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Rep. Travis Nelson, a nurse, speaks at a conference held by CCO Oregon, on Wednesday in Salem as Rep. Lisa Reynolds, a physician, listens.
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A view of OHSU's South Waterfront campus in September 2024.
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The OHSU Center for Health & Healing Building 2 in the South Waterfront neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, on July 25, 2020.
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OHSU's main campus in Portland in September, 2024.
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Dr. Matthias Merkel, OHSU senior associate chief medical officer for capacity management and patient flow, and Stephanie Gilliam, director of OHSU Mission Control, give a tour of the newly remodeled nerve center for a program that tracks and coordinates hospital resources on Sept. 17, 2024.
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The front desk of ARCHES Inn in Salem, a hotel turned shelter that is operated by Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action. The facility offers wildfire survivors, as well as chronically homeless and medically fragile people a short-term stay. Settings like this could be part of addressing delays in hospital discharges in Oregon.
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Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.
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Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford in June, 2024.
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Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford in June, 2024.
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Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles is tentatively being absorbed by California-based Adventist Health.
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PHOTO BY LARVICK MEDIA/COURTESY OF MCMC