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Cardiac care boost: Asante and Southern Oregon Cardiology team up
MEDFORD, Ore. - Southern Oregon Cardiology and Asante have extended their partnership, enhancing cardiac care in the region. This collaboration has been in place for more than a decade, allowing for significant expansion in cardiac services. Nathan Funk, MD, from Southern Oregon Cardiology, emphasized the importance of Asante’s commitment to...
Ashland Daily Tidings
New Asante Gastroenterology Clinic Opens in Medford as Demand for GI Care Surges Across Southern Oregon
MEDFORD, Ore. — Asante Gastroenterology Clinic opened in Medford yesterday, as the healthcare provider steps up towards long-term sustainability and growth of GI care for patients throughout southern Oregon. Medford Asante Gastroenterology Clinic Now Open. Southern Oregon patients suffering gastrointestinal health issues now have a new clinic. After years...
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Medford welcomes Asante Gastroenterology for better local GI care
MEDFORD, Ore. - Asante Gastroenterology has officially opened its doors in Medford, marking a significant step for gastrointestinal care in southern Oregon. This move follows the acquisition of Gastroenterology Consultants, PC, ensuring long-term growth and sustainability for the region's GI services. The clinic's existing team of three physicians and five...
theashlandchronicle.com
Jackson County Especially Ashland Are in a Health Care Desert
It doesn’t matter if you have money to spend, but there’s nothing to buy, and conversely, it doesn’t matter if there are many things to buy, but you have no money. In both cases, you will have nothing. When it comes to healthcare in rural Oregon, both...
youroregonnews.com
Asante reportedly terminates 9 NICU doctors in Medford; rep denies
Asante disputes claims, says current staffing expected to remain through July as health care system explores options ‘to elevate and expand our neonatology program’. All nine of Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center’s neonatal doctors were reportedly terminated Thursday evening following a mandatory staff meeting at the Medford hospital, an allegation Asante denies.
rv-times.com
Asante reportedly terminates 9 NICU doctors in Medford; rep denies
Asante disputes claims, says current staffing expected to remain until July as health care system explores options ‘to elevate and expand our neonatology program’. All nine of Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center’s neonatal doctors were reportedly terminated Thursday evening following a mandatory staff meeting at the Medford hospital, an allegation denied by Asante.
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thelundreport.org
Nurses say Asante is requiring them to sign away bonus pay before filling shifts
Nurses at Medford’s Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center said a new policy requires them to sign a waiver giving up extra pay before filling holes in the hospital’s staffing schedule. Previously, nurses received bonuses for working a certain number of consecutive days. The Oregon Nurses Association said the...
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Nurses say Asante is requiring them to sign away bonus pay before filling shifts
Nurses at Medford’s Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center said a new policy requires them to sign a waiver giving up extra pay before filling holes in the hospital’s staffing schedule. Previously, nurses received bonuses for working a certain number of consecutive days. The Oregon Nurses Association said the...
ashland.news
Viewpoint: Cutting hospital services is a blow to patient care and quality of life in Ashland
When the only focus those providing health care is the bottom line, the inevitable loser is the patient. On Dec. 4 Asante announced the closure of Ashland Orthopedic Clinic effective March 4, which coincides within days of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Ashland Orthopedic Associates. My decision to...
ashland.news
Letter: A doctor asks Asante to reconsider move to cut services
My name is Diane Engelhardt Williams, a retired pediatrician and native of Ashland. I wrote a letter to Tom Gessel, CEO of Asante, regarding the closure of inpatient admissions at Ashland Hospital. The letter is included here with the hope it might have some influence with the community and possibly the Asante board:
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Nurses union alleges Asante policy causing staffing shortage
Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford temporarily shut down its intermediate care unit twice in December, ONA says; Asante rep calls it ‘unfounded and inaccurate accusations’. The Oregon Nurses Association claims that Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center’s new staffing policy is leaving hospital units short-staffed, putting patients at risk...
ashland.news
Letter: What if Kaiser Permanente could offer health care in Southern Oregon
I appreciated Dr. Diane Williams’ letter in the Dec. 29 Ashland.news regarding the closing of inpatient admissions at Asante Ashland Community Hospital. I am looking forward to moving to the Ashland area in 2026, but I do have some concerns about the health care options that will be available to me after I move. I have been a Kaiser Permanente member for almost 20 years in the Seattle area, and I was surprised to find that Kaiser, so important in both Oregon and California, has no presence in Southern Oregon or in California north of Sacramento.
beckershospitalreview.com
7 recent hospital, health system CEO moves
Hospital and health system CEOs across the U.S. have made several moves recently, including appointments at new organizations and departures. Some executives have remained with their organizations in expanded roles overseeing multiple facilities, as some systems eliminate individual hospital CEO positions in favor of regional leadership models. Meanwhile, CEO turnover...