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Nurses and other health care workers along with their supporters took to the picket lines outside Providence Portland Medical Center on Monday as the state’s largest nurses union called a five-day strike. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Nurses union brandishes new clout in Providence contract showdown

The Oregon Nurses Association says Providence Health is focused on profits over patients, while the health system maintains the union is all about power. The union is vowing that its growing numbers will yield a better deal after members go on strike at eight Oregon hospitals on Jan. 10.
Dec 30, 2024
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The Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace is a state portal that connects individuals to health insurance and potential federal subsidies to help pay for it. | HEALTHCARE.OREGON.GOV/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon insurance website project was halted over bidder-consultant connection, records show

A high-profile, legislatively-mandated Oregon health insurance website contracting process was scrapped after an Oregon Health Authority consultant evaluating bids was linked to one of the bidders. Now state officials are trying to get things back on track.
Dec 19, 2024
OHSU's South Waterfront
A view of OHSU's South Waterfront campus in September 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Health care community divided on OHSU-Legacy merger as opposition grows

As comments pour in to the state's merger review team, current and former employees and providers, as well as patients, are making their views known — providing a cross-section of opinion, though so far opposition appears to outstrip support
Dec 5, 2024
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Q&A: Star researcher Brian Druker says OHSU has lost its way

Dr. Druker, who pioneered the development of the life-saving leukemia drug Gleevec, says he's concerned that rapid growth and financial pressures have sapped Oregon Health & Science University's ability to pioneer cutting-edge, life-saving therapies.
Dec 3, 2024
Oregon Health & Science University | MICHAEL MCDERMOTT/OHSU

OHSU launches gene-editing trial to address heart problem

Ken Hawkins, 77, may have received an experimental drug on Oct. 31, or a placebo. Either way, he's the first Oregon participant in a first-ever trial of a gene-editing infusion added to the bloodstream to stop the worsening of a potentially fatal heart condition.
Nov 21, 2024
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OHSU's South Waterfront
A view of OHSU's South Waterfront campus in September 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Kitzhaber sounds alarm over proposed takeover of Legacy Health by OHSU

State leaders should explore bailout of financially distressed Legacy unless Oregon Health & Science University can make clear case for merger — which it has not done yet, according to influential former governor
Nov 7, 2024
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