Scrubs and leathers are interchangeable for family nurse practitioner

Health care can be a huge challenge for residents of rural Southern Oregon, where clinics and doctors can be miles from home. When you have income and health challenges too, and transportation is sporadic at best, getting health care can be beyond reach.

But that is where family nurse practitioner Kelly Clayton has found a niche. She practices not in a bricks-and-mortar clinic, but in her patients' homes, traveling by car or, when weather and road conditions permit, by Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

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Keen Healthcare

Exceeding limitations is expected for Portland-based DME innovator

Vail Horton is not one to let anyone tell him that he can't do something. Even if that advice is well-reasoned, sound and, under most circumstances, true.

That can-do attitude has stood the 33-year-old CEO well in his life. And it'sat the heart of the company he founded to help himself and others overcome obstacles.

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Casting Call

CareOregon members tell health care story on video

CareOregon is working on a video project to share Oregonians’ views about the role health care plays in their lives. We’re capturing on video the stories of people who either have the Oregon Health Plan or are uninsured.

We'd like to tell more stories. We'd like your help identifying good subjects for this project.

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Advisory Group

Member Advisory Council takes shape

Since last summer, a team of CareOregon members have been working with CareOregon staff to set up a Member Advisory Council. This council of volunteers will give members a way to help CareOregon improve service and communication.

We are looking for others to join the six members now active on the MAC.

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