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Oregon Imposes Rules Forcing Hospitals to Disclose Rationing

Hospitals that invoke crisis standards of care in a staffing emergency must publicly disclose the crisis and how they are triaging patients.

Aug 4, 2022
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Oregon’s Meth Problem: More Money Than Leadership

Despite a windfall of new funding that could combat Oregon’s meth-fueled behavioral health crisis, leaders have no plan and risk leaving promising approaches on the shelf.

Aug 4, 2022

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Heatwave Sparks Dozens Of Worker Complaints; 14 Suspected Deaths

Aug 2, 2022

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Meth Has Changed, And It’s Sabotaging Oregon’s Mental Health System

In the state with the highest rate of meth use in the nation, the drug is driving severe mental illness among criminal defendants at the state psychiatric hospital, and patients elsewhere are paying the price.

Aug 2, 2022

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Amid Oregon State Hospital Problems, Health Systems Go To Court

Hospitals and the Unity Center for Behavioral Health want judges to force the state psychiatric hospital to treat civilly committed patients.

Aug 2, 2022
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To Retain Nurses And Other Staffers, Hospitals Are Opening Child Care Centers

Some hospitals are now considering child care centers as a means of solving one of the pandemic era’s big challenges: persuading employees to stay.

Aug 1, 2022

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Hospices Have Become Big Business For Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care

Two-thirds of hospices, once primarily run by nonprofit entities, are now for-profit — and they are increasingly a target for private equity firms.

Jul 30, 2022

Pictured: Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro. Hospitals have been at or near capacity for several months./Photo copyright: Pamplin Media Group (used with permission).