Jan Johnson

Pharmacists on Primary Care Team Save Money, Lives

Pharmacists and insurers urge those managing pharmacy benefits to support Legislation making clinical pharmacists a part of interdisciplinary medical care teams.

Apr 23, 2015

Facilities, Not Just Patients Report Adverse Events to Patient Safety Commission Ariel West Fri, 04/17/2015 - 09:19

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APANO Health Forum Focuses on Politics, Language, Lobbying

Landmark legislation to ensure abortion access to all Oregon women appears dead for 2015 session

Apr 7, 2015

Public Health Modernization Coming to Oregon

The Public Health Advisory Board dives into details to amendments to HB 3100, intended to modernize Oregon’s public health system – and ultimately seeks to bring Oregon, which currently ranks 46th out of 50 states in per capita funding of public health, closer to the national median.

Apr 7, 2015

Washington County Seeks to Reduce Suicide Rate from 65 per Year to Zero

FamilyCare Advisory Council hears about mental health efforts

Mar 19, 2015

Researchers Outline Epigenetics, Possible End of Chronic Disease

Kent L. Thornburg, a pioneer in the field of epigenetics at the Knight Cardiovascular Institute at Oregon Health & Science University, told the Oregon Women’s Health Network at the kickoff of its 2015 lecture series “it is likely most chronic disease can disappear over time”

Mar 17, 2015

Can how much you drive and what lights up your home impact your health?

Now -- as three years of work in Multnomah, Benton, Crook, Jackson and the North Central region that includes Sherman, Wasco and Gilliam counties transitions to the next phase – Emily York, climate and health program coordinator for the Oregon Health Authority, said Oregon is starting to prepare a state-level plan based on what it learned in that mix of rural and urban areas

Mar 12, 2015

New Behavioral Health Center Poised to Open in Late 2016 in Portland

Portland’s suicide rate is three times the national average, with twice as many people committing suicide as homicides and traffic fatalities combined. For Oregon statewide, suicide is the second leading cause of death of people between the ages of 15 and 34.

Mar 10, 2015

Massive Expansion of Insured, Slow Growth of Workforce, Monopolies Create Cost Conundrum

Can we harmonize access, quality and the cost of healthcare? That’s the question panelists at Willamette University’s symposium on 21st Century Healthcare tried to answer – with data.

Mar 5, 2015

Cato Institute Pundit, Michael Cannon, Trades Barbs with Sean Kolmer

The provocative Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. brought his vision of how healthcare will look in 30 years to the 21st Century Healthcare symposium at Willamette University.

Mar 2, 2015