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A California company is using AI to help diagnose homeless Californians. The technology promises better access to health care, but it also raises questions.
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OHSU President, Dr. Shereef Elnahal, said he is committed to meeting the challenge of increasing investments needed to improve the health innovation economy and talent workforce in southern Oregon.
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Ashland Community Hospital will transition from a general hospital to a satellite campus this spring.
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YouthLine is a peer-to-peer help, support and crisis line serving youth ages 10-24 across the United States since 2000. Headquartered in Oregon, YouthLine serves youth all across the nation. Pan Hamsa is the Outreach Coordinator for southern Oregon.
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Newsom has already vowed to tank a proposed ballot initiative that would impose a 5% wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to bolster Medi-Cal. Progressive lawmakers and their allies in labor and health seem hopeful that Newsom could support a different long-shot funding idea.
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Louisiana pushed Tuesday to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills, setting up a likely test of laws designed to protect telehealth providers who ship abortion pills nationwide.
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Host Andra Hollenbeck speaks with Heather Siewell of Youth Stabilization Services at Jackson County Mental Health about the challenges local youth face and how crisis intervention teams are supporting them.
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The change in pay policy comes amid complaints of staff shortages.
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Oregon is joining cities, unions, and states across the country that have filed lawsuits alleging pharmacy benefit mangers and pharmaceutical companies intentionally drove up the price of insulin and diabetes drugs.
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Access and payment to receive vaccines will remain the same.
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In vitro fertilization costs thousands of dollars and is often too expensive for many people struggling to conceive. A new law aims to help change that.
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Despite state vaccine requirements, many southwest Oregon counties and schools aren’t reaching immunization levels needed for herd immunity.
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State officials said they were pleased with the award, which comes as Oregon braces for billions in Medicaid cuts over the coming decade.
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San Mateo, California adopted a new approach to mental health 911 calls by pairing police with mental health clinicians. Researchers found that it reduced the number of future mental health emergency calls and involuntary psychiatric holds by roughly 17%.