Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital is an accredited critical access hospital located in a peaceful setting on Devils Lake in coastal Lincoln City.
Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital is an accredited critical access hospital located in the popular beach town of Lincoln City, Oregon. Medical services include emergency, primary and specialty care for the community and its coastal visitors. The new state-of-the-art replacement hospital was completed in 2020. The hospital is one of Samaritan Health Services' five non-profit hospitals with the mission of building healthier communities together.
09/03/2025
Our hospital's Rising Star program recognizes exceptional employees for their caring and compassionate work that exemplifies Samaritan PRIDE: passion, respect, integrity, dedication and excellence. 🏆 They are nominated by patients and co-workers, then an employee committee selects the top recipients at the hospital and our clinics each month.
Congrats to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital's most recent Rising Stars!
👉 Family Medicine Physician Cate Whitlach, MD, has worked at Samaritan Lincoln City Medical Center since February 2023. This is the second time in little over a year that she has been selected, based on nominations from very happy patients.
👉 As lead house supervisor at the hospital, Scott Christianson, RN, troubleshoots, collaborates and communicates with a smiling and reassuring take-charge manner. He's a professional and trusted team player.
08/29/2025
Looking for a quality preschool program for your child? Samaritan Early Learning Center in Lincoln City is now accepting applications for children ages 3 to 5. Learn about the center at the link below or give them a call at 541-994-4208.
👏 Congratulations to Royal Smith, RN, at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center’s ICU, who has been named Samaritan Health Services’ first-ever systemwide Preceptor of the Year! Royal was surprised on his unit by managers and Valley Region leaders in recognition of his outstanding mentorship and leadership in nursing education.
Preceptors play a vital role in training and supporting new nurses, and Royal sets the standard. His commitment to evidence-based practice, personalized teaching and honest feedback helps shape confident, compassionate caregivers. Thank you, Royal, for building a culture of excellence and helping grow the next generation of nurses! 🌟
08/16/2025
Dr. Ali Khaki thought big hospitals had all the funding they needed... until he saw the gaps up close.
He saw how donations helped cover what the budget couldn’t:
✅ Essential medical equipment.
✅ Scholarships so coworkers could afford childcare.
✅ Support for patients in their most challenging moments.
“The Foundation fills the gaps to make sure no one falls through the cracks. That’s why I give.”
Our hospital's employee activity committee hosted a Flower Power event, giving away beautiful Oregon-grown flowers and plant starters to employees and volunteers throughout the hospital and nearby clinics earlier this week. Thanks to Bullfrog Blooms Farm in Toledo for their green thumb!
07/25/2025
Congratulations to Alexa LaFaunce, MD, who has been selected as the Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital clinic-based Rising Star for July. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
An internal medicine physician, Dr. LaFaunce has cared for Lincoln City patients for the past 14 years. Before joining Samaritan, she worked in underserved urban, rural and international locations. Her Lincoln City patients appreciate her, as evidenced by the many nominations she received from her patients.
Samaritan's Rising Star program recognizes exceptional employees for their caring and compassionate work that exemplifies Samaritan PRIDE: passion, respect, integrity, dedication and excellence. 🏆
07/23/2025
A normally quiet back hallway at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital filled up with employees who surprised Darin Minnich, lead housekeeper, with the announcement that he had been selected as the hospital’s Rising Star for July. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Darin received a record-setting 13 nominations from various managers and others who recognize Environmental Services’ impact on patient care – and Minnich’s role in helping make it happen. Congrats to him!
Samaritan's Rising Star program recognizes exceptional employees for their caring and compassionate work that exemplifies Samaritan PRIDE: passion, respect, integrity, dedication and excellence. 🏆 They are nominated by patients and co-workers, then an employee committee selects the top recipients at the hospital and our clinics each month.
07/22/2025
Pacific Communities Health District Foundation and Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital patients recently benefited from three incredible third-party fundraisers. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to these generous supporters and everyone who participated in their events.
💛 Tina Fritz and her employer, Pacific West Ambulance, donated $1,540 to our Women's Cancer Fund. With cancer being prevalent in her family, Tina is motivated to lead the company's annual t-shirt sale to support this cause.
💛 Advanced Oncology Nurse Karen Dubois, who has a nurturing spirit for both people and plants, hosted a successful plant sale. She met her first-year goal of raising $1,000 for our CAN Cancer Fund.
