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New Medical School Hopes to Address Primary Care Shortage

Based in Lebanon, COMP Northwest just opened its doors to 107 osteopathic students
November 3, 2011 -- A single building across the highway from Lebanon Samaritan Medical Center houses Oregon's newest medical school. Read More >>

OHSU May Raise Tuition and Admit Fewer Oregon Students

The university, which is $23 million over budget, may have to cut funding for the Poison Center and the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center
April 21, 2011 -- Oregon Health & Science University is $23 million over budget, with 180 days cash on hand. But to keep running black ink, the university may have to raise tuition and admit fewer Oregon students. Read More >>

Harker Proposes Legislation to Ease Primary Care Shortage

House Bill 2400 would appropriate $3.1 million, which would assist 9-12 rural healthcare providers
February 16, 2011 -- It’s no secret that Oregon faces a shortage of primary care physicians. However, loan repayment and forgiveness could go a long way toward closing the primary care gap, according to doctors, advocates and debt-laden medical students. Read More >>

Medical School Costs Out of Reach for Many Students

OHSU has had the highest tuition and fees among public medical schools in the country for the past three years
January 4, 2011 -- I started medical school in 1980, a pivotal year in health care economicc. That year the United States diverged from the other industrialized nations in healthcare spending. My private medical school tuition almost doubled in four years, going from $7500 to $13,000 per year. Read More >>

OHSU’s Credit Rating Turns Into an A

Standard and Poor’s cited OHSU’s significant improvement in its operating performance and its solid financial profile
November 8, 2010 -- Oregon Health & Science University has something to brag about. Standard and Poor’s, which issues credit ratings to public and private corporations based on their debt, increased OHSU’s score from BBB+ to an A. Read More >>

Construction Starts on Osteopathic College

The new campus is scheduled to open next fall in Lebanon and have 100 students
October 22, 2010 -- Construction is under way in Lebanon for an osteopathic medicine campus that will impact the physician shortage in the Pacific Northwest. Read More >>

We Need to Revise the Mission of State Medical Schools

The hidden tax in under funding medical education has pushed medical schools into operating as businesses
September 22, 2010 -- About 40 years ago, anti-tax sentiments gained a foothold within the electorate as many Americans became convinced that lower taxes would make them better off. The anti-tax advocates were very successful at getting their agenda enacted at the state and federal level. Read More >>

Family Physicians Seek $6 Million for Loan Repayment

The legislative proposal would provide funds for rural practitioners throughout Oregon
August 11, 2010 -- It’s not news that Oregon faces a shortage of primary care physicians, particularly in rural areas. Recruiting new physicians to family care -- frequently with longer hours and lower pay than other specialties -- has always been a challenge, but is even more difficult in a less than stellar economic climate. Read More >>

Retired Doc Fears Burnout for New Recruits

Where are the doctors, nurses and medical staff to be found for these 32 million people?
June 16, 2010 -- Perhaps our government expects the medical profession to reorder its established patient-doctor relationship while expanding the present physician workload to accommodate 32 million more people who now lack full care. 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 >>
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