Since the 1930s, there had been interest in establishing a hospital in Lincoln City, Oregon, but it wasn't until the 1960s that these efforts gained widespread community support.

Its members helped to lay the groundwork for passage of a ballot measure in April 1965 to form a hospital taxing district.

With tax proceeds, federal grant money and the sale of general obligation bonds, the health district was prepared to begin construction of a hospital.

Tom McCall presided at a formal groundbreaking ceremony on a nine-acre tract of land overlooking Devils Lake in the northeast corner of Lincoln City.

Specialty clinicians offer cardiology and cardiac device management, mental health and psychiatry, nephrology, orthopedics, podiatry and urology.

Medical equipment purchases in 2016 included $175,000 for a cardiac ultrasound machine and $19,000 for video laryngoscope glidescopes for use in the emergency department, surgical services and ICU.

There were quality of life donations for hospice patients - funding for non-medical, life-enhancing support such as travel for family members, massages, and music.