In a post on Blackbox Healthcare Solutions, Liz Stevenson, J.D., M.P.H., writes about Oregon’s fragmented behavioral health system and how it fails to connect people with the care they need before they fall into crisis. She writes, “Through the Oregon Behavioral Health Coordination Center, we want to show the caregivers a simplified roadmap on how to connect patients to the help they need."

KTVL (Medford) covers efforts underway to reduce gaps in Oregon’s addiction treatment system and decrease the number of overdose deaths. Todd Korthuis, M.D., says, “The fentanyl overdose epidemic is one of the most substantial public health challenges we’ve encountered, and it’s going to require every tool in the toolbox.”

OHSU medical student Maisie Bailey cites a growing body of research linking gas appliances to health impacts in an op-ed published by Eugene Weekly.

HealthDay News covers a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine led by Darren Malinoski, M.D., that finds therapeutic hypothermia is inferior to machine perfusion of the kidneys for reducing delayed graft function after transplantation.

The Lund Report covers state rule change pertaining to public notice for crisis standards of care, including at OHSU.

Larry Sherman, Ph.D., joined violinist Tomás Cotik in a live concert for All Classical Portland.

The Portland Business Journal reports that Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles is pausing medical oncology services, noting that it’s in discussions with the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute to reintroduce services in the future.

Despite planning for a break-even budget this fiscal year, Lawrence Furnstahl reports OHSU’s financial performance is improving, as its year-to-date operating income is $58 million above the budget: “I am extremely proud of the work so many at OHSU have done over the last year to ensure OHSU is moving forward together toward a better and more sustainable future.”

A patient being treated at OHSU for neuroendocrine tumors shares his experience with the Let’s Win Pancreatic Cancer blog. He says: “The most important part of my story is that I do not and will not ever consider myself a ‘cancer patient.’ I refer to myself as ‘Burt who happens to have cancer.’”

Medscape covers public awareness campaign critical of OHSU’s use of live pigs in surgical training.