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Mapleton, OR · Health
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PeaceHealth opens outpatient laboratory to speed up results, lower costs
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Speeding up labs and cutting costs for patients is the goal of PeaceHealth's new outpatient lab service, according to the company. On April 29, PeaceHealth opened the lab at its Riverbend Annex facility in Springfield, for bloodwork and testing are performed. Previously, the company had relied...
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White Bird Clinic expands mobile care for Eugene's unhoused
White Bird Clinic, in partnership with Community Supported Shelters, has launched a new weekly mobile healthcare clinic in Eugene to provide onsite medical services for unhoused individuals, aiming to reduce barriers to care and improve health outcomes.
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White Bird launches Tuesday mobile clinic to improve care access for Eugene’s unhoused
EUGENE, Ore. — White Bird Clinic has expanded its Mobile Integrated Care Initiative through a new partnership with Community Supported Shelters, increasing access to community-based healthcare services for individuals experiencing homelessness in Eugene, White Bird said in a media release on Tuesday. The new weekly mobile clinic launched this...
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After Tuesday election defeat, Lane Fire Authority budget warns ambulance area limits
VENETA, Ore. — Lane Fire Authority (LFA) presented its budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year that states they will have to limit their ambulance service area. This is due to the fact they will not have the staff needed for their coverage area in this budget. This meeting comes...
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PeaceHealth executive to leave role
PeaceHealth Oregon’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kim Ruscher, is resigning from her position, effective May 25. In emails obtained by KLCC, Ruscher told PeaceHealth medical staff she will be taking personal leave and does not intend to return to a leadership role at RiverBend medical center in Springfield. Ruscher...
thelundreport.org
Small Doses: State agency all ears on Salem Health, Santiam deal
Editor’s note: Small Doses is a semi-regular column that rounds up news briefs and scuttlebutt related to health care in Oregon and southwest Washington. Have a tip? Send it to [email protected] or send it encrypted using proton.me. State seeks public input on Salem Health, Santiam deal. After an...
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Eugene emergency physicians, PeaceHealth finalize new 3-year contract
Eugene emergency physicians and PeaceHealth have finalized an agreement to continue working together on emergency department physician services in Lane County. Both organizations began working on the new contract right after the court case between EEP and PeaceHealth was settled nearly two weeks ago. The new, three-year contract applies to...
lookouteugene-springfield.com
PeaceHealth top medical officer resigns
Dr. Kim Ruscher, chief medical officer of PeaceHealth Oregon, has resigned from her position. In an internal email, obtained and authenticated by Lookout Eugene-Springfield, Ruscher announced her plans to step down Thursday, May 21. She plans to move into another role, spokesperson Joe Waltasti confirmed. Since 2024, Ruscher has served...
lookouteugene-springfield.com
‘Game changer’: A new mobile medical clinic serves unhoused
White Bird Clinic launched a new mobile medical clinic in partnership with a local homeless services provider on Tuesday, May 19, expanding a street-level model designed to bring health care directly to unhoused patients. The mobile clinic will operate at Community Supported Shelters’ street outreach office on West 11th Avenue...
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Springfield City Councilors weigh pros and cons of possible land annexation for PeaceHealth hospital
A proposed behavioral health facility was on Monday night’s agenda for the Springfield City Council. For just over two hours, councilors heard testimony on plans to annex 18 acres in the North Gateway area and heard roughly 20 people testify for or against the proposal. If approved, PeaceHealth’s Timber...
lookouteugene-springfield.com
Eugene Emergency Physicians drops lawsuit against PeaceHealth, signs 3-year contract
PeaceHealth signed a final agreement with Eugene Emergency Physicians for the local doctors group to continue staffing PeaceHealth’s emergency departments at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield and at Cottage Grove Community Medical Center. The three-year agreement, announced Wednesday, May 20, follows a preliminary deal the parties...
lookouteugene-springfield.com
As Springfield weighs annexation request, regional behavioral health needs hang in the balance
The Springfield City Council Monday, May 18, will hear testimony on an annexation proposal that goes well beyond just adding land to the city limits — it’s an issue that touches on behavioral health, property rights and regional politics. The nearly 18-acre annexation request comes after years of...
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City ‘may apply’ for Talking Waters permit
The Cox Creek Path often takes me past Albany’s Talking Water Gardens, dormant now for the second year in a row. The question is whether this wastewater treatment installation, completed in 2012 at a cost of about $14 million, will ever be used again. The Water Gardens are shut...
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Pacific Sports and Spine expands with Springfield location
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Pacific Sports and Spine opened a surgery center in Springfield with a ribbon cutting and community open house. The new facility is on Beverly Street near Gateway Street. It will focus on treatments and techniques to help people living with acute and chronic pain from sports and spine injuries.