New psychiatric, rehabilitation and long-term care facilities must prove their services are needed, but critics and supporters disagree on the certification system’s effects
Feb 15
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In its early years, GoFundMe funded honeymoon trips, graduation gifts, and church missions to overseas hospitals in need. Now it has become a go-to platform for patients trying to escape medical billing nightmares.
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The agency says the money would allow it to better oversee a new law approved in 2023, but prevention experts say the department should rethink its approach
Patients are waiting longer to get care in the wake of University District hospital’s closure in Eugene, and Rep. Nancy Nathanson wants to fund an ambulance to change that
Feb 13
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Sterling Hanakahi, 73, and Anita Hanakahi, 70, of Tillamook say they were blindsided when Texas-based U.S. Renal Care executives announced they would close their kidney dialysis center in the coastal community Feb. 23. Anita has relied on the center for the past nine years. For her and 10 other local patients, she said, local dialysis treatment is a matter of life and death.
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Already, artificial intelligence’s impact on health care is widespread. Algorithms help schedule patients, determine staffing levels in EDs, and even transcribe and summarize clinical visits to save physicians’ time.
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The Washington State Capitol in Olympia.
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It’s driven in part by Democrats’ interest in protecting abortion access, as well as concerns about preserving affordable care. Republicans say the bill could have unintended consequences.