The Lund Report

Image

Oregon Health & Science University | MICHAEL MCDERMOTT/OHSU

Furor grows over OHSU doctor’s demotion

Oregon Health & Science University is facing a revolt after removing Dr. Jennifer DeVoe, a national expert on the value of primary care, from her post

Jan 20
Premium

Image

SHUTTERSTOCK

Small Doses: Union workers approve contract with OHSU, avert strike

Also: Cascade Aids Project names a new chief executive officer. Oregon’s homelessness figures now exceed 27,000

Jan 20
Premium

Image

Tony Neves, an urgent care technician, wheels Julianne Upton out of the Valley Immediate Care clinic in Central Point outside Medford after treatment for a knee injury on Oct. 23, 2025. Another staff member, technician Savannah Hixs, holds the door. The company operates six urgent care clinics in southern Oregon. | COURTESY OF VALLEY IMMEDIATE CARE

Oregon patients turn to urgent care as primary care suffers

The doubling of urgent care clinics in the past 10 years worries some health experts, who say the trend masks the state’s lack of support for family medicine docs and general practitioners

Jan 15
Premium

Image

Asante Ashland Community Hospital in Ashland, Ore. | ERIK NEUMANN/JPR

Asante faces criticism as it shutters maternity and inpatient services in Ashland

The financially successful nonprofit hospital system hasn’t been answering the community’s questions, says state Rep. Pam Marsh. Public records show hospital leaders considered ‘other options’ late last year before deciding on closure.

Jan 15

Image

SHUTTERSTOCK

Opinion: Hospitals’ deregulation push is misplaced

Longtime Oregon nurse says hospitals’ challenges are driven by system fragmentation and health insurer coverage denials, not state rules

Jan 15
Premium

Image

THE LUND REPORT

People needing health care coverage have until Thursday to sign up for Obamacare

With Congress debating cuts to consumers’ premiums, state officials urge Oregonians to enroll now and steer clear of fake websites offering false promises

Jan 13

Image

Nurses and other health care workers along with their supporters took to the picket lines outside Providence Portland Medical Center on Monday as the state’s largest nurses union called a five-day strike. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon nurses union grapples with growing pains, contested election

In one of the state's most powerful health care unions, would-be reformers are running on a platform of change while calling leadership out-of-touch. An opposing slate of candidates stresses unity while taking a more moderate tone.

Jan 8
Premium

Image

Oregon lawmaker pushes for urgent care standards

Rep. Nancy Nathanson of Eugene plans to try again this year to map out the burgeoning, unregulated field of urgent care medicine.

Jan 8
Premium

Image

OHSU's main campus in Portland in September, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Small Doses: NIH settlement may not help Oregon researchers

Also: Union scores new hospital contract. Contempt fines versus state over behavioral health care hit new high

Jan 6
Premium

Image

SHUTTERSTOCK

As new ‘superflu’ hits other states hard, Oregon is doing relatively well

Despite a new flu variant boosting national numbers, things in Oregon are better than last year. Officials say they can’t predict whether that will continue, and hospitalizations have climbed.

Jan 6
Premium