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A citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation waits for her COVID-19 vaccination in this 2021 photo at Colville Tribes Indian Health in Nespelem, Washington. The Indian Health Service has a single doctor for the reservation, serving a population of about 5,000. | COURTESY PHOTO BY TYLER TJOMSLAND / SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

Report lays bare stark disparities in health care outcomes for Native Americans in Washington

Health system performance scorecard shows shorter life spans, higher rates of death before 75 from preventable and treatable causes

Aug 20, 2024

interior of an ambulance shows an empty gurney

A cot and medical supplies fill an ambulance. | PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP/ANNA DEL SAVIO (USED WITH PERMISSION)

Harney County Health District sued for $1 million

Suit claims ambulance did not follow directions from the patient's family, instead using GPS and causing a 2-hour delay

Aug 15, 2024
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Columbia River Gorge planning a $50 million behavioral health campus

Two 16-bed behavioral health residential treatment buildings in the works are intended to get people into treatment and give them the care they need, preventing trips to emergency rooms or jail

Aug 15, 2024

A view of downtown Heppner in Morrow County, Ore. on July 17, 2024. | ANTONIO SIERRA/OPB

Nurses and staff at Oregon’s smallest rural hospital unionize in Morrow County

Workers seek higher staffing levels and more consistent disciplinary policy at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner

Aug 15, 2024

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California bill would require state review of private equity deals in health care

The legislation reinforces state laws that bar nonphysicians from directly employing doctors or directing their activities, which is a primary reason for its support from physicians

Aug 15, 2024

Casey Shively sits in his family home in Cody, Wyoming, last month. In caring for his father with vascular dementia, "it got to the point where we couldn’t do this anymore,” he says. | JESSICA PLANCE/KFF HEALTH NEWS

‘Scared to death’: nurses and residents confront rampant violence in dementia care facilities

Violent altercations between residents in long-term care facilities are alarmingly common

Aug 15, 2024

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OHSU, postdocs avert strike with 11th-hour deal

The union representing the postdocs will drop an unfair labor practices complaint as part of a bargain that promises better wages and benefits

Aug 15, 2024
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New pharmacy union organizes in greater Portland

Pharmacy workers at a Vancouver Walgreens have become the seventh group to file with The Pharmacy Guild, a union formed to address increased pressures on pharmacy workers

Aug 15, 2024
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Sen. Ron Wyden, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, praised negotiations between the Biden administration and drug companies that will result in lower prices for people on Medicare. | PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP/JONATHAN HOUSE (USED WITH PERMISSION)

Oregon Sen. Wyden praises big savings from Medicare negotiations with drug companies

The federal government has announced new, lower drug prices for 10 prescription drugs in Medicare, the subject of first-ever negotiations between the federal government and the drug companies that manufacture them

Aug 15, 2024
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