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Advocates Insist Psychological and Social Factors Integral to Coordinated Care Organizations’ Goals

However, Senate Bill 1522, heard yesterday, received a lukewarm reception in the Senate Healthcare Committee
February 7, 2012—Legislation that would require coordinated care organizations (CCOs) to take into consideration psychological and social factors impacting a patient’s health received a lukewarm reception in the Senate’s Healthcare Committee yesterday afternoon. Read More >>

Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare Begins Funding First Projects

The foundation's mission is to advocate for a more holistic approach to treating mental illness
February 6, 2012—The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare and its executive director Gina Nikkel are off to a running start, funding its first projects that Nikkel hopes will begin creating a more holistic understanding and way of treating mental illness. Read More >>

Electronic Health Records Face Rapidly Changing Technology

State could challenge Microsoft’s de-facto monopoly on provider-to-provider database
February 6, 2012 -- Technology is changing so quickly that state officials and advocates overseeing more streamlined transfers of health information in Oregon are scrambling to keep up. Read More >>

Douglas County’s Collaborative Pre-Natal Clinic Reduces Number of Low Birthrate Babies

Success is attributed to the clinic's ability to provide wrap around health and social services to its clients
February 3, 2012— Despite taking care of pregnant women who have some of the highest risk factors for giving birth to low-weight babies, the women seen at Douglas County’s Prenatal Clinic beat the odds – and had the lowest rate of giving birth to low-weight babies compared to the rest of Douglas County and the state. Read More >>

Insurance Exchange’s Request to Pursue Its Own Health Coverage Met with Skepticism

Rocky King, executive director of the exchange, wants to try out some innovative coverage models prior to small businesses purchasing coverage through the exchange
February 2, 2012—An unexpectedly heated debate transpired in the House Health Care Committee yesterday over whether the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange’s 11 staff members should be able to seek their own healthcare coverage rather than be covered by the Public Employees’ Benefit Board (PEBB), which provides benefits to state employees. Read More >>

Medical Liability Reform Unlikely to Happen This Legislative Session

Sen. Alan Bates (D-Medford) says he doesn’t want to do anything during the February special session that would stop the evolution of coordinated care organizations
February 2, 2012 -- Despite pressure by Republicans to include tort reform in legislation that will transform Oregon’s healthcare system during the February legislative session under way, that issue will have to wait until 2013, predicted Sen. Alan Bates (D-Medford. Read More >>

Komen Decision to Sever Ties with Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Impact Oregon

Nevertheless, it’s sad that Komen has allowed itself to be bullied, according to David Greenberg, CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette
February 2, 2012 -- Oregon-based Planned Parenthood affiliates will continue to provide cancer screening services despite a decision by Susan G. Komen For the Cure®, a national organization that raises funds for breast cancer screenings and research, to officially sever ties with Planned Parenthood. Read More >>

Constitutionality of Patenting Gene Sequencing Reaches Supreme Court

Its decision could affect whether private companies can charge inflated prices for tests such as the BRCA gene for breast cancer
OPINION -- February 2, 2012 -- The Supreme Court is going to rule on the case of whether it is constitutional for biotech companies to be able to patent gene sequences. This will be a landmark patent case, since currently about 20 percent of the human genome is patented for various diseases. Read More >>

Dental Care Organizations Express Concern About Transformation

Because dental organizations aren't required to participate in the coordinated care model until 2014, some feel left out of the discussions
February 1, 2012—Dental care organizations are growing increasingly vocal about the future relationship they’ll have with the coordinated care organizations (CCOs) that are expected to provide healthcare to Oregon Health Plan members in July. Read More >>

Maternal Nutrition and Fetal Development Focus of OHSU’s New Research Center

Dr. Kent Thornburg, whose research focuses on the developmental origins of disease, will take the helm of the Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness
February 1, 2012 -- Dr. Kent Thornburg, who teaches in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University and is known worldwide for his research into the developmental origins of disease, has been named interim dean of the Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness, a new research and education center. Read More >>
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