💛 The Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital Auxiliary leveraged an exquisite quilt donated anonymously. By displaying it in the gift shop, they raised an impressive $2,160 for our Patient Support Fund.
We are immensely grateful for these contributions, which significantly enhance our ability to support our most financially vulnerable patients with needs like home medical equipment, nutrition, transportation and so much more.
07/15/2025
Congrats to Adriana Sanchez, Medical Assistant in Orthopedics, for being named GSRMC Clinics’ July Rising Star Employee of the Month! 🎉
Adriana was nominated three times for her compassion, teamwork, and dedication — from personally transporting a trauma patient to stepping up for the X-ray team when they were short-staffed.
Since joining Samaritan in 2022, she’s grown from front office staff to a certified medical assistant through our apprenticeship program. Patients and coworkers alike appreciate her warm, family-like care.
Outside of work, Adriana enjoys the outdoors with her dog Hennessy and spending time with loved ones. 🐾🏕️
👏 Thank you, Adriana, for going above and beyond!
07/11/2025
Our hospital's Rising Star program recognizes exceptional employees for their caring and compassionate work that exemplifies Samaritan PRIDE: passion, respect, integrity, dedication and excellence. 🏆 They are nominated by patients and co-workers, then an employee committee selects the top recipients at the hospital and our clinics each month.
Congrats to Samaritan's most recent Lincoln City Rising Stars!
👉 General Surgeon Ali Khaki, MD, has played an integral role in improving and maintaining surgical quality at our hospital for the past decade. He was nominated by patients who appreciate his friendly, humble yet professional demeanor.
👉 James Eickholt is a Medical-Surgical unit clerk and telemetry assistant. He was nominated by his peers for demonstrating respect and kindness toward a patient who was nearing the end of her life.
07/10/2025
⏰ Have you scheduled a well-child visit for your little one yet this year?
🩺 Well-child visits are important for so many reasons:
💙Track growth and development.
💛Promote physical and psychological well-being.
💙Provide preventive health care.
💛Detect and address concerns or patterns.
💙Create space for collaboration between medical providers, caregivers and children.
📞Call 541-917-6403 for Mid-Valley Children's clinic.
📞Call 541-243-0343 for all other Samaritan clinics.
(These phone numbers are only for scheduling well-child checks.)
Our hospital's Employee Activities Committee does a superb job of coming up with fun teambuilding activities - and they often include food! 🍰 Last week, the committee hosted a Fruit Bowl (like the Super Bowl but involving fruit-based recipes). Much yum was enjoyed by staff during their lunch break, who tasted and voted for their favorites. 🍓 Along with the Fruit Bowl competition, the committee served up traditional strawberry shortcake for a refreshing treat.
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How did Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital come to be? The way many great things do – through inspiration, determination and dedication!
In 1963, a small group of residents with a vision for medical care in our community studied the feasibility of building a hospital. It would serve residents and visitors in the area that would later become known as Lincoln City.
By a vote of the people in 1965, that committee became a formal group, the North Lincoln Health District Board of Directors. Their first task was to oversee the construction and operations of a hospital. Inspired by the board’s vision, citizens approved a tax levy which, along with a federal grant and the sale of general obligation bonds, provided funding to build a hospital. Six patients were admitted to the new hospital on the very first day it opened– Oct. 28, 1968.
With the rapid growth of the hospital and advances in health care, the North Lincoln Health District voted to sign a 30-year management agreement with Samaritan Health Services in 2000. Samaritan’s mission, “Building Healthier Communities Together,” acknowledges that Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital belongs to all residents of north Lincoln County.
Further contributing to our community’s wellbeing, the health district partnered with the City of Lincoln City, North Lincoln Hospital Foundation and Samaritan Health Services in 2011 to build a permanent home for the Samaritan Early Learning Center, a five-star rated childcare center for infants, toddlers and children.
In the fall of 2015, Samaritan Health Services and the health district announced plans to construct a new hospital and medical campus on the current site, replacing the nearly 50-year old building. The replacement hospital will be completed in the autumn of 2019 and the campus renovations finished by spring 2020. Visit samhealth.org/NewHospitalLincolnCity for details.
Want to learn more about the hospital and the health district? The North Lincoln Health District holds public meetings on the third Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. in the hospital’s Education Conference Room, 3034 NE 28th St., Lincoln City. Call for information: 541-994-3661
