Health Care

OHSU and Moda agree to option to convert note to equity

November 17, 2015

With a goal of improving the health of Oregonians, Oregon Health & Science University and Moda Health Plan, Inc. have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to create a joint board and provide OHSU an optin to acquire a 25 percent equity position in Moda Health by converting a $50 million surplus note.

OHSU, GE Healthcare team up to explore new frontiers in health care innovation

November 13, 2015

Oregon Health & Science University and Salem Health affiliation officially launches

November 10, 2015

Oregon Health & Science University and Salem Health have finalized an agreement to manage their respective clinical services as an integrated health system. The agreement creates OHSU Partners, a joint management company that will officially become operational on Monday, Nov. 16.

What really makes cancer drug ‘super responders’ exceptional survival stories?

November 09, 2015

Reports of “super responders” – patients who do exceptionally well on a cancer treatment –may be driving unfounded assumptions about the effectiveness of the drugs involved, researchers caution.

OHSU statement regarding its investment in health care transformation

November 06, 2015

$50 million surplus note supports participation in health care exchange

Bay Area Cancer Center first to join OHSU Knight Cancer Network

October 31, 2015

Bay Area Hospital and the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute have agreed to launch the first site of the newly formed OHSU Knight Cancer Network at the Bay Area Cancer Center in Coos Bay, Oregon.

Media’s frequent use of superlative terms to describe new cancer drugs questioned by study

October 29, 2015

While most new cancer drugs afford modest benefits, approved drugs or those in development may be heralded as “game changers” or “breakthroughs” in the lay press

Fall, Halloween safety tips from OHSU Doernbecher and the Oregon Poison Center

October 27, 2015

OHSU releases Mole Mapper ResearchKit app to track potential skin cancers

October 14, 2015

Oregon Health & Science University today released an iPhone app designed to advance melanoma research by giving users the ability to accurately measure and monitor moles, and contribute photos of how their potential trouble spots evolve over time.

Immunovia, OHSU collaborating on early detection test for pancreatic cancer

October 04, 2015

Immunovia AB and the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) formed a collaboration to confirm, validate and commercialize a blood test for the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. The test called IMMray™ PanCan-d analyses a patient’s immune system for early signs of disease. The collaboration will also enable researchers to explore biomarkers for a number of other cancer types.

Doernbecher specialists expand cardiac care, education for youth in American Samoa

Oregon releases plan to reduce the burden of cancer statewide

OHSU-led panel: Exercise is essential for seniors in cancer treatment, who are cancer survivors