2013 Legislative Session and WCDB
We Can Do Better is supporting several bills during this legislative session. The first relates to advancing cultural competency among health and health care professionals (HB 2611). We first endorsed this proposal in 2011, seeing it as a vital component of reaching...
We Have a Goal
No one who wants to attend our conference will be turned away because the cost of registration is a barrier. And this year, more registrants are using our scholarship page than ever before. You can help us meet that goal » Give to Our Conference Scholarship Fund This...
Newsletter: Save the Date, Events, Looking for Input and Applicants
Can’t Wait for the Day after November 6th? We wanted to get a couple of things on your calendar - opportunities to learn, connect and engage. We’ve set the date for our conference, which in past years has been in the fall, but this year felt a little frenetic for our...
They Said It Couldn’t Be Done
We're Not Done Yet! When we launched the Archimedes Movement in January 2006, with a bold vision of Oregon leading the way on reform, we knew it would take time. That's why we focused on building a 'movement' not a campaign. Six Years Later When the Governor announced...
Electronic Health Records Face Rapidly Changing Technology
State could challenge Microsoft’s de-facto monopoly on provider-to-provider database Over at The Lund Report, Raymond Rendleman provides an update on electronic health records: February 6, 2012 -- Technology is changing so quickly that state officials and advocates...
Woman shares family’s stories as she advocates for health care bill
On January 28th, The Oregonian published a story on our own Liz Baxter. Ryan Kost's story begins: There's a framed family photograph beside Liz Baxter's door that she has been meaning to hang for months. More than three dozen people pose in front of a white camper van...
Health, Care, Reform and You: Our Thoughts upon Entering a New Year
As we end our sixth year, reflection on the past year is a common thing to do. For us, it is the time when our policy committee – the Community Leadership Council (CLC) – reviews what happened this year, and what they want us to focus on in the coming year. We landed...
If you don’t think your $25 donation matters…
...imagine what $250,000.00 can do. There are two ways to give: 1. Donate online: www.WeCanDoBetter.org/donate 2. Mail your check to: We Can Do Better PO Box 13314 Portland, OR 97213-0314 Together we can do better. Again, thank you for your...
Materials from November 11th Conference
A couple of our presenters have shared slides with us from the conference: Katrina Kahl: Q Corp and Providence presentation Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis: Environmental Health - Intersection with Reform And we had an amazing visual note-taker who spent the day in/out of...
“Homebrew” – hot R&B band featuring OHA director Bruce Goldberg – are headliners at conference
Bruce Goldberg, M.D., knows how to relax. As director of the Oregon Health Authority, he has what The Oregonian called, "The toughest job in Oregon's government." To let off steam, he prescribes for himself a healthy dose of rock 'n' roll. Goldberg adds, "In my job...