Attention! The Oregon Health Fund Board (OHFB) bus is pulling into the station.
Should we climb on board?
It’s not the bus we were expecting. It’s not the express bus we were hoping for – the bus with seats for everyone and a direct route to where we want to go.
On August 5th, I attended the all-day meeting of the Oregon Health Fund Board (OHFB). At this meeting, the Board heard the third version of Executive Director Barney Speight's "straw person" plan. This version was noteworthy because of added elements missing from the first two versions, and better explanations of the original elements.
On July 22, I attended a conference held in Portland by CareOregon. Presenters were Sven-Olof Karlsson, CEO, and Goran Henriks, Chief of Learning and Innovation, from the County Council of Jonkoping, Sweden. The title of their talk was "Whole System Transformation: Intentional Design".
The Oregon Health Fund Board met all day on Thursday, July 24th. I was able to attend as an observer for the entire meeting.
On Wednesday, June 25th, I attended the all day meeting of the Oregon Health Fund Board, held in Milwaukie. During the morning session, the Board heard three reports. In the afternoon session, they received a "Straw Person" Plan from their director, Barney Speight. The two sessions could not have been more different.
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About Mallen
Before retiring in 2005, Mallen Kear was a staff RN on the medical floor at Providence St.Vincent Hospital in Portland. While there, she was dismayed at the number of severely ill patients who had no health care coverage and who were brought to the medical floor directly from the hospital ER.
After learning about the Archimedes Movement, Mallen became a supporter in early 2006, and started the Eastside Portland chapter in June of that year. When the Healthy Oregon Act was passed in 2007, Mallen followed its progress. She applied and became a member of the OHFB Federal Laws Committee, and attended many of the other committee meetings as well as meetings of the full Oregon Health Fund Board. She has been writing blogs about her observations for the Eastside Portland chapter since January of this year.