Jan Johnson

Lawmakers advise PHAB on Reaching $100 Million Target

Rep. Mitch Greenlick and Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson clarified what they need to convince the Legislature to spend $100 million a year to modernize public health.

Oct 25, 2016

Free classes for caregivers to improve cultural competency with Latino patients

The free, in-person, four-hour training was developed by Familias en Acción, an agency with a mission to deliver culturally specific training for health professionals and health education for the Latino community.

Oct 14, 2016

Health Advocates Urged to Lobby for Inclusionary Zoning, Rent Stabilization

Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury tells the We Can Do Better Conference: ‘If government doesn’t build it, housing for the poor won’t get built’

Sep 15, 2016

Physical Therapy, Acupuncture Reduce Opioid Dependence

A panel discussion at the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) sponsored by Oregon Health Forum considered the cultural swings for treating pain in the past 20 years to the current opioid epidemic and the fear of prescribing opioids.

Aug 25, 2016

Addiction and Mental Health Facilities Stay Away from Tobacco

In 2014, 70 percent of the 86 facilities reporting said that tobacco is not used on their properties – a big shift from 2010 when only 15 percent had indicated so.

Aug 1, 2016

Physical Inactivity, Health Inequity Tops $1 Billion Each

More public health spending could reduce those costs, according to state officials.

Jul 28, 2016

OHA to Release 2017-2019 Budget at Month’s End

Proposed incentive programs for caregivers may offer more benefits to help deal with the workforce shortage in rural Oregon and for underserved populations in urban areas.

Jul 19, 2016

Obama Failed to Control Drug Costs, Leading to Higher Prices, Jim Thompson Says

Even with a Medicare for All Health Plan like the plan advocated by Bernie Sanders, hospital and pharmaceutical costs would continue to skyrocket without imposing some limits and access to care remains uneven for many reasons, according to the panelists who appeared at the breakfast forum sponsored by Oregon Health Forum last week. .

Jul 19, 2016

Oregon Ranks Low in Student Nurse Ratio Nationwide

Current ratios average about one registered nurse or school nurse for every 3,000-4,000 students while House Bill 2693 sets a goal of one RN or school nurse for every 750 students by 2020. The bill requires each school district to have one RN for every 225 medically complex and every 125 medically fragile students.

Jul 12, 2016

Legislators Probe Investing More Money in Public Health

Oregon public health intends to ask for $30 million during the next legislative session.

Jul 7, 2016