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LifeWorks NW named Outstanding Community Partner by Community Action

  May 20, 2013 – LifeWorks NW has been named “Outstanding Community Partner” by Community Action of Washington County at their “Celebration of Spirit” annual awards banquet and gala benefit.  Read More >>

Families Bond with Fragile Newborns Via Webcam

Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel is Oregon’s first hospital providing parents with the technology to watch their babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
  May 24, 2013 – At nearly 36 weeks of pregnancy, Christine and Will Knight of Fairbanks, Alaska found out their daughter Kaleigh had a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), which occurs when a baby’s diaphragm doesn’t fully form. In Kaleigh’s case her stomach was above her diaphragm and her heart was pushed over.
 
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Health Share of Oregon to Launch New Provider Portal for Eligibility Management

  May 24, 2013 – Beginning this June, Health Share of Oregon, a coordinated care organization serving the Tri-County area, will launch a new provider portal for checking theeligibility status of Oregon Health Plan members assigned to Health Share. Developed bySalem-based Performance Health Technology (PH Tech), the new portal will allow both physical and behavioral health providers to access patient eligibility, determine health plan assignments and find primary care provider information for all of Health Share’s partners in one location.   
 
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Portland Physicians Group and NCQA Launch Specialists’ Recognition Program

The Portland InterHospital Physicians Association’s new pilot takes the Patient-Centered Primary Care Home to the next level; Portland’s Compass Oncology is the first multi-site clinic in the United States to qualify for the program
May 22, 2013 – The Portland InterHospital Physicians Association (Portland IPA),http://www.portlandipa.com/, Oregon’s largest physician group comprising more than 2,300 primary care and specialty physicians, has launched in Oregon the new recognition program for specialists who work with primary care medical home practices. Read More >>

Oregon Bio Nabs $67,000 Grant For Job Creation and Workforce Development

Oregon Bio’s ‘just-in-time’ training model implements targeted and technical skill expertise from more than 20 professional industry instructors
  May 22, 2013— Oregon Bioscience Association is the recipient of a unique grant from Worksystems Inc., that will help fund a Portland-area effort to train 260 local incumbent employees who qualify in the H1-B visa targeted employment classifications.   Read More >>

New Report Documents a Decade of Safety Violations by Compounding Pharmacies

  WHAT: OSPIRG just released a new report, “Prescription for Danger,” documenting the long history of blatant safety violations by compounding pharmacies. These pharmacies are where medicines are altered to fit particular needs of patients, but increasingly they are behaving like pharmaceutical manufacturers and producing drugs in high volume and they are not subject to the same level of oversight and scrutiny as pharmaceutical companies. The compounding pharmacy industry made headlines last fall when contaminated drugs produced by the New England Compounding Center caused a nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis that killed 55 people and made more than 700 sick. The report will include specific examples of when compounding pharmacy negligence has harmed or killed consumers.
 
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Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network Seeks Executive Director

  May 22, 2013 – The Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network (MVBCN) is seeking qualified candidates who will be able to apply a high level of creative thinking and collaborative leadership to guide MVBCN’s participation in Oregon’s continuing health care transformation as the agency’s Executive Director.
 
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NCNM Launches Traditional Roots Institute

New Organization Will Focus on Community Herbal Education
May 21, 2013 — The National College of Natural Medicine today announced the launch of its newest community-education initiative, the Traditional Roots Institute. The organization’s mission is to raise awareness and forge a deeper understanding of the healing power of botanical medicine. The new herbal institute will offer a wide range of lectures, workshops, herb walks and conferences to appeal to the interests of both healthcare professionals who want to expand their understanding of herbal therapies, and the general public who want to deepen their understanding of plants and botanical medicine. Read More >>

Breakup of Physician, Drug Company Relationship Could Improve Health Care, Cut Cost

  May 21, 2013 – A new report suggests that improved health care and significant reductions in drug costs might be attained by breaking up the age-old relationship between physicians and drug company representatives who promote the newest, more costly and often unnecessary prescription drugs. 
 
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Redmond Medical Staff donates $10K to Nurse Family Partnership

  May 20, 2013 — The Redmond Medical Staff is donating $10,000 to Deschutes County Health Services’ Nurse Family Partnership, a program that introduces vulnerable first-time parents to caring maternal and child health nurses in Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties.
 
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