After 2 years of Covid, telehealth is here to stay, Portland providers say

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
At The Oregon Clinic, telehealth now accounts for 10% of all visits. “Pre-pandemic, we were not doing any virtual visits,” said Tom Sanchez, the Oregon Clinic’s CEO. “We launched telehealth…

Exhausted health care workers call Delta surge ‘hardest time’ of the pandemic

Tuesday, August 31, 2021
At Providence Portland Medical Center, doctors and nurses struggle to keep an ICU full of mostly unvaccinated COVID patients from becoming overwhelmed. Watch this video collaboration between Providence Portland and…

IBD and COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots: What You Need to Know

Thursday, August 19, 2021
We understand our patients who are taking immune-suppressing medicines have questions about the COVID vaccine and if they should get a booster shot. We encourage everyone to get vaccinated against…

Liver Disease and the COVID-19 Vaccine

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Can the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine cause COVID-19 infection? The COVID-19 vaccines currently available, Moderna and Pfizer, are not live vaccines. Therefore, they cannot cause a COVID-19 infection in the recipient.…

4 Portland health systems gear up for mass vaccination clinic at Convention Center

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Source: 4 Portland health systems gear up for mass vaccination clinic at Convention Center

Independent clinics cry out for faster inclusion in vaccine distribution in Oregon

Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Source: Independent clinics cry out for faster inclusion in vaccine distribution in Oregon

Identifying COVID GI Symptoms with Dr. Reddy

Friday, December 4, 2020
Dr. Swapna Reddy speaks with two local news stations about the gastrointestinal symptoms of COVID. Dr. Reddy is a gastroenterologist at our Gastroenterology South clinic.  Source: Here’s what to look out…

Dr. Hotchkin on Treating COVID-19 Patients

Friday, November 20, 2020
Dr. David Hotchkin, a pulmonary and critical care physician at The Oregon Clinic, describes his experience with treating COVID-19 patients. He and his colleagues are seeing younger and sicker patients…

Physician Discusses Alarming Number of Active People in ER With COVID

Friday, November 20, 2020
Source: Alarming number of active people in ER with COVID

Dr. Hotchkin Describes Experience Treating COVID-19 Patients

Thursday, November 19, 2020
Source: ‘We see individuals who are otherwise healthy, literally dying’: Oregon doctor shares experiences of treating COVID-19