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Panel: Should Oregon heed lessons from health systems abroad?

Oregon Health Forum is hosting a virtual discussion that contrasts other countries’ health systems with Oregon’s

Apr 11, 2023

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Analysis: Recent ruling on mifepristone could affect more than abortion drugs

PhRMA has remained relatively silent, but the drug group can look to the American Medical Association for a lesson in how sitting on the sidelines of a polarizing issue can cost an industry or profession a chunk of its autonomy

Apr 11, 2023

Wildfire smoke filling the Willamette Valley in September 2017. | U.S. FOREST SERVICE

EPA funds University of Oregon’s new center to research wildfire smoke

Unhealthy air quality days due to wildfire smoke have increased sharply since 2015, and researchers want to improve how people cope

Apr 11, 2023

Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare walk-in clinic in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon pays Medicaid mental health providers relatively well, OHSU study finds

The study indicates that the state’s mental health crisis is not entirely linked to poor payments by Medicaid

Apr 11, 2023

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Beset by unique, severe financial woes, Coos Bay hospital struggles forward

The Oregon Coast’s largest hospital aims to gradually emerge from heavy debt, deep operating losses

Apr 11, 2023
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Protesters gather at the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022, after a report that the court will overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Dueling federal rulings leave abortion drug access in limbo, as Oregon, Washington prepare to fight back

A federal court in Texas ruled the FDA approval of mifepristone should be overturned, but a federal court in Washington ruled the FDA must continue to make the drug available in some states

Apr 8, 2023

Legacy Emanuel Medical Center on North Graham Street in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Lawsuit accuses Legacy of illegally pushing disabled nurse from her job

A nurse at risk of COVID complications alleges Legacy slow-walked her accommodation request and that she was fired after taking time off from surgery

Apr 6, 2023
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States step in as telehealth and clinic patients get blindsided by hospital fees

States, including Washington, have implemented or are considering limits on facility fees that blindside millions of Americans who didn’t set foot inside a hospital

Apr 6, 2023