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Rock formations at Bandon Beach in Southern Oregon. | LISA MCKELLY/PIXABAY

Troubled Bandon-based nonprofit will stay open, preserving care on the Oregon coast

After years of turmoil, Coast Community Health Center was prepared to call it quits two weeks ago. But the federally funded nonprofit now says an infusion of funds and a new operating partner will keep services going to low-income residents.

Jan 28
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Portland, Oregon. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Shortages of funds but not of issues marked Oregon health care in 2024

With health care undergoing rapid transformation, officials and lawmakers have struggled to keep up as ripple effects hit patients, providers and members of the public

Dec 31, 2024
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

Flu, healthcare shortage strain RiverBend’s emergency room

Mar 11

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COVID-19, RSV, flu: Updated shots are available now in Oregon

Reformulated flu and COVID-19 shots are available to Oregonians starting this month. And an RSV vaccine — developed only last year — could have an unprecedented impact in keeping infants out of the hospital this fall and winter.

Sep 24, 2024

Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Judge rules that hospitals can’t sue the state over civilly committed patients

Oregon hospital systems can’t complain about costly and difficult patients while advocating for their civil rights, a federal ruling says

May 30, 2023
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Oregon Abandons Field Hospital Idea

The Lund Report learned that the state now is only seeking additional medical staff from the federal government, not a FEMA-backed field hospital.

Aug 26, 2021
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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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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

Nurses union brandishes new clout in Providence contract showdown

The Oregon Nurses Association says Providence Health is focused on profits over patients, while the health system maintains the union is all about power. The union is vowing that its growing numbers will yield a better deal after members go on strike at eight Oregon hospitals on Jan. 10.

Dec 30, 2024
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