What will happen to Cover Oregon after move to federal exchange?
Read about how Cover Oregon will still exist even after move to the federal exchange on November...
Using info graphics to visualize health data
How can visualizations or info graphics of health data, lead to better communication? What are the health literacy implications? Read more...
Medical-Legal partnerships, helping address social determinants of health
Read about medical-legal partnerships that are taking place and helping address social determinants of health. Do you know of any of these happening in...
OpenNotes in Oregon and national OpenNotes psych pilots
The We Can Do Better lead Northwest OpenNotes Consortium was covered in the July Portland Physician Scribe (see page 8). Nationally the OpenNotes leaders in Boston are now opening up therapy notes, read more in this NY Times article. Is this something you would want...
New RWJF Report on First Observations Around the ACA
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has a new report out to track the impacts of health care reform. One of the key findings is that there was not an increase in new patient visits and that there is a widening gap between states who did Medicaid expansion and those who...
Commonwealth looks at ACA impact on uninsured
Check out this new Commonwealth study on the impact the ACA had on the uninsured. 9.5 Million fewer adults are...
Not to late to listen if you missed July 3 Think Out Loud on Medical Malpractice Mediation and Patient Safety
Last Weeks July 3 Think Out Loud is worth a listen. Segments on the new medical malpractice mediation system and on potential changes to hospital fines from Medicare for patient injuries, listen...
Interactive Tool on Commonwealth shows you OR data compared to other states
Try out this new interactive tool to show Oregon benchmarked agains national and other state data on various health...
Oregon’s health insurance CO-OPs looking at year 2
An article in the Statesman Journal covered Oregon's two health insurance CO-OPs (Health Republic and Oregon's Health CO-OP) reflecting on their first year and what is to...
Save the Date Dec 3 & 4-Oregon’s Coordinated Care Model Summit
Please save the date (and notice the new dates,December 3 and 4) for Oregon’s Coordinated Care Model Summit: http://transformationcenter.org/ccm-summit-2014/ The Oregon Health Authority Transformation Center invites you to join coordinated care organizations, health...
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