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Oregon hospitals’ financial performance improved in the second quarter of 2023
Between April and June this year, more than half of Oregon’s hospitals earned more than they spent providing care.

More than 90% of OHSU nurses vote to authorize strike
OHSU nurses last went on strike more than 20 years ago. Time for breaks, personal safety, and unease over a proposed merger with Legacy are among the challenges in negotiations.
Federal report recommends new birth center for Baker County
In the short-term, county residents still need to travel dozens of miles to get maternity care

Video games at OHSU help kids cope during medical treatment
Oregon Health & Science University's Doernbecher Children's Hospital implements video games as a form of therapy for the children who stay at the hospital. Sam Giles LeBlanc runs the Video Game Therapy Program and advocates the power of video games as a tool for recovery.

Baker County looks ahead as St. Alphonsus birth center nears end
Senators and governor tell local hospital, "the community now understands it’s on its own."

PeaceHealth wants to close Eugene’s only hospital
PeaceHealth announced Tuesday that it plans to close its University District Hospital in downtown Eugene and shift most services provided there to its RiverBend campus, located nearly six miles away in Springfield.
Oregon senators ask for 6 month pause on Baker City maternity unit closure
The senators say they'd like to work with the governor and Saint Alphonsus Health System on a solution to the hospital's immediate staffing crisis.

1,800 Providence nurses on strike in Portland and Seaside
Providence confirms it’s pulling part of its offer in response to the strike.
Birthing services set to end at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center will not be delivering babies as of midnight on March 17, though the hospital is still waiting for approval to formally stop providing these services.

Overwhelmed Portland hospitals enter crisis standards of care
Facing a shortage of staff and a surge of critically ill patients, OHSU Health, Providence, Legacy Health and Kaiser Permanente have shifted into crisis standards of care.