History : Hillsboro Medical Center

History

Hillsboro Medical Center had a humble start in 1918 when an enterprising woman named Minnie Jones Coy (fourth from the left) started a small six-bed hospital in her Hillsboro home.

Serving Hillsboro and Washington County for more than a Century

In 1918, Minnie Jones Coy started what was then called Jones Hospital in her Hillsboro home on Oak Street. With only a fourth grade education, she met a vital community need by bringing together independent physicians under one roof to treat the sick and provide a safe place for mothers to give birth.

When Minnie Jones Coy passed away in 1952, the hospital had moved several times and grown to 74 beds. Community-minded physicians pooled their resources and bought the hospital from her estate, establishing it as a non-profit institution to improve the quality of care for everyone in the community.

In 1954 the hospital officially changed its name to Tuality Community Hospital, reflecting a mission to serve the community with quality clinical care and unparalleled service. Named after the Atfalati branch of the Kalapuya tribe indigenous to the area, “Tuality” was the name of one of the original four districts of the Oregon Territory. The name and its variations–Tualatin, Twality–are a native description of the local terrain: “plains surrounded by mountains.”

Moving Forward in Partnership

In February 2016, Tuality Healthcare and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) signed an agreement to integrate the organizations’ clinical services. The OHSU Health partnership allows us to share a coordinated approach to clinical operations – utilizing health resources more efficiently than either organization could accomplish independently.

Tuality Healthcare adopted a new name, Hillsboro Medical Center, in November 2019 as it continued to answer increasing regional demand. As an independent, nonprofit health care provider in the OHSU Health system, Hillsboro Medical Center serves communities throughout Hillsboro and western Washington County.

The Center of Health and Wellbeing

A century after Minnie Jones Coy made her commitment to the people of Hillsboro, Hillsboro Medical Center is proud to continue both her vision and dedication to community health care.