Index to the Winter 2009 edition
Features
- Ballot measures 66 & 67: January election to maintain critical services
- Oregon hospitals take aim on improving surgical outcomes
- The new Oregon Health Authority: What it means to YOU
- Nurses dispense advice to flu sufferers statewide
- Clinic teams learn quality improvement methods
- ICD-10 planning in Oregon shifts to higher gear
Updates
- A new pharmacy benefits manager
- CareOregon expands along Oregon coast
- Help wanted: quality committees
- Satisfaction with Oregon special-needs plans exceeds national average
- Meet our senior manager for Provider Services
- In CareLink
Clinics’ Corner
- Federal grant funds new Central City Concern facility
- Virginia Garcia named one of top 15 nonprofits
- Salem Health starts fund for uninsured and underinsured
- In-home diabetes training for the newly diagnosed
- Outside In grant targets HIV prevention
- Oregon Health Forum folds
- Welcome, new network providers
Events
National news
Statewide news
- More Oregonians seek assistance as recession continues
- Oregon rate of unemployment declines
- Oregon's boost of childhood Medicaid enrollment earns federal bonus
Research
- CT scan radiation varies widely
- Evidence-based medicine: Keeping abreast of the latest research is hard to do
- Look younger, live longer
On the move
- Oregon Public Health’s Adrienne Greene named 2009 Safe Kids USA State Coordinator of the Year
- Darcy M. Edwards named manager of Oregon Health Professionals Program
