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Salem Hospital | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Hospitals Seek State Help As Patients Fill Beds 

State officials and the hospital industry work on ways to address bottlenecks in the system as more than 500 patients wait for transfers.
Aug 9, 2022
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A hallway in OHSU's main campus in Portland in September 2024 | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Physicians group raises concerns over OHSU-Legacy merger

The Oregon Academy of Family Physicians says patients may pay more to see doctors, urges officials to demand a plan to boost access and address the statewide primary care shortage
Mar 6
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Understaffing concerns have helped fuel nurse union rallies such as the one outside Providence Health's Oregon headquarters in Portland on January 20, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Stressed and overworked, nurses want strict hospital staffing requirements

A union representing Oregon nurses says staff-to-patient ratios will halt nurses from fleeing the profession, while hospitals worry about fewer beds for patients.
Feb 9, 2023
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

Eugene lawmaker hopes to cut ambulance delays in wake of hospital closure

Patients are waiting longer to get care in the wake of University District hospital’s closure in Eugene, and Rep. Nancy Nathanson wants to fund an ambulance to change that
Feb 13, 2024
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TOBIAS TULLIUS/UNSPLASH

As more hospitals create police forces, critics warn of pitfalls

Nearly 40 states including Oregon have laws that establish or increase penalties for assaults on health care workers. Now some states have approved or are working on laws that allow the creation of hospital police forces.
May 16, 2023
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum talks with an official from Planned Parenthood before a news conference about the abortion pill on Sunday, March 12, 2023. | LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Rosenblum, other Democratic AGs ask SCOTUS to block red state bans on emergency abortions

The 23 Democratic attorneys general have argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that blue states are at risk of being overwhelmed by pregnant patients from states like Idaho that have restricted abortion.
Apr 2, 2024

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