PeaceHealth

PeaceHealth Oregon’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kim Ruscher, is resigning from her position, effective May 25.

Eugene Emergency Physicians and PeaceHealth have finalized an agreement to continue working together on emergency department physician services in Lane County.

A proposed behavioral health facility was on Monday night’s agenda for the Springfield City Council. For just over two hours, councilors heard testimony on plans to annex 18 acres in the North Gateway area.

PeaceHealth announced Thursday that Dr. Jim McGovern is no longer serving as chief executive for the Oregon region, effective immediately.

A timeline of events related to PeaceHealth's attempt to replace a locally-based group of emergency room doctors with an out of state staffing firm.

The announcement came amid a trial over the health company's plans to shift staffing of three Lane County emergency departments to a Georgia-based staffing firm.

PeaceHealth’s plan to transition its emergency department staffing hit a potential snag Monday after a federal judge said ApolloMD officials were dishonest under oath.

Wednesday was the third day of testimony in U.S. District Court over PeaceHealth’s plans to transition emergency staffing from Eugene Emergency Physicians to one created by Georgia-based ApolloMD. During testimony from the defense, there were some tensions in the courtroom.

The trial involving a lawsuit filed by Eugene Emergency Physicians against PeaceHealth Oregon and ApolloMD is underway in Eugene federal court. It seeks to halt contract changes the hospital systems plans for three PeaceHealth Emergency Rooms in Lane County.

Local nurses have delivered a petition to the PeaceHealth Board of Directors, signed by more than 6,800 supporters of Eugene Emergency Physicians.

PeaceHealth Oregon’s top executive, who was placed on administrative leave last week, has now been ordered by a federal judge to testify in a lawsuit against the hospital system.

PeaceHealth Oregon’s top executive- Jim McGovern- has been placed on leave. It follows allegations he violated the scope of his administrative license and attempted to dictate patient care that went against providers’ clinical judgment.