Senate Bill 167 would give the state health director the right to allow pharmacists to immunize children in a disease outbreak, but Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson was concerned about letting pharmacists inject babies
February 13, 2013 – Doctors and nurse practitioners who provide primary care to patients enrolled in FamilyCare will soon get a little more money for their time in the office.
A similar program recruited 79 healthcare providers to rural Oregon between 1993 and 2008, but was cut in 2009. The new bill could attract as many as 96 providers to underserved parts of the state
The state’s medical marijuana law does not allow the drug to be prescribed for the condition but experts testify that it is effective at treating the disorder’s symptoms
Physicians hope that by talking to patients about their physical activity levels they can get information about barriers, and advocate for changes in the community
