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Nursing Program Gives Immigrants Path Out of Poverty
Friday, May 08, 2009
Many American hospitals encourage patients to fill out a comment card about the service they received. Iryna Zhgya gets a lot of these comments. She keeps them in a binder at her home and enjoys looking through it, reminiscing.
She pulls out a comment card from one especially difficult patient and reads, “Iryna is an excellent RN, and she knows how to be firm but yet gentle.”
Zhgya learned those skills back in Ukraine.
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Meeting our health care challenge
Friday, April 10, 2009
Today more than ever, we need a strong and efficient health care system. Nothing is more important that the health and welfare of our citizens, especially the most vulnerable. But Oregon’s health care system is not effective or sustainable. The serious nursing shortage combined with the rise of for-profit health care has affected how well we can care for our patients.
The cost of health insurance premiums has increased dramatically over the past decade. We must find a way to improve access to affordable health care coverage. Especially in the current economic crisis, Oregon must invest in the state’s health care system to provide services that promote preventive and preliminary care.
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50 Jobs, 50 States In A Year? 1 Man Gives It A Try
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
.... Minn., Seddiqui’s fifth stop. The company makes medical devices, such as those used in spinal ... every job but he buys his own health insurance. He has no dental insurance, and ... flood-zone mapper at Ulteig Engineering in Fargo. Oklahoma: Roustabout at A&T Roustabouts in Ringwood. Oregon: ...
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State hospitals face $400 million shortfall
Friday, February 20, 2009
From Staff Reports
According to a recent press release from the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, a recently completed financial analysis determined that Oregon hospitals will face almost $400 million in losses over the next two years under Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s 2009-11 budget proposal.
His recommended budget proposes a new, 4 percent tax on hospital services, with the tax revenue and corresponding federal match being used to cover all of the costs of providing insurance coverage through the Oregon Health Plan to 100,000 adults.
At the same time, the governor proposes to reduce Medicaid payments to Oregon hospitals by almost 10 percent. The study was conducted for the Public Policy Committee of the hospitals association, by Health Management Associates, an independent national research and consulting firm specializing in complex health care program and policy issues.
Health Management’s analysis found Oregon’s 25 largest hospitals will lose more than $200 million annually under the proposed tax, coupled with reduced Medicaid payments.
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Flu shots to be given for free in B.G.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
BATTLE GROUND — Free flu vaccinations will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday in Battle Ground.
The session will be at the Center Point Building, 11117 N.E. 189th St., suite B6.
The flu vaccination opportunity comes through a partnership between the Oregon Food Bank and Get A Flu Shot.com, an immunization provider that serves hundreds of locations in Washington and Oregon every year.
A person must be at least 12 years old to get a flu shot.
The vaccinations will be administered by a licensed nurse.
Other vaccination sessions will be offered in Portland locations affiliated with the Oregon Food Bank Network.
All the sites will welcome donations of food or cash.
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Climber killed on Mt. Hood was a nurse, adventurer
Saturday, January 31, 2009
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore.—A female climber was killed and her husband made it down to safety Wednesday after the two were struck by falling ice while climbing Mt. Hood.
Friends and family said the couple was always doing something outdoors and they loved being active.
Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jim Strovink said the two were climbing in the area of the Hogsback and the Pearly Gates when they were hit by “boulder-sized” chunks of ice.
They were identified at 33-year-old Thad Stavn and 31-year-old Brooke Colvin, both from Portland. They were at about 10,000 feet on the 11,239-foot mountain when the accident occurred, Strovink said.
Strovink said Stavn saw his wife hit by falling ice and thrown down the mountain. Strovink said Stavn was able to get to her, but she died instantly. Rescuers were trying to recover the body.
An Oregon Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was originally called to airlift the pair off the mountain, authorities said, but was grounded after one climber was reported dead.
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S. Oregon schools face serious nurse shortage
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
MEDFORD, Ore.—Oregon ranks 49th out of 50 when it comes to the ratio of school nurses to students, according to statistics compiled by the National Association of School Nurses.
The issue has been brought before Congress, and it’s raising concern among educators and parents.
Across Southern Oregon, school secretaries are filling the void left by a lack of school nurse, and the problem has been magnified by budget cuts brought on by the recession.
The federal government recommends one nurse for every 750 students. Medford averages one nurse for every 6,000. The majority of other Oregon school districts have similar numbers.
School health advocates say that can cause things to go undiagnosed, like a need for glasses or abuse at home.
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Lifesavers from the sky
Thursday, January 15, 2009
.... unit, in collaboration with reservist units from Arizona and Oregon, has saved 313 soldiers in ... been called to support the U.S. Army medical evacuation operation on 1,181 missions. Officials say ...
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Insurers Expand Primary Care: an Argument for Obama’s Plan
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Imagine appointments with your primary care doctor that last 30 minutes, or longer. What if you could e-mail her when you need a prescription refill? If you have a two-minute question, she encourages you to call; she or a nurse practitioner will come to the phone. If they are busy, they will return your call within a few hours.
A recent story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer offers hope for primary care by focusing on an innovative program at Group Health Cooperative, a nonprofit health care system headquartered in the state of Washington. Under the new program, patients see their doctors less often, but when they do, it is a meaningful encounter. And in between appointments, doctors are paid to communicate with patients in other ways.
A multi-specialty integrated health care system, Group Health, like Kaiser Permanente, provides both healthcare and insurance. Group Health’s doctors work on salary, so there are no financial incentives to “do more.” And because Group Health is both the insurer and the caregiver, the payer and the health care provider are not adversaries: they are on the same team.
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Local midwife offers hospital alternative for pregnant women
Monday, January 05, 2009
Lennon Clark loves babies. So much so that she has helped deliver more than 70.
“This is not just a 9-to-5 job, but I love it,” said Clark, a certified Professional Midwife and an Oregon Direct-Entry Licensed Midwife, who serves Salem and surrounding communities.
Clark first became curious about midwifery when her sister-in-law gave birth in a hospital setting with help from a nurse-midwife. Her interest piqued, she pursued her role as a certified homebirth midwife after researching all the options available.
“Like many Americans, I grew up believing that midwives were a thing of the past, only present in our history books,” said Clark. “But I had an instinctive sense that birth was never something that belonged in a hospital.”
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