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Initiative Petition 44 was filed with the state of Oregon by supporters of the Drug Policy Alliance (a drug legalization effort funded by Open Societies Fund and George Soros) in the summer of 2019. The initiative decriminalizes all drug use and requires the state to make major increases in funding for drug addiction treatment. Oregon […]
Portland Business Journal – July 13, 2019 READ – Universal Health Services wants a new hospital in Oregon – ARCHIVE Two years after Oregon health officials rejected its application to build a controversial 100-bed psychiatric hospital south of Portland, Universal Health Services Inc. is trying again. UHS (NYSE: UHS) earlier this week re-applied with the […]
Oregonian – June 22, 2019 ALL DOCUMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS ARTICLE Data regarding SRTF Denials from KEPRO subsequently reviewed by HSD – 4 2019 Radcliffe DRO KEPRO records request – Fall 2018 Letter from Pat Allen to Sarah Radcliffe of DRO about KEPRO – February 2019 Oregon Performance Plan Semi-Annual Narrative Report – January 2019 […]
More and more we’re thinking of Oregon’s “mental health system” not as a system, but as a puzzle. A system by definition requires sensibility, rationality, purposefulness, planfulness, engagement with constituents, a degree of responsiveness to new information. Today, those qualities are missing from the Oregon Health Authority’s “system.” In addition, the set of services are […]
A new report released June 17, 2019 from Disability Rights Oregon’s Mental Health Rights Project reveals that Portland-area hospitals rely on the police to arrest and remove patients with mental health conditions who are seeking care or have been recently discharged. The report is titled, “The ‘Unwanteds’:Looking for Help Landing in Jail.” READ – “The […]
Directive to continue addressing the statewide Aid & Assist crisis To: Margie Cooper Stanton, Director, Health Systems, Steve Allen, Behavioral Health Director, Health Systems, Dolly Matteucci, Superintendent/Chief Executive Officer, Oregon State Hospital, Derek Wehr, Deputy Superintendent, Oregon State Hospital From: Patrick Allen, Director, Oregon Health Authority Date: June 7, 2019 Subject: Directive to continue addressing […]
From KATU.com, June 5, 2019 Experts in the addiction treatment field hope that help is on the way from the state government to turn around what is considered a “failing grade” when it comes to addiction treatment in Oregon. “I would give Oregon an ‘F’ overall because we have some of the highest rates of […]
This post will contain articles, documents and information about the unionization of Unity Center, Legacy Health’s psychiatric Emergency Service. For more information about Unity, use the search box on this page. Unity Center Nurses Allowed to Hold Union Election Portland Mercury, June 12 2019 Unity Center nurses get go-ahead for union election Portland Business Journal, […]
Communities all over the US and Canada are learning how to replicate Eugene’s CAHOOTS. Here are a set of documents, articles and videos to whet your appetite to know more. CAHOOTS is available by contract to provide technical assistance and training to agencies and governments. Contact Tim Black, CAHOOTS Operations Coordinator at White Bird Clinic, […]
READ – Letter from Disability Rights Oregon to the Patrick Allen & the Oregon Health AuthorityDecember 3, 2018 READ – OHA’s response to DRO’s letter, February 15, 2019 READ – DRO’s response to OHA’s response, February 15, 2019 READ – 2019-0168-Record, February 21, 2019 – which includes, The table below provides counts of persons by […]
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