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Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Feds' threat to decertify state hospital over safety is not the first

Inspectors fault state hospital for adopting bad policies and then not following them, as well as unlocked doors and unsupervised patients. State leadership say they're addressing the issues.

Dec 14, 2023
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Former Oregon governor John Kitzhaber opposes CareOregon merger

Influential health leader says the Oregon nonprofit's absorption by a California Medicare insurer would undermine care for low-income people. Leadership of the two entities say the critics are off-base.

Dec 14, 2023
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Elizabeth Flick, a seamster, inside the clothes store at Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

With a sewing machine and creativity, state hospital seamster helps patients on journey

A seamster at the Salem psychiatric facility gives patients a little more control over something that’s easy to take for granted: how they dress

Dec 14, 2023

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Legacy Health employees are unionizing at blinding speed

More groups of employees across the eight-hospital system are moving to join unions even as their management talks to OHSU about potentially being absorbed

Dec 12, 2023
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A patient room at the OHSU Center for Women's Health | COURTESY OF OHSU

OHSU privatizing fertility services as San Francisco company opens clinic in Portland

OHSU will lay off some employees and 'lease’ physicians to Spring Fertility when the private equity—backed firm opens a new facility in Northwest Portland, potentially meaning a smaller waitlist for would-be parents

Dec 12, 2023
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Biology, anatomy and finance? More med students want business degrees too

As the American health system focuses on maximizing profits, more doctors want to pair their clinical expertise with management skills and financial literacy

Dec 12, 2023

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Millions of people used tainted breathing machines. The FDA failed to use its power to protect them.

The FDA’s complaint-tracking system for medical devices allowed Philips to obscure when it knew about dangerous CPAPs. New reporting shows the regulatory lapses extend to many devices and companies.

Dec 12, 2023

Capt. Lee Eby, commander of the Clackamas County Jail, talks about treating inmates with addiction during a tour of the facility’s medical unit on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. | BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Though many jail inmates have addiction problems, facilities lack treatment services

Rep. Pam Marsh plans to introduce a bill in the 2024 session to provide funding for addiction medication, screenings and more

Dec 12, 2023

Residents participate in a behavioral change meeting at the Blackburn Center in East Portland, Ore., on May 5, 2023. The 80-bed center, operated by Central City Concern, provides housing for people in recovery, along with health care, employment counseling, addiction treatment and other support services. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF / OPB