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Nov 19, 2024 · The legislatively mandated project will be delayed after state officials last week canceled a contracting process amid undisclosed concerns. They say they'll start a new one immediately.

Governor's personal meeting with top leaders of both sides in the contract impasse marks a new phase in which both sides have paused their public statements to focus on in-person mediation.

2 days ago · Providence is still in mediation with striking nurses at all eight of its hospitals in Oregon, and with hospitalists at St. Vincent Medical Center. The tentative deal only involves two out the 11 bargaining units involved in the strike.

The Lund Report is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, online news source. We exist to provide people in Oregon and southwest Washington with high-quality journalism about health care that promotes awareness and understanding of pressing issues while holding government and industry accountable. Our reporting seeks to reflect and respond to the diverse communities we serve. Readers’ input ...

Jan 14, 2025 · After large drops during the pandemic, life expectancy in the United States should recover to 2019 levels this year nationally and in 26 states — but not as fast as it should compared with similar countries, according to a new study. Bad habits such as junk food, smoking and illicit drug use are preventing longer lifespans even as technology brings major progress in diseases such as cancer ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Last week, the Trump administration cancelled a series of panels that help determine how billions in federal health dollars are spent, including hundreds of millions of dollars a year to Oregon universities, biotech companies and disease-related nonprofits. The meetings, run by the National ...

Aug 2, 2023 · Oregon’s largest hospital strike ever is scheduled to launch Friday at 6 a.m. — despite rhetoric from both sides claiming continued willingness to bargain. More than 4,000 providers, most of them nurses, are expected to walk out across eight Oregon hospitals and several clinics. Previous limited-duration strikes against Providence were intended to give the hospital system an incentive to ...

Dec 31, 2024 · This article has been updated to incorporate additional reporting. In 2024 the dizzying pace of change in health care showed no signs of slowing in Oregon and southwest Washington. The year’s headlines in The Lund Report reflected the continuing rapid transformation of health care, with ripple effects that hit patients, workers, advocates, state policymakers, hospitals, pharmacies, health ...

An advocacy group has asked a federal judge to hold the Oregon Health Authority in contempt over what it calls its lack of urgency to the mounting human toll from the state’s worsening mental health crisis. Lawyers for Disability Rights Oregon filed the motion on Tuesday asking U.S. Judge Adrienne Nelson to bring sizable financial penalties against the health authority while compelling it …