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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – PeaceHealth Oregon is excited to announce the creation of the Institute for Nursing Excellence with support from a generous $1 million matching gift from philanthropist Rosaria Haugland. The PeaceHealth Oregon Institute for Nursing Excellence (INE) will support nurses in the day-to-day practice of caring for patients, and in the long-range development of their careers. By making the donation a matching gift, Haugland wants to ensure that our community and region understand the important role nurses have in the health of our communities

US News & World Report and Fortune Magazine Honor LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City for High Quality of Care as One of America's Top Teaching Hospitals

Intermountain Healthcare has purchased about eight acres of land in the center of Salt Lake City. It had been slated for redevelopment.

The COVID-19 vaccine finally made its way to Lane County. Two health care workers received their first dose of the Pfizer COVID- 19 vaccine at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield at 7 a.m. Monday. Healthcare workers at PeaceHealth started getting theirs at 9 a.m. It's the first of two required  doses of the Pfizer vaccine; which are given 21 days apart.  The first two people in the county to get their vaccines were McKenzie-Willamette infectious disease Dr. Harry Scholtz and registered nurse Janet Strand. As they sat for their shots outside the center's front entrance, the...