Oregon Press Releases

Providence updates mediators - all eight hospitals ready to begin scheduling negotiations
1/14/2025
Jan. 14, 2025 News Release: Providence updates mediators - all eight hospitals ready to begin scheduling negotiations
Providence files unfair labor practice action against hospitalists for failure to bargain in good faith
1/13/2025
Jan. 13, 2025 News Release: Providence Medical Group today filed an unfair labor practice complaint against The Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association.
Providence informs mediators more hospitals are ready to discuss negotiations
1/13/2025
Jan, 13, 2025 News Release: Providence tells mediators six of eight hospitals ready to begin scheduling negotiations with Oregon Nurses Association
Providence Day 3 Update
1/12/2025
Jan. 12, 2025 News Release
Bargaining update with Providence Women's Clinic
1/7/2025
Jan. 8, 2025 News Release
Providence ask federal mediators to explore reopening talks
1/1/2025
Jan. 2, 2025 News Release: Providence asks federal mediators to explore reopening talks with hospitalists at Providence St. Vincent; also physicians and providers at Providence Women's Clinic
Providence responds to Governor Kotek statement
1/9/2025
Jan. 10, 2025 News Release
Providence reaches out to begin scheduling mediation
1/11/2025
Jan. 11, 2025 News Release: With record numbers of caregivers returning to work, our ministries are now in a position to discuss resuming mediated negotiation sessions.
Protecting your access to health care is our priority
1/8/2025
Jan. 8, 2025 News Release: We have negotiated in good faith to reach agreements with Oregon Nurses Association (ONA), but these strikes will compromise access to care
Providence warns union strike creates "significant risk" for health care in Oregon
Jan. 7, 2025 News Release: Providence informs state leaders the open-ended strike planned by leaders of the Oregon Nurses Association puts health care access at “significant risk” in the state.
Providence is given notice by ONA to strike
12/30/2024
Dec. 30, 2024 News Release: Providence is given notice by ONA to strike at multiple Oregon ministries, including our eight acute hospitals
Leadership change at Providence Cancer Institute, #FINISHCANCER goal remains
11/14/2024
R. Bryan Bell, M.D., D.D.S., FACS, FRCS(Ed) has accepted the roles of executive medical director of Providence Cancer Institute and director of the Earle A. Chiles Research Institute.
See stories of hope in annual report to our communities
7/1/2024
In 2023, Providence in Oregon did so much to make sure that essential resources – such as health care, food and shelter – were more readily available to the people of our state.
K-9 team brings smiles and safety to Providence Portland
Walk in the shoes of security officer Patricia Varela and her K-9 partner Nix, and experience their important work to keep everyone safe at Providence Portland Medical Center.
Providence Oregon Hospice fulfills a patient’s dying wish
10/9/2023
It took a total team effort to make a hospice patient’s dream come true of touching a horse before she died.
‘I owe my life to this program’: Celebrating our advanced heart failure clinic
10/3/2023
Providence Heart Institute welcomed patients and their families for the clinic’s third anniversary of its advanced heart failure clinic.
Gift to help revolutionize care for older adults in Oregon
9/12/2023
The Springs Living has made a generous gift to Providence Foundations of Oregon to establish The Springs Living Regional Chair of Geriatric Medical Education.
Providence Seaside to expand services in Warrenton
8/3/2023
Early next year an expansion of our Warrenton Clinic will begin to bring more services to the North Coast community.
Grief and gratitude: Dr. Schmidt’s remarkable story of recovery after crash
7/26/2023
In 2021, Dr. Nicole Schmidt was driving around a curve when she saw a car headed straight for her. The crash sent her to a trauma center and started a journey of healing, learning and becoming.
Providence St. Vincent receives 6th Magnet designation
7/20/2023
Magnet recognition is the highest national honor for professional nursing practice. This redesignation makes St. Vincent the 12th hospital in the world to obtain Magnet designation six times.
4 ways Providence is investing in Oregon’s health
7/7/2023
Each year, Providence ministries identify unmet needs and respond with strategic investments in community health. See how we worked to answer the call of our Mission in 2022.
Providence Oregon hospitals honored by Practice Greenhealth
6/1/2023
Together, Oregon’s hospitals took home 19 awards in the nation’s premier recognition program for environmental performance in health care.