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Oregon Health Authority Responds to Conservative Media Barrage

Misleading commentaries triggered a backlash of ‘hate’ by taking out of context a line from an email calling urgency ‘a white supremacy value.’

Jul 19, 2022
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Last year a state employee inadvertently released the vaccination status of some 40,000 Oregon state employees. Pictured is an Aviva Health temporary COVID-19 testing and vaccination site in Roseburg. | PHOTO COURTESY OF AVIVA HEALTH

House Bill Would Set Up Mobile Health Units In Oregon 

Mobile health units in two communities would target health disparities in the proposed pilot program.

Feb 3, 2022
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THE COMMONWEALTH FUND

Oregon A Top Performer Among States In Health Equity, Experts Say

Authors of a new report from The Commonwealth Fund say that while “dramatic” inequities persist in all 50 states, Oregon is doing better than most.

Nov 23, 2021
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VANETTA ABDELLATIF (LEFT) MODERATED THE OREGON HEALTH FORUM PANEL ON WEDNESDAY. GLORIA CORONADO (LEFT TO RIGHT), DR. CHRIS HILL, CARLY HOOD-RONICK AND DR. NATHALIE HUGUET WERE ON THE PANEL./EDIS JURCYS/THE LUND REPORT

Broad Action And Self Awareness Can Reduce Racial Inequities In Health Care, Panelists Say

Jun 19, 2019
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How Insurance Companies Have Unfair Advantage

Jun 11, 2014

Healthcare Leaders Stress Need for Diversity Among CCOs

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.

Nov 8, 2012