When people with diabetes lose health insurance, their condition doesn’t just get worse; In a new study, OHSU researchers say it gets even worse. Researchers say the findings demonstrate how quickly insurance coverage interruptions can disrupt treatment for chronic diseases such as diabetes, which require regular monitoring, medication adjustments, and consistent access to treatment. The … Read more
When Oliver Robinson left The Priory, a private mental health facility where he was treated for depression and addiction between 2019 and 2022, he felt he had exhausted conventional treatment options. At first, he was able to find relief elsewhere with a new type of prescription. However, when he took his own life in November … Read more
As of 2024, there will be fewer mentally ill patients waiting in hospital emergency departments than in 2022. However, Massachusetts still has some of the longest wait times in the nation, and behavioral health patients with unique needs, such as the elderly, pregnant women, and children with autism, are too often unable to receive timely … Read more