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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.
August 4, 2022
 
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St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

Unnerved by ongoing severe staffing shortages at Oregon hospitals, the state has re-imposed temporary rules forcing hospitals to be public and tran