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Oregon Health Care Workforce Diversity Still A Long Way Off

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Workforces are becoming more diverse in lower-paid health care jobs, but physicians and other top earners still mainly white, a state report finds.

By: 
Elon Glucklich

Healthcare Leaders Stress Need for Diversity Among CCOs

The Lund Report
Since racial and ethnic minorities represent a disproportionate share of the uninsured, there was a call for CCOs to become more inclusive

November 8, 2012 -- As the state’s coordinated care organizations ramp up, healthcare experts agree that a major advance CCOs can bring to the table is the ability to custom-design healthcare priorities based on the needs of a specific community.

But that won’t necessarily be easy, experts speaking at a conference last week agreed.

By: 
Miriam Widman
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