OHSU leaders and AFSCME representatives continue to work through workplace culture issues at OHSU’s Richmond Clinic. In a statement, Danny Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, says, in part: “Our goal is to completely transform the culture at the Richmond Clinic and rebuild trust between employees and leadership."

On the bargaining process to date, Regina Lagging says: “We are dedicated to bargaining toward our shared goals of a safe, healthy and respectful working environment, which is why we’ve proposed, for example, more equitable process for vacation time, structured opportunities for overtime, and continued underwriting of AFSCME’s hardship fund."

OHSU retirees are among those who receive pensions through the Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS.

OHSU participated in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Match, or STEM, career day at Valley Catholic Middle School.

An interview with Tom Beer, M.D., and a Pathfinder study participant whose cancer was detected through a blood test that screens healthy people for many types of cancer by checking for DNA fragments shed by tumor cells.

News media cover complaints about a phishing exercise sent to OHSU members, which reused an actual phishing e-mail to test employees’ ability to identify scam e-mails. The content of the e-mail caused confusion and concern, and OHSU apologized to members.

Coverage exploring whether recent COVID-19 case increases will lead to a new surge cites OHSU modeling, which predicts a slight increase in hospitalizations over the next two months in Oregon. Peter Graven, Ph.D., says a recent increase isn’t a surprise because more people aren’t wearing face masks in public, but adds vaccination protects against hospitalization.

In response to a study that questioned the usefulness of routine melanoma screening by primary care physicians, an OHSU-penned JAMA Dermatology editorial argues that routine screening saves lives.

Because the pandemic has exacerbated OHSU’s financial challenges, bringing its year-to-date operating loss to $61 million, OHSU leaders are developing a new strategic and disciplined fiscal approach for the coming five years.

Tamara Ostervoss testifies at the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners meeting in favor of a policy change to make it illegal to accept payment for displaying human remains: “It’s incredibly harmful. Our program, for example, we support over 2,000 learners throughout the state of Oregon and these sort of disreputable programs impacts their education, and it really impacts health care outcomes for future generations."