are the male sex organs that pro...
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  • Chemotherapy

    Chemotherapy is the use of medicine to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy is called a systemic treatment because the medicines enter the bloodstream...
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  • Bone marrow biopsy

    A bone marrow biopsy is the removal of bone marrow tissue and is often done with a bone marrow aspiration. A biopsy allows close examination of the bo...
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  • Breast surgery

    Surgery on the breast may be done for a number of reasons including: As local treatment for breast cancer: Breast surgery is considered the primar...
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  • Breast ultrasound

    A breast ultrasound uses sound waves to make a picture of the tissues inside the breast. A breast ultrasound can show all areas of the breast, includi...
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  • Inguinal hernia repair

    Surgery is the only treatment and cure for inguinal hernia. Hernia repair is one of the most common surgeries done in the United States. About 750,000...
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  • MRI

    Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a simple, painless procedure. It uses a strong magnet and radio waves to produce high-quality pictures of organs, ...
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  • Fall risk assessment

    Falling is a very real concern for older adults. Nearly half of all people over age 65 fall every year. Many are seriously injured. When people worry...
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  • Healthy Heart and Vascular Lectures

    Join us as our physician experts explore a range of topics that will help you learn the facts about preventing, detecting and effectively treating man...
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  • Non-invasive vascular screenings

    Vascular diseases are known as “silent killers” because they often strike without warning. They are life-threatening diseases of the veins and arter...
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  • Speakers bureau

    Providence Heart and Vascular Institute is committed to providing ongoing outreach and education to various audiences including community forums, empl...
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  • Pre-Surgery Clinic

    The Pre-Surgery Clinic helps patients prepare for their surgeries before the actual day of the surgery. Our goal here is to help assure a satisfying s...
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  • Volunteering

    Volunteers play an important role in helping Providence serve our community. There are many ways for you to get involved, share your talents and meet ...
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  • Medical education

    Providence Health & Services offers three residency training programs. Program details include philosophy, curriculum, clinical training sites, fa...
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  • Volunteering at Providence Milwaukie Hospital

    Providence Milwaukie Hospital’s volunteers serve 22 different departments within the hospital, with more than 30 different service areas being filled ...
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  • Health and Wellness Classes

    At Providence Health & Services, you can find what you need to achieve wellness at every stage in life. Visit our online class catalog to find ...
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  • Online childbirth education classes

    For your convenience, Providence offers an online childbirth education program. This program is ideal for women whose schedules don’t allow them to at...
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  • Medical records

    Providence Health & Services provides access to medical records from our hospitals and other medical facilities in Oregon to patients and their au...
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  • Mastectomy

    Surgery overview Mastectomy is the surgical removal of the breast. It is usually performed by a general surgeon as local therapy to treat breast...
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  • Breast Conserving Surgery

    Surgery overview Breast-conserving surgery removes the cancer or abnormal tissue, but leaves the rest of the breast intact. The goal is to take just ...
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  • Lumpectomy

    Surgery overview Breast-conserving surgery removes the cancer or abnormal tissue, but leaves the rest of the breast intact. The goal is to take just ...
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  • Pediatrics

    Pediatricians are medical doctors who specialize in the care of children. Pediatricians can treat children with any type of problem, or they may sp...
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  • PHSOR Professional Staff Bylaws, Policies and Procedures

    Medical Staff Services provides support to Providence professional staff leadership and the various committees and functions of the organized professi...
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