PeaceHealth

In an unprecedented move, the Medical Staff of PeaceHealth Oregon have officially voted no confidence in their hospital leadership.

An emergency meeting of all medical staff was held Wednesday night—where an informal vote of no confidence in PeaceHealth leadership was unanimous.

A locally based group of doctors who staff PeaceHealth’s emergency departments has issued an open letter to the community.

The local, physician-owned group, Eugene Emergency Physicians, has said, “no to Apollo MD.”

PeaceHealth has begun another round of layoffs, affecting skilled caregivers across its hospital system. The staffing reduction is the third such move in the past nine months.

PeaceHealth will end its 35-year contract with Eugene Emergency Physicians and replace the local group with Atlanta-based ApolloMD to staff ERs in Springfield, Florence, and Cottage Grove. Local doctors cite rising wait times and worsening conditions at RiverBend. All 41 EEP providers have signed an agreement refusing to work for ApolloMD after June 30.

For decades, PeaceHealth Oregon has contracted with the local group, Eugene Emergency Physicians, to staff its emergency departments. Come June, that contract will not be renewed. Instead, the hospital system has chosen Atlanta-based ApolloMD as its emergency medicine partner in Springfield, Florence and Cottage Grove.

PeaceHealth announced another round of employee layoffs this week.

PeaceHealth will soon transition a south Eugene clinic from a “walk-in” medical service to a primary care site.

Neighboring landowners hope to block PeaceHealth’s behavioral health hospital and a Lane County mental health crisis center

Over the past few years, pregnant women in the Eugene-Springfield area have seen birthing options dwindle. Maternity health services, including midwifery units, have been shut down. A recent exodus of OB-GYN doctors from Oregon Medical Group has left some expecting moms feeling uncertain about their birth plans.

The land carries a medium-density residential zoning, and could accommodate hundreds of homes.