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The inflation rate matches national trends according to Mercer consultants, but that rate undermines Kitzhaber’s pledge to hold the growth in healthcare spending for public employees to 3.4 percent, and could wipe out savings the governor wants for state programs.

7th Annual Northwest Environmental Health Conference April 17, 2015 | Portland, Oregon The planning committee is now accepting abstracts for presentations addressing current and emerging issues in the field of environmental health for the 7th annual Northwest Environmental Health Conference.

A year ago, cuts to the emergency department at her hospital meant that just two nurses would be on the job during the overnight hours. An expanded behavioral health unit brought greater mental health resources, but without the staffing to keep up with the workload, said registered nurse Virginia Smith

Housed within the Oregon Public Health Institute, the Consumer Confidence Project takes a look.

he Insurance Division released some new numbers Friday showing marked improvement in the number of enrollees who have transferred over to healthcare.gov, but as many as 50,000 people currently served by Cover Oregon may see a lapse in coverage if they didn't pick an insurance plan by Dec. 15.

National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) and the Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physicians (OANP) honored Rita Bettenburg, ND, with the organizations’ highest honor, the 2014 Living Legend award. The award was conferred at a banquet held Dec. 6 at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel.

Virginia Garcia’s Hillsboro Clinic is now certified as a provider of a nationally recognized, highly effective and widely popular method of group prenatal care known as CenteringPregnancy. Virginia Garcia received site approval from the Centering Healthcare Institute (CHI) confirming that the Hillsboro Clinic has met the standards to be certified.

Dr. Bruce Farmer, M.D., creator of the physical medicine Back in Action program designed to relieve back and spinal pain in patients seeking an alternative to surgery announces a signed partnership agreement with Oregon Health & Sciences University Department of Rehabilitation Services for a research study using Back in Action.

As people scramble to make the Dec. 15 deadline to sign up for healthcare.gov so they can have coverage starting Jan. 1, it’s become quite apparent that those living in rural counties are having to pay substantially more for their insurance.

Patient experienced less pain, shorter hospital stay, and quicker recovery than standard hernia surgery due to significantly smaller incisions using the da Vinci Xi System