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Covid weekly report for Dec. 16: Covid hospitalizations flat as hospitals contend with high rates of respiratory illness
In the past week, the Oregon Health Authority reports seven newly identified deaths of local residents with Covid.
Oregon’s addiction care rollout plan puts peers in a precarious position
Without adequate funding for detox facilities for withdrawal management, residential treatment and recovery housing, people inside Oregon's addiction treatment system say the state’s burgeoning peer workforce amounts to a pipeline that often leads nowhere.
Kotek names interim director for the Oregon Health Authority
James Schroeder, CEO of Health Share of Oregon, has 20 years of clinical and executive health care experience.
Covid weekly report for Dec. 9: Cases increase statewide and in Marion County
The Oregon Health Authority reports four newly identified deaths of local residents with Covid in the past week.
Oregon State Hospital faces challenges in push to discharge patients sooner
A federal court order that requires the Oregon State Hospital to discharge patients on tight deadlines sparked concerns in criminal justice system.
Amid respiratory infection surge, Salem Hospital diverts ambulances for first time since July
In an effort to address hospital capacity, Salem Hospital has activated its diversion policy 10 times since Thanksgiving weekend. The policy triggers a temporary pause on receiving patients with non-life threatening injuries from ambulances, who are taken to other hospitals.
Oregon Health Authority bringing in dozens of contract nurses for children’s hospitals
The 112 nurses and respiratory therapists will help Oregon Health & Science University’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and Legacy Health’s Randall Children’s Hospital cope with a surge of patients.
After slow Measure 110 rollout, Salem providers get millions to expand addiction treatment
“We have never seen this kind of funding pour into addictions treatment and support,” said Teri Morgan, the addictions treatment services program manager for Marion County.
Covid weekly report for Dec. 2: Hospitalizations, cases up in Salem area
In the past week, the Oregon Health Authority reports three local deaths of people with Covid.