OHSU in the news

What Effective Managers Can Do to Support Stressed Workers

SAP Insights September 09, 2022
In a story about how effective managers support stressed-out workers, Leslie Hammer, Ph.D., says managers can offer support, reduce unnecessary demands and give employees a sense of control over where, when and how they do their work.

A dispatch from SW Gibbs, where development doesn’t come with sidewalks

Bike Portland September 09, 2022
Bike Portland chronicles the difficulty in navigating city streets surrounding OHSU’s Marquam Hill campus, specifically Southwest Gibbs Street, on foot and on bike. Michael Harrison says, “It is critical that our employees and students have safe ways to bike and walk to campus.”

Portland-area medical device maker crosses major milestone with FDA clearance

Portland Business Journal September 08, 2022
The Portland Business Journal reports that the FDA has approved a clip designed by NeuraMedica Inc., to allow neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons to close tears in the dura mater covering the spinal cord. NeuraMedica is an OHSU spinoff co-founded by former OHSU neurosurgeon Neil Roundy, M.D.

Private equity and health care: More patients, more charges

Medical Research September 08, 2022
Continuing news coverage of new study into effects of private equity in health care. In an interview with Medical Research.com, Jane Zhu, M.D., says, “The U.S. health care system is experiencing growing corporatization. Private equity is but one actor in this context.”
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