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A health care worker pushes a gurney passed other workers in blue scrubs inside a hospital through a corridor.

Inside Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Legislators Could Limit Hospital Tax Breaks, Increase Financial Scrutiny

Jan 16, 2019
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Dr. Lisa Reynolds, a pediatrician and Democratic lawmaker, speaks at the CCO Oregon conference in Salem in Sept. 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon’s only pediatrician in Legislature offers new approach to help vulnerable children

Recently sworn in as a state senator, Dr. Lisa Reynolds wants to address poverty, mental illness and other social challenges she has seen in her medical practice in her 'Momnibus' bill

Dec 12, 2024

Many COVID-19 patients at OHSU are in their 20s and 30s./Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB

OHSU Treats Some Of The Sickest COVID-19 Patients In The State

The hospital has four intensive care units, and they're all full. With more COVID19 patients on the way, managers are gearing up for "crisis standards of care" to stretch staff and set up new beds.

Aug 23, 2021

Chris Pryor, a 73-year-old in Eugene, switched to a concierge practice about a year ago. He said the $99-a-month fee saves him money and frustration. | COURTESY OF CHRIS PRYOR

Concierge docs: As direct care clinics proliferate, debate continues

Some analysts worry that the trend of primary care physicians charging membership fees to patients contributes to health care inequities. Supporters in Oregon argue that these retainer or ‘direct care’ practices prevent burnout and help ease the state’s primary care crisis.

Sep 25, 2025

Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay. | COURTESY OF BAY AREA HOSPITAL

Recall Effort Against Coos Bay Hospital Board Members Fails For Lack Of Signatures

An attempt by nurses and food workers unions to recall two board members of a two coastal health district has come to end — for now.

Nov 22, 2022
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Universal Health Services, which owns Cedar Hills Hospital in Portland, wants to build another psychiatric facility in Wilsonville. | COURTESY OF CEDAR HILLS HOSPITAL

Controversial Psychiatric Hospital Project Up For Public Comment

Under Oregon’s certificate of need process, critics and supporters will likely put the 100-bed project in Wilsonville, first proposed in 2016, under a microscope.

Mar 17, 2021
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