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MultCo opens severe weather shelters ahead of potential snowfall
2+ day, 20+ hour ago —...Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson will declare a state... ...The Joint Office of Homeless Services has also activate its enhanced...

Providence reaches tentative deal with some striking doctors and nurses
1+ week, 3+ day ago —...Charlie Saltalamacchia, who works at a Providence Women’s Clinic.... ...Vincent Medical Center. ...

Judge overseeing state hospital case demands answers as contempt order looms
2+ week, 1+ day ago —...crimes — even murder.... ...failing to adequately treat people with mental illness, a federal judge... ...Lawyers representing the Oregon Health Authority conceded in a brief... ...and Junction City....

Provider taxes, staffing shortages and mental health will be top priorities for lawmakers in 2025
2+ week, 2+ day ago —...Cyrus Javadi, a Tillamook Republican and vice-chair of the House... ...Health Authority. ... ...Senate President Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, said during the press... ...But Senate Minority Leader Daniel Bonham, R-The Dalles, pushed back...

States consider high costs, possible savings of covering weight-loss drugs for their workers
2+ week, 23+ hour ago —...Russell Wooten of Hendersonville, North Carolina, has spent much... ...in Buies Creek, North Carolina, saw many patients on the employee... ...The North Carolina State Health Plan, which covers nearly 750,000... ...Laura Davisson, director of the Medical Weight Management program...

Dogs paired with providers at hospitals help ease staff and patient stress
2+ week, 3+ day ago —...That includes Peppi’s handler, Susan Ryan, an emergency medicine... ...physician at Rose.... ...confirmed to KFF Health News and NPR.... ...KFF Health News....

Junk food turns public villain as power shifts in Washington
2+ week, 3+ day ago —...Nestle, Coca-Cola, and Kraft Heinz didn’t return emails seeking comment... ...of California-San Francisco.... ...The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held... ...Katz, a doctor who founded True Health Initiative, a nonprofit group...

Three health care companies increased costs excessively, Oregon warns
2+ week, 1+ day ago —...Clare Pierce-Wrobel, the newly hired director of the agency’s Health... ...The warnings issued by the Oregon Health Authority are the first... ...“Some increases are understandable,” Pierce-Wrobel said.... ...patients with particularly costly conditions, according to Sarah Bartelmann...

Former staff at Spokane youth psychiatric unit blame Providence for closure
2+ week, 3+ day ago —...Early last year, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane... ...Susan Stacey, CEO of Sacred Heart, downplayed the role of finances... ...Jessica Turley went to Inland Northwest Behavioral Health for help... ...When Sacred Heart leaders applied for the Department of Commerce...

Providence, nurses ready to resume contract talks as strike continues
3+ week, 3+ day ago —..., a spokesperson for the Oregon Nurses Association, in an interview... ...Five days after the Oregon Nurses Association launched the largest... ...Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, however, say they... ...“We never left the bargaining table,” said Myrna Jensen, a spokesperson...