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Quality Report Shows Wide Variation in Care

Diabetes care beats national average, but chlamydia screenings fall below
September 24, 2009 -- Across Oregon, there are dangerous gaps between the health care that people should receive and the care they actually receive. That’s among the findings in a report released today by a non-profit health group on the quality of primary care in Oregon. Read More >>

OHSU Hires New Chief Financial Officer

September 16, 2009 -- Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) today announced the hiring of Lawrence E. Revill as OHSU’s new Chief Financial Officer. Read More >>

Healthcare Charges Under the Knife

As healthcare reform swirls around who pays and not what they pay, health insurers point fingers at medical providers for charging exorbitant prices that few know are negotiable.
Originally at Miller-McCune.com
August 28, 2009 -- If you paid sticker price on the last new car you bought, you might expect to pay about 15 percent more than you would with some negotiating. If you paid full price on a recent knee surgery, you could pay 500 percent more than market rate. And who knew you could even negotiate? Read More >>

Hospitals Still Resist Reporting Errors

Thousands of healthcare mistakes are likely going unreported
Originally at PortlandTribune.com
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August 20, 2009 -- Like children who dutifully show up for class but fail to do most of their homework, the state’s hospitals continue to refuse to comply with a state law requiring them to report most of their medical mistakes to a patient safety commission.
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Prominent Insurance Executive Denounces Big Money

Former medical director of Oregon’s largest insurer has a few choice words for the health insurance industry at large
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August 18, 2009 -- I’ve been inside our health industry as the medical director for Oregon’s largest commercial insurer and have seen what happens when big money is involved, and public policy is crucial to future profits. Read More >>

Oregon Hospitals Rated by Consumer Reports

But patients give hospitals very low scores on medication and discharge planning
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August 12, 2009 – Billboards may soon shout out the names of three Oregon hospitals that received the highest scores from a patient satisfaction survey. Read More >>

Legacy Good Sam Workers Reach Tentative Agreement

SEIU hospital workers didn't get everything they wanted, but feel good about agreement
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UPDATE: July 23, 2009 -- Contract officially ratified.
July 17, 2009 -- Two weeks after negotiations stalled and SEIU staged an informational picket, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital employees reached a tentative agreement Wednesday (July 15) on a new three-year contract. Read More >>

Physician, Heel Thyself

As it attempts to balance controlling costs, will Congress take on self-referring doctors?
Originally at Miller-McCune.com
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July 13, 2009 -- In attempting to reform the U.S. health care system, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders have repeatedly said that controlling costs is as important, if not more, than extending coverage to all Americans.
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Service Workers Picket Legacy

Hospital service workers at Legacy Good Sam want greater pay and get this: Better healthcare benefits
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July 2, 2009 -- The employment contract for service workers at Legacy Good Samaritan hospital expired Wednesday (June 30) without agreement after negotiations broke down between SEIU Local 49 and Legacy management. Read More >>

Nurse Staffing Effort Dies Amid Union Squabble

The fight for nurse-to-patient staffing ratios suffered another defeat at the Oregon legislature because two unions couldn't agree
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July 1, 2009 -- For the second legislative session in a row, the state’s two largest nurses unions failed to see eye to eye on the need for specific nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in hospitals. Read More >>
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