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Joel Hernandez is a registered nurse in the emergency room at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend./Courtesy of Joel Hernandez

Treating Patients In The ER Takes A Toll

A nurse at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend has worked around the clock at times treating COVID-19 and other patients in the emergency room.

Dec 21, 2020

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

Central Oregon Runs Out Of Hospital ICU Beds

For the first time since the pandemic began, one of Oregon’s health care regions had patients in all of its intensive care beds for a day.

Dec 16, 2020
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Oregon Nonprofit Hospitals With Losses But Big Reserves Rake In CARES Money

While hospitals cite their recent revenue drops and plead for money from lawmakers, they often are sitting on healthy reserve accounts that they built up in the boom years.

Jun 8, 2020
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ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM IN BEND.

Nurses Say Bend Hospital Staffing Is Bad For Trauma Patients

Nurses' complaint triggers Oregon Health Authority investigation of St. Charles Health System in Bend.

Oct 9, 2018

Hospital Finances: Rogue Regional, Three Rivers, Sky Lakes, Mercy Medical, St. Charles

April 10, 2013 -- Revenue climbed at five central and southern Oregon hospitals in 2011, even as they all reduced how much they spent on charity care. Expenses were up as well, and four of the five saw profit margins decline, according to financial details revealed in this fifth installment in a series examining the state of Oregon hospitals.

Apr 10, 2013

TeamHealth Honors Emergency Physician at Pioneer Memorial Hospital

November 16, 2011 – Joshua Cook, D.O., medical director of the emergency department at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Prineville was recognized as the Medical Director of the Year for TeamHealth’s Northwest division at a reception on Oct. 14. The reception was held in San Francisco in conjunction with the American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly.

Nov 15, 2011

Central Oregon Sees Early Successes in Coordinated Care Model

November 10, 2011—A wide variety of organizations representing Central Oregon’s healthcare community were talking about creating a coordinated model of providing health care before the Legislature even began thinking about it.

Nov 10, 2011