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DR. DEAN SIDELINGER, OREGON’S STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST, AT A JAN. 28, 2022 PRESS CONFERENCE./YOUTUBE

Omicron Cases Appear To Flatten As Demand For Hospital Beds Grows

The state’s epidemiologist said Friday that the state will be filing permanent mask and vaccination rules in the next few weeks.

Jan 29, 2022

Tia Collins (right) got the Department of Consumer and Business Services to help her mother Cindy Collins (left) last year with her medical bills by getting her insurer to cover out-of-network care. The two are shown here in Forest Grove on July 15, 2023. | PHOTO COURTESY OF TIA COLLINS

Little-known consumer advocates help Oregonians with bills, coverage

A small team within the Department of Consumer and Business Services helps people with a variety of health care coverage issues, fielding thousands of complaints filed against insurers each year

Apr 9
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Which Oregon Hospital Has the Toughest Time Preventing Infections?

A CDC database on hospital infections can tell us a lot. What it says about one of the biggest medical systems in the state may be surprising.

Nov 24, 2014
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Clinical Student Alleges Sexual Harassment At Vibra’s Portland Hospital

A civil rights complaint also accuses Vibra Speciality Hospital of Portland of coverup in the matter.

Mar 31, 2022
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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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Aspen Springs Psychiatric Hospital was closed after six months.

Lifeways Closes Aspen Spring Psychiatric Hospital

Hailed as a sorely-needed addition to the state’s meager supply of mental health treatment beds, the facility was closed due to “unsustainable” difficulties staffing it.

Apr 14, 2021

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