Tag Archives: Emergency Medical Services

Heat-Related ER Visits Rose in 2023, CDC Study Finds

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OHSU leaders warn crowded emergency room is hurting finances

Hospital leaders plan to present a full plan to address the emergency department overcrowding in June. The leadership at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland is raising the alarm about financial issues related to a significant decline in hospital admissions for patients seeking specialty care and elective surgeries. Those patients have been crowded out […]
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Multnomah County’s Cardiac Arrest Survival Rate Dropped 19% Last Year

County leaders have previously pointed to a high survival rate as an indication that the county’s beleaguered ambulance system isn’t as bad as it looks. New data obtained by WW shows a 19% drop in Multnomah County’s cardiac arrest survival rate last year. That’s a measure of how often people walk out of the hospital […]
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Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much? 

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Are Cannabis Edibles Safer Than Smoking? 

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Change Healthcare hack highlights lack of medical industry’s cybersecurity

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Washington Post story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. There are many reasons medical providers are so vulnerable to hackers. For one, they are willing to […]
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Oregon Legislature adopts bill to modernize state’s EMS system, improve coordination

The Oregon Legislature this week passed the EMS Modernization Act of 2024 (HB 4081), a policy framework more than 20 years in the making that begins to address inefficiencies in Oregon’s emergency medical system, after years of ranking near the bottom in national surveys. Source: Oregon Legislature adopts bill to modernize state’s EMS system, improve […]
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Why hospitals in many states with legal abortion may refuse to perform them 

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Washington Post story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. Laws in 35 states shield hospitals from liability for refusing to provide abortion care due to religious […]
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How the closure of Eugene’s only hospital is impacting emergency services – OPB’s Think Out Loud

We’ll hear about how the closure has impacted emergency services in the city, as well as a possible legislative solution to some of those issues. It’s been just over three months since the only hospital in Eugene closed, leaving Oregon’s second-largest city without a dedicated emergency department. PeaceHealth announced the closure of its University District […]
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Opinion | My emergency patients wait hours — or days — for a hospital bed

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Washington Post story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. Boarding patients in emergency departments has created a national crisis. A solution is clear, but it would […]
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