SPOTLIGHT

In January, Homeless Connect Portland helped 900 homeless people get much needed services for a day; OHSU provided medical services to the event. Read about it in this article from Central City Concern's newsletter.

Rethinking Health Care: An Opening Discussion: "As the expense of health care and valuable interventions increase, we need to design a more efficient and effective health care system. If we proceed on our present course experts tell us that the debt for health care will balloon beyond our wildest nightmares," writes OHSU physician Marvin W. Harrison published in Open Spaces Magazine, 2005.

Lessons from Oregon: Changing the Way Health Care Works: "Another presidential election is in the past. Another Oregon legislative session is over. It is that time in the cycle of our country's policy and political life to take stock. Is this really the best that we can do - the best we can expect? For those of us fortunate enough to have been involved in trying to change health care, it is both a frustrating and exciting time; frustrating because we can see how far short our previous efforts have come and exciting because of the potential that previous efforts have shown," writes John Santa, M.D., M.P.H., OHSU adjunct associate professor of public and preventative medicine, published in Open Spaces Magazine, winter 2006.