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Opioid overdoses decline in Oregon for the second year

Health experts say multiple factors contributed to the decline, from the increased availability of Narcan to crackdowns on overseas manufacturers

Apr 2
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Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham, Ore., on March 17, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Negotiation collapse leaves thousands of Legacy Health patients out of network

Legacy and Regence, two of Oregon's largest players in health care, fail to reach an agreement over reimbursement rates

Apr 2
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Most Oregon hospitals exceed state charitable spending targets, but an increasing number fall short

Medford-based Asante operates a financially robust system, but fell almost $40 million short of state’s floor for community benefit spending in 2024

Mar 31
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Coverage losses point to diabetes problems ahead

Researchers at OHSU say their work showed that people who’d lost their coverage were more likely to have worsening blood sugar control and other complications, requiring more intensive medications to curb the effects

Mar 31
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State slow to tackle primary care crisis, experts say

Efforts launched a decade ago to bolster money-saving family medicine haven’t panned out, and Oregon lawmakers and the state’s biggest health care agency have not acted to address delays and limited access, panel members said

Mar 27
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Federal judge intervenes to block public records disclosure

Records sought included an analysis of the state health authority’s spending of public funds on behavioral health services in the community

Mar 26
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Oregon district attorneys say proposal to change state hospital admissions would hurt public safety

Mental health advocates have asked a federal judge to prevent counties from sending people accused of lower-level crimes to the state’s psychiatric institution. The Oregon District Attorneys Association wants Gov. Tina Kotek to stop that from happening.

Mar 26
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Before Asante deaths and drug diversion went public, a year of missed warnings

A newly obtained federal report provides undisclosed details of how employees repeatedly observed — and even recorded on video — troubling behavior by a Medford nurse who cared for dozens of patients who'd been prescribed fentanyl. It took 18 months for hospital leaders to connect the situation to a surge in blood infections.

Mar 24

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An Adventist Health lawsuit says that the city of Portland was alerted to sewage spills coming from Mall 205. | PHOTO COURTESY OF SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT

Adventist Health sues Mall 205 over sewage spills

A new lawsuit claims that hospital staff and patients have suffered from repeated leakages, odors since 2024

Mar 24
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Lawsuit aims to block PeaceHealth move to outsource emergency department to ApolloMD

Nonprofit health system's switch from a Eugene doctors' group to an Atlanta-based staffing and management firm violates a new Oregon law intended to block corporate influence on medicine, according to a suit filed in Lane County court

Mar 20
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