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To strengthen the ability of Oregon's health system to serve Oregonians by improving access to primary care, reducing disparities in health care services, improving quality, patient safety, and the level of patient centered care.
We are committed to the health of all Oregonians and especially those who are most vulnerable because of poverty, lack of access to health care, geographic isolation, disability, age, race, and ethnicity.
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Annual Performance Measures
We maintain and improve access to primary health care
- Identify communities who need more doctors, nurse practitioners and other providers
- Connect providers with communities who need them
- Help communities start clinics, expand capacity, or add new services
- Partner with racial and ethnic communities to improve access to care
- Analyze health access issues and work with state and local leaders to devise solutions
We work with consumers, health care providers, health care organizations, and other state partners to improve the quality of health care
- We develop, encourage, coordinate, and support efforts to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors
- We develop, encourage, and support efforts of physicians, nurses, and other practitioners to provide leadership in improving the quality of health care
- We develop, encourage, and support efforts to make health care more patient friendly
We work with consumers, health care providers, health care organizations and others to improve the effectiveness of the health care system
- We work with health systems and hospitals to insure standards for need and safety are met
- We develop and implement ideas to increase or better target funding for important health care services
- We develop and support efforts to improve communication and coordination between different parts of the health care system
- We work with partners to better use data to improve the health care system
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