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Salem Hospital | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Hospitals Seek State Help As Patients Fill Beds 

State officials and the hospital industry work on ways to address bottlenecks in the system as more than 500 patients wait for transfers.

Aug 9, 2022
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DR. JINNELL LEWIS (LEFT) CONSULTS WITH MICHAELA CURRY, A MEDICAL STUDENT ON A RURAL ROTATION, AT ST. CHARLES MADRAS./PAT KRUIS/PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP

How Medical Residents Could Change Jefferson County

A new residency program promises to bring doctors to a county that direly needs them.

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

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.

Aug 4, 2022
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To Retain Nurses And Other Staffers, Hospitals Are Opening Child Care Centers

Some hospitals are now considering child care centers as a means of solving one of the pandemic era’s big challenges: persuading employees to stay.

Aug 1, 2022

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Biden’s FTC Has Blocked 4 Hospital Mergers And Is Poised To Thwart More Consolidation Attempts

Jul 20, 2022

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JAMES MASSIE, AN ARMY VETERAN AND A PATIENT AT THE SALEM VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER IN SALEM, VIRGINIA, GETS HIS TEETH BRUSHED BY NURSING ASSISTANT TERESA QUARLES IN JUNE. THE SALEM VA REPRIORITIZED ORAL CARE TO COMBAT NON-VENTILATOR HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN 2016, AND THE PROGRAM HAS SINCE EXPANDED ACROSS THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND IS OFTEN CITED AS A MODEL FOR ALL HOSPITALS./ROSAIRE BUSHEY/KHN

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Is Killing Patients. Yet There Is A Simple Way to Stop It.

Hospital patients not getting their teeth brushed, or not brushing their teeth themselves, is believed to be a leading cause of hundreds of thousands of cases of pneumonia a year in patients not on a ventilator.

Jul 12, 2022

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KAREN HABERLAND, PROJECT OFFICER AT ECRI, DEMONSTRATES HOW A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL PUTS ON A DISPOSABLE ISOLATION GOWN./CAROLINE GUTMAN/KHN

Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs Of Exposing Workers To Infection

Gowns worn in medical and intensive care units ripped too easily and allowed 4 to 14 times the expected amount of liquid to seep through, a study says.

Jul 7, 2022

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Feds Want A Policy Advocates Say Would Let Hospitals Off On COVID-Era Lapses

The federal government wants to hide hospitals’ safety ratings and waive financial penalties for those with the worst patient-safety track records.

Jul 7, 2022

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St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

Most Oregon Hospitals Owe Feds For Early Pandemic Loans

The loans are contributing to the financial woes of Northwest health systems, which are reporting some of their biggest losses since the pandemic began.

May 31, 2022

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States Watching As Massachusetts Takes Aim At Hospital Building Boom And Costs

States like Oregon were watching as a Massachusetts health cost watchdog agency and a coalition of consumers, health systems, and insurers helped block a hospital expansion over fears it would drive up costs.

May 3, 2022