Health Care Capacity

Last week, the Senate Committee on Health Care held a hearing on health care capacity in Oregon. We heard from all sectors of health care from the hospitals to long term care to mental health and our emergency responders and it's clear that between a staffing crisis and the pandemic, our health care system as a whole needs support. If you are interested in watching this informational hearing, you can do so here: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021I1/Committees/SHC/2022-09-22-08-30/Agenda

The Lund Report also wrote a comprehensive overview of hospital capacity issues recently and you can read that article here: https://www.thelundreport.org/content/lack-staff-hospitals-leads-patient-deaths-health-officials-say?mc_cid=8c20b8d4a9&mc_eid=8e2bc41d94