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A new report found continued staffing shortages and IT issues at the Roseburg VA Medical Center.
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Oregon schools report nonmedical vaccination exemptions for kindergarteners have reached a record high.
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The Oregon Health Authority has launched a website where residents and non-residents can get information about abortion services and individual rights.
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PeaceHealth has received the green light from the Oregon Health Authority to construct a 67,000 square foot rehabilitation hospital in Springfield. The facility will include the region’s first brain injury unit.
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On this edition of Oregon on the Record, you’ll hear from a local professional counselor, Alison Canino, Executive Director of South Lane Mental Health, about the mental health challenge of loneliness in our community. Additionally, we talk with Robert Illig, a local entrepreneur who created an app to help move people away from their devices toward real and meaningful in-person connections.
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New research shows that over half of California’s rural hospitals are losing money. 44% of rural hospitals in Oregon have a similar status.
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Oregon is set to participate in a new federal summer food program that could benefit nearly 300,000 kids across the state.
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The Mobile Crisis Intervention Team will be able to work with residents throughout the county and assist in a crisis situation.
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Lane County will soon launch a mobile crisis response program to serve far-flung, rural communities often referred to as “mental health care deserts.”
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The Corvallis Clinic says an imminent financial crisis justifies the state expediting the normal merger review process. The clinic refused to comment if its crisis is related to payment disruptions from the Optum cyberattack.
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A new study by University of Oregon researchers found environmental and public health agencies could be more proactive about warning people about smoky air from wildfires.
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On this edition of Oregon On The Record, listeners hear from Alexander Lavake, the coordinator of Lane County’s Fentanyl awareness program and how they hope to educate the public about the dangers of this drug, promote life-saving overdose prevention and promote a community-wide collaboration.