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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

Washington County converts quarantine beds into recuperative care haven for homeless population

Ten motel rooms in Hillsboro, Oregon, have been repurposed as a place for unhoused individuals to recover with help from a visiting nurse

Dec 12, 2023

The hospital previously known as Cascade Behavioral Health. | WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

Washington pays $100M fine for neglecting mental health services earlier than expected

The court-ordered fine was for failing to provide mental health services to people in jail

Dec 12, 2023

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Biden wants states to ensure Obamacare plans cover enough doctors and hospitals

The proposal would continue administration efforts to expand coverage and would set additional guardrails on states that choose to run their own ACA marketplaces

Dec 12, 2023

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As alcohol-related deaths rise in Oregon, OHA wants to spark more conversations

The state health authority takes aim at excessive drinking, defined as more than 15 drinks a week for men and 8 drinks a week for women

Dec 12, 2023

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