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September 24, 2012 -- Mold, lead paint dust, rodent infestations and inadequately placed smoke detectors can all adversely affect one's health. And for tenants whose landlords don't quickly respond to and fix those problems, the stress of a difficult, unsafe living situation only makes matters worse.

Sept. 24, 2014 -- Technology-based information sharing and data gathering will be key tools for Oregon’s newly minted coordinated care organizations (CCOs) as they work to improve the health of the state’s vulnerable population while reducing costs. Anticipating the challenges of information sharing, representatives of the partners who make up Health Share Oregon—Portland area’s largest CCO—formed a technology committee that meets several times a month to discuss the road ahead.

Reprinted courtesy of the Corvallis Gazette-Times Sept. 23, 2012 -- This ain’t your father’s Good Sam. In fact, Dad might not even recognize today’s Samaritan Health Services. The Corvallis-based nonprofit health system that grew out of Good Samaritan Hospital now presides over a three-county network with more than 5,000 employees in five hospitals, dozens of clinics and a senior care facility.

September 21, 2012 -- The job description for Portland, Oregon’s next mayor is clearly economic development, at least that’s where the current two mayoral candidates, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith, agree. The candidates also agree in prioritizing access to capital and incentives to grow investments in the sector. However, they differ in how to make that happen.

September 21, 2012 – Sen. Gordon and Sharon Smith will present former Oregon State Sen. Avel Gordly and Lines for Life CEO Judy Cushing with the Gordon and Sharon Smith New Freedom Award at a dinner to be held at the Portland Downtown Waterfront Marriott on October 9. “NAMI Oregon is proud to honor these two individuals who have made such an impact in mental health advocacy and suicide prevention,” said Chris Bouneff, executive director of NAMI Oregon. “They are very deserving of the Gordon and Sharon Smith New Freedom Award.”