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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 >>

Legislature Looks at New Approach to Work Force Shortages

Rep. Mitch Greenlick favors the creation of generalist healthcare professionals who can work across their licenses
November 9, 2010 -- State Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland) wants the medical profession to renounce specialization and instead create “new models of generalist healthcare workers who can work across their licenses.” Read More >>

New Dental Therapy Program Could Ease Shortage

But the Oregon Dental Association remains critical of the effort despite its success in Minnesota and Alaska
May 19, 2010 -- Serious discussions are under way about creating a new category of dental care providers to deal with the impending shortage of dentists, similar to efforts in Minnesota and Alaska. But the Oregon Dental Association is raising red flags. Read More >>

Medical Schools Blamed for Primary Care Shortage

OHSU acknowledges that it could do more to prioritize family and rural health
November 19, 2009 -- Dr. Lisa Dodson doesn’t have time to criticize how medical schools prioritize primary care. The associate professor at Oregon Health & Sciences University’s department of family medicine was honored as the Oregon Family Doctor of the Year at the May 2009 annual meeting of the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians. Read More >>

Primary Care Shortage Reaches Critical Levels

Oregon physicians identify no one easy solution
November 4, 2009 -- The dwindling shortage of primary care physicians threatens to haunt the Oregon Health Plan when 115,000 newcomers enter the fold early next year. Read More >>
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