The last of three finalists for the OHSU president’s job delivered his remarks Thursday. Now OHSU community members have been given through mid-day Friday to weigh in on all three.
By:
Courtney Sherwood
The last of three candidates for OHSU president was also the briefest in his remarks, keeping his Thursday afternoon presentation on academic medical centers to less than 15 minutes.
Speaking from downtown Portland, the U.S. senator said Medicare and children’s health insurance programs are better off now than a year ago, though Oregon and the U.S. still have many challenges.
By:
Courtney Sherwood
Despite a political climate in Washington, D.C., that makes compromise challenging at best, critical healthcare programs have been protected and strengthened over the past year, Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., told about 150 people who gathered for the Oregon Health Forum’s Friday morning event.
About two-thirds of consumers in Democratic counties, particularly Hood River and the Portland metro, received subsidies for insurance, while far more received subsidies in rural, Republican Oregon.
By:
Chris Gray
Consumers in Eastern Oregon were overwhelmingly helped with Obamacare subsidies for the 2018 plan year, disproportionately receiving premium assistance compared to their fellow Oregonians in the rainy part of the state.
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The university plans to announce three top candidates to replace Joe Robertson by later this month, as the end nears to his 12 years as president of OHSU.
By:
Courtney Sherwood
The search to replace Oregon Health & Science University President Joe Robertson is picking up steam, and the search committee expects to name its finalists by the week of April 17.
A review of the top-paid PERS recipients in Oregon finds that Oregon Health and Science University dominates the list.
By:
Courtney Sherwood
More than half of the top-payed PERS retirees in Oregon once worked at OHSU – including one doctor who gets $57,078 per month from the Public Employees Retirement System even though his medical license was revoked after he left his job there.
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A blood-brain barrier meeting features a way to reduce cancer drug toxicity in kids, plus the latest on brain imaging controversies.
By:
Carol Cruzan Morton
The latest word on a common medical imaging agent made infamous in a pending lawsuit by actor Chuck Norris, an experimental iron-based imaging agent that gives eye-popping detail of blood vessels in the brain, and a new tumor treatment helper that can prevent hearing loss in kids treated for canc
A third of recent homeless hypothermia deaths happened when severe weather shelters were not open. Homeless advocates are looking for ways to prevent these tragedies.
By:
Thacher Schmid
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on hypothermic homeless deaths. Click here to read part one.
The panelists will discuss health policy implications for Oregon.
By:
Diane Lund-Muzikant
When Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will appear at a breakfast forum April 6 to share his perspective on health policy developments in Washington D.C., he’ll be joined by a panel of experts from
Join Oregon Health Forum on May 23 for a deep look into global lessons that our state can apply to healthcare.
By:
Diane Lund-Muzikant
Oregon’s healthcare costs, like those in other states, are the highest in the world. Oregon’s employers, like those in other states, struggle to keep their workforces healthy and their business costs down. No state has solved this challenge.
The effort is expected to save time and money by centralizing the work of dozens of independent groups.
By:
Sue Vorenberg
A new program to streamline Oregon’s chaotic healthcare credentialing process is likely to save time, money and significant hassle for providers across the state.
