Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City (SAMC – Baker City) is a critical access hospital in eastern Oregon with a Level IV Emergency Department (roughly 7,500 visits per year) and private patient rooms. In 2021, for the fifth year in a row, SAMC - Baker City has received recognition as one of the Top 100 Critical Care Access Hospitals in the United States by IVantage Health Analytics and the Chartis Group Center for Rural Health. There are over 1300 critical care access hospitals in the US, and Baker City continues to perform in the top 7% of similar hospitals throughout the country. As a not-for-profit medical center, Saint Alphonsus Baker City reinvests profits back into the community and works to improve the health and well-being of those we serve by emphasizing care that is patient-centered, innovative and community based, while focusing on providing services in a spiritual, healing environment. 

The medical center is part of Saint Alphonsus Health System, a growing four-hospital, 714-bed integrated healthcare system serving the full range of the health and wellness needs of the people in southwestern Idaho, eastern Oregon and northern Nevada.  Saint Alphonsus Health System is a member of Trinity Health, the second largest Catholic Health System in the nation.  

To learn more about Saint Alphonsus, visit www.saintalphonsus.org.

Baker City, Oregon (pop. 10,000) is situated in the valley between the rugged Elkhorn and Eagle Cap Mountains. From the Elkhorn Range of the Blue Mountains to the waters of the Snake River, Baker County (pop. 18,000) is an outdoor recreation enthusiast's playground with fishing, hunting, rafting, biking, skiing and other outdoor pursuits. Majestic mountain ranges tower over blue ribbon streams and rivers. Rich forests are punctuated by clear, high-mountain lakes. Interstate 84 easily connects Baker City to several major metropolitan areas, including Boise (125 miles east), Portland and Seattle. An area rich in cultural heritage and scenic beauty, Baker is wide open for discovery! For more information on Baker City, Oregon, please visit www.bakercity.com.