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For the first time, the most popular plan for covering people through the Oregon Educators Benefit Board will be a high-deductible health insurance plan.

More than half of hospitals in Oregon received a “C” or “D” on a report card released by an industry group last month that measured patient safety at more than 2,500 hospitals nationwide.

March 24, 2012—A quick, 15-minute appointment with a mental health counselor to talk about the effects of stress and anxiety when a person has an ulcer is radically different than a traditional hour long appointment with a counselor. But providers in southern Oregon are discovering that such appointments, which integrate mental healthcare in the same primary care setting, go a long way toward improving a patient’s health.

Health status to be tracked, tested at home.