In a win for OR-ACEP, PPE inventory data will now be publicly available. Check to see where your hospital stands now. The Oregon Health Authority has now published PPE data by hospital facility as recommended by the Workgroup on PPE Guidance for Non-Emergency and Elective Procedures. This data can be found on the fourth tab of … Continue reading Published PPE data is now available by facility online
Oregon Law SB 1606- POLST in regards to persons with significant disabilities
You may have heard of the recently passed (July 7th 2020) Oregon law 1606 which "Prohibits hospital from conditioning admission or treatment, or suggesting that treatment is conditioned, on patient having POLST or executing advance directive or other instruction regarding administration, withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration." In order … Continue reading Oregon Law SB 1606- POLST in regards to persons with significant disabilities
February 2020 SUPER SPEED Session Update
Weekly Legislative Update February 10, 2020 Quote of the Week “I always say it’s just like that TV show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” – just without the vampires and that slaying bit. ” Rep. Dan Rayfield describes what it’s like to co-chair Ways and Means with his Senate colleagues, Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward and Sen. … Continue reading February 2020 SUPER SPEED Session Update