From The Lund Report, November 15, 2010 A statewide commission will urge legislators to create a drug czar to oversee drug and alcohol addiction programs Healthcare costs associated with alcohol and drug abuse amounted to $3.2 billion during 2006 in Oregon – while 70 percent of people who were incarcerated had a substance abuse problem. […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, September 28, 2010 Deal saves lawsuit costs; mental-health advocates critical A doctor at the Oregon State Hospital who claimed he was forced to resign after an investigation into a patient death returned to work Monday at the Salem psychiatric facility. Dr. Michael Robinson has resumed patient care duties under terms […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, August 12, 2010 Governor, DHS director reject legislator’s appeal to cancel days for front-line hospital staffers A state legislator has called for Gov. Ted Kulongoski to cancel furlough days for workers on the front lines of patient care at the Oregon State Hospital. But Kulongoski and Human Services Director Bruce […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, July 23, 2010 The three candidates who interviewed this week for the top leadership job at the Oregon State Hospital oversee state-run psychiatric hospitals in New Jersey, Alaska and Arizona, the Statesman Journal learned today. The candidates are: Gregory Roberts, assistant director for the Office of State Hospital Management in […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, July 22, 2010 Three administrators of state psychiatric hospitals outside Oregon came to Salem this week to tour Oregon State Hospital and interview for the top job at the 127-year-old mental institution. Now, two state officials — Human Services Director Bruce Goldberg and Addictions and Mental Health Division Director Richard […]
From the Eugene Register-Guard, June 26, 2010 The proposed facility in Junction City faces declining support from lawmakers who are worried about the cost Opponents of a proposed psychiatric hospital in Junction City are gaining traction in their push to scrap it, because of a flagging state budget outlook that calls into question Oregon’s ability […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, June 26, 2010 $175,000 contract aims to help improve mental health care The state has hired a Pennsylvania-based firm to conduct a $175,000 “quality and compliance” review aimed at improving patient care at Oregon State Hospital. Liberty Healthcare’s looming review of the Salem psychiatric facility follows a series of investigations […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 9, 2010 Anna Richter Taylor is wrong – mental health services are NOT a priority for Governor Ted Kulongoski. Under his watch and with his approval, state legislators mis-directed the future of funding for desperately needed outpatient services to unneeded and unwanted hospitals. This misdirection satisfies public employee unions […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 9, 2010 A shakeup is continuing at the Oregon State Hospital in the wake of a state investigation that found the hospital neglected a patient who died at the Salem psychiatric facility last fall. Dr. Michael Robinson, a psychiatrist who oversaw the treatment of Moises Perez on hospital Ward […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 10 2009 Writer of controversial report secures five-month consultant contract in eastern Europe The author of a critical report about the Oregon State Hospital said Friday that he plans to step down from his latest state-paid consulting job to take new work in eastern Europe. Thursday will be the […]
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