St. Charles Health System is Central Oregon's largest healthcare provider, running four hospitals and 390+ medical providers across Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras.
St. Charles Health System is the largest healthcare provider in Central Oregon, operating four hospitals and employing more than 390 medical providers. The system was formed in 2001 through the merger of St. Charles Medical Center in Bend and Central Oregon District Hospital in Redmond; a further two hospitals were added later, at Prineville in 2008 and Madras in 2013.
The organisation traces its origins to 1918, when five Sisters of St. Joseph founded a hospital on the banks of the Deschutes River in Bend. It has operated for more than a century since, and its stated mission - “care for all or care for none” - continues to draw on that founding legacy of compassionate caring. The system frames its work around delivering better health, better care and better value, with a stated aim of helping build America's healthiest community.
Clinically, St. Charles delivers integrated, patient-centred care through team-based models, with a stated priority on the health and wellness of every individual entrusted to its care. Its footprint covers Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras, spanning the wider Central Oregon region across the healthcare, hospitals and medical services sectors.
