Reform Efforts

Smokefree Workplace Law No Effect on Lottery

But advocates will have trouble blaming smoking ban for budget shortfalls
March 17, 2010 -- A recent poll commissioned by Northwest Health Foundation brings further doubt to the contention that smoking bans in bars are responsible for reduced lottery funds. Read More >>

Eight Tanning Bed Owners that Didn’t Pay Their Fees

Proposed legislation in 2011 could strengthen regulation, increase fees
March 10, 2010 -- State regulators that oversee tanning salons plan to ask the Oregon legislature next year to increase fees and enhance their enforcement tools. Read More >>

Amanda Fritz Helps Homeless Women with Health Needs

The city commissioner’s office is planning health-oriented workshops during May to educate homeless women
March 10, 2010 -- Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz’s office is planning a series of health-oriented workshops for homeless women that will give an unprecedented focus on their health. Read More >>

NW Health Foundation Sets Sights on Disparities

The collaborative that built momentum for health reform in 2009 will focus on outcomes for those most in need
March 10, 2010 -- After setting the tone for much of the statewide health reform actions of recent years the Northwest Health Foundation is shifting gears and turning its eye toward health disparities. Read More >>

Tort Reform Will Raise its Head Next Year

Oregon Health Policy Board appoints a 15-member medical liability task force
March 10, 2010 – Tort reform is definitely coming back to the 2011 Oregon Legislature. That message came loud and clear when the Oregon Health Policy Board appointed a 15-member task force on March 9. Read More >>

Primary Care Quality Report Finds Weak Spots

OHSU and Eastern Oregon physicians draw “below average” scores in a survey conducted by the Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation.
March 4, 2010 -- A review of major medical groups and more than 300 physician offices around the state has incited serious conversations about measuring the quality of care in Oregon. Read More >>

Hope Grows To Ease Shortage

Rep. Tina Kotek teamed up with a healthcare coalition to breathe life into a loan repayment program during the February special session.
March 3, 2010 – Score one for Rep. Tina Kotek (D-Portland) during the February special session. Kotek breathed new life back into a bill to draw more primary care physicians to Oregon by helping repay their student loans. Read More >>

Rural, Urban Poor Docs Offered Renewed Loan Guarantees

Oregon Office of Rural Health receives federal grant to help rural providers
February 24, 2010 -- The Oregon Office of Rural Health at Oregon Health & Science University has received a grant from the National Health Service Corp (NHSC) to help primary care providers in rural and underserved urban areas repay their loans. Read More >>

Oregon Receives $21 Million in Health Technology Grants

February 24, 2010 -- Oregon will jumpstart another key element of health care reform – increasing the use and effectiveness of electronic health record technologies – thanks to two federal grants announced this month. Read More >>

Mental Health Integration Sees Light of Day

Three counties in Oregon – Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson – are ready to jump start a pilot project.
February 18, 2010 -- A small line item passed by the 2009 legislature could turn into Oregon’s largest mental health integration project. Read More >>
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