A room inside the Recovery Works NW's new withdrawal management facility on Southeast Foster Road in Portland, Ore. Most rooms are limited to two beds.
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Recovery Works Northwest has opened a medical withdrawal management facility in Portland that has 16 beds and will serve Multnomah and Clackamas counties
Aug 18, 2023
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Oregon Health & Science University Center for Health and Healing Building 2 in the South Waterfront neighborhood, July 2020.
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The new directive, following the recent fatal shooting of a security guard, sparked outrage among staff who say it will endanger them
Aug 17, 2023
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Oregon Health & Science University primarily trains its OB/GYN residents at OHSU Hospital and the Center for Women’s Health in southwest Portland.
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The two entities on Wednesday announced their goal to become a major new player in Oregon health care, with an increased focus on managed care. Some groups are already raising questions about the idea.
Seniors who depend on the Central Oregon health system’s network could face higher premiums and should start researching new plans as open enrollment begins in October.
Aug 14, 2023
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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.
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A notice from the Oregon Nurses Association to members before any official announcement called the tentative contracts 'historic,' but talks continue for home health care nurses
Angela Carter said Oregon Health Authority ignored repeated requests for staffing and resources and fostered secrecy and manipulation as the drug decriminalization law rolled out
Aug 11, 2023
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
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In a new filing, Disability Rights Oregon says some judges and other officials are thwarting a federal court order intended to open up beds at the state psychiatric facility
Dentists at the county's safety-net dental clinics use lighter schedules one day a week to catch up on paperwork and tackle tougher cases; now they say the county wants to end that practice.