Santiam Hospital & Clinics is now officially part of the Salem Health system, moving the two organizations from regulatory approval into the work of combining their operations.
The affiliation was completed Sept. 1, less than a month after Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield approved the partnership without conditions.
For patients, the immediate message is simple: care at Santiam is continuing without changes to where patients can receive services. The larger transition will happen over the coming months as Santiam is integrated into Salem Health…