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Hospitals that invoke crisis standards of care in a staffing emergency must publicly disclose the crisis and how they are triaging patients.
St. Charles Health System leaders adopted “crisis standards of care” to avoid having to comply with nurse staffing rules, but rescinded the move after OHA said it would violate state law
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New Oregon Health Authority guidelines for hospitals suggest how they should rank patients and decide who gets ICU beds, ventilators or other similar equipment.
The state agency has repeatedly dodged questions from providers about which patients should be prioritized, instead offering general 'principles'
