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Tents in downtown Portland on March 14, 2022. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Is housing health care? State Medicaid programs increasingly say ‘yes’

Leader say they have to do something to address a crisis that is out of control, but experts like Margot Kushel say the spending often falls short of providing needed long-term housing and stability

Feb 6, 2024

OHA Releases Hospital Community Benefit Report

Mar 27, 2018

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State Doles Out Millions To Rural Hospitals With Rich Owners

More than half of $50 million is going to hospitals that are owned by large, financially resilient nonprofit hospital systems with substantial investment portfolios and net worths.

Sep 2, 2020
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Marketing material for an AI program that performs some functions of nurses. | SCREENSHOT

As AI advances, Oregon lawmakers seek to specify only humans can be nurses

A narrow bill would be one of the first attempts in Oregon to regulate the rapidly changing technology that some worry could supplant medical professionals

Jan 30, 2025
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Terry Fletchall, CEO and president of Santiam Hospital, is retiring.

Press Release: Terry Fletchall, President & CEO of Santiam Hospital, Retiring After 38 Years

Nov 3, 2020

Providence Portland Medical Center staff prep to work on COVID-19 patients. | PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES

As Available Beds Dwindle, Oregon Hospitals Warn Of Imminent Crisis

Hospitals struggle to handle the rapidly rising flood of people seriously ill with COVID-19, while state officials scramble for ways to increase hospital capacity.

Aug 18, 2021
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