St. Charles Health System

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

St. Charles Health System Seeks $2 Million From Employees

Central Oregon provider tries to recoup overpaid wages as employees push for details.

Aug 12, 2022
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The outside of the St. Charles Health System campus in Bend on July 26, 2022. | JONI AUDEN LAND/OPB

Severely Short On Nurses, Central Oregon Hospital System Quietly Declares Crisis

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Health System leaders adopted “crisis standards of care” to avoid having to comply with nurse staffing rules, but rescinded the move after OHA said it would violate state law

Jul 28, 2022

A MARCH 2019 FILE PHOTO FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT ST. CHARLES HOSPITAL IN BEND, ORE. ST. CHARLES HEALTH IS RATIONING CARE AMID STAFFING SHORTAGES./EMILY CURETON/OPB

Central Oregon’s St. Charles Lays Off 2 Top Executives As Patients Face Rationed Care

Medical providers at the region’s only hospital system now must scrutinize patient admissions and at times discharge people “uncomfortably early.”

Jul 17, 2022

St. Charles Medical Center in Bend. | KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB

St. Charles CEO Resigns Amid Financial Difficulties For Health System

Board chairman said burnout among hospital executives is increasingly common.

Jul 14, 2022

Dr. Jeff Absalon, the health system’s chief physician executive, discussed layoffs Wednesday, May 18, in a Zoom press conference./The Lund Report

Citing Financial Losses, St. Charles Health System Lays Off Staff

Central Oregon provider will lay off 105 non-clinical employees but says services will be maintained.

May 18, 2022
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St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH

Medical Techs End Strike At St. Charles Health System

Wages and open/closed shop are top issues as workers, management plan intensive bargaining to reach contract agreement by the end of March.

Mar 16, 2021
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St. Charles Health System in Redmond. | COURTESY ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

St. Charles Identifies Source Of COVID-19 Outbreak At Redmond Hospital

The cause was a patient who initially tested negative for COVID-19 and who had difficulty wearing a mask.

Jan 22, 2021
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Nurses File Labor Complaint Against St. Charles Health System

On Wednesday, the Oregon Nurses Association filed an unfair labor practice charge against St. Charles Health System, headquartered in Bend, Ore., over the system's recently introduced policy of requiring employees to either get vaccinated against influenza or wear a mask through peak flu season, according to a report from KTVZ.

Dec 14, 2016