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Delayed workplace investigations at the Oregon Health Authority have been a source of stress for employees who may continue to face harassment. A woman who worked at the Oregon State Hospital waited three years for investigation into sexual harassment she faced from a male coworkers. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Oregon Health Authority workplace investigations took years

Equity unit delays violated state standards and sparked concerns over liability and safety, but agency officials say new systems are being put into place to ensure timeliness.

Aug 20, 2024

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A cot and medical supplies fill an ambulance. | PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PORTLAND TRIBUNE/ANNA DEL SAVIO (USED WITH PERMISSION)

Harney County Health District sued for $1 million

Suit claims ambulance did not follow directions from the patient's family, instead using GPS and causing a 2-hour delay

Aug 15, 2024
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Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. | OHSU

OHSU, postdocs avert strike with 11th-hour deal

The union representing the postdocs will drop an unfair labor practices complaint as part of a bargain that promises better wages and benefits

Aug 15, 2024
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New pharmacy union organizes in greater Portland

Pharmacy workers at a Vancouver Walgreens have become the seventh group to file with The Pharmacy Guild, a union formed to address increased pressures on pharmacy workers

Aug 15, 2024
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The central facade of the Josephine County Courthouse in Grants Pass, Oregon. | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.

Southern Oregon social service company founders charged with fraud

Jolene Sesso and Raymond Parenteau, co-founders of Rever Grand, a social services company that has disrupted the market, say they’re not guilty

Aug 13, 2024
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Diane Lund-Muzikant at her home in February 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Our founder's message: Why I’m stepping back from the board of The Lund Report, and what’s next

Diane Lund-Muzikant, founder of The Lund Report, shares what drove her storied career in health care journalism: an overriding focus on transparency as an antidote to inequities and industry wrongdoing

Aug 13, 2024

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Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford in June, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Medford nurse accused of fentanyl swap battles in civil, criminal courts

Former Asante Health nurse Dani Marie Schofield is mounting a vigorous defense after being indicted for allegedly giving 44 patients tap water instead of painkiller

Aug 13, 2024
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State prison docs waited three years before fixing broken wrist, suit says

Federal lawsuit accuses the Oregon Department of Corrections of a consistent practice of denying or delaying care to people in custody, saying that “slow-playing” care causes “unnecessary pain and suffering” in violation of the U.S. Constitution

Aug 8, 2024
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The exterior of OHSU's Vollum Institute. | COURTESY/OHSU

OHSU postdoc researchers file unfair labor practice complaint ahead of strike

The university is using scare tactics to undermine the strike, the complaint alleges. The university claims it is respecting the rights of workers.

Aug 8, 2024
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Nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association through the Association of University Registered Nurses and their supporters crowded into Elizabeth Caruthers Park on Sept. 18, 2023 to announce they were prepared to strike as negotiations with Oregon Health & Science University remain at a stalemate. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Nurses, unions say ethics code revision on strikes helps hospitals

A proposed national ethics code revamp calls for nurses to make sure patient care is adequate even when they strike; in response, unions in Oregon, Washington and Montana have mounted an opposition campaign while saying care is the employer’s responsibility

Aug 8, 2024
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