State Rep. Hai Pham wants more accountability and transparency at Oregon State Hospital — with the goal of keeping patients safe and receiving appropriate, quality care.
Pham, D-Hillsboro, is chair of the House Interim Committee on Behavioral Health, which puts him in a position to lead the Legislature’s efforts to keep Oregon State Hospital accountable. The psychiatric hospital cares for hundreds of patients at its main facility in Salem and at a satellite campus in Junction City. Most patients enter through the criminal justice system.
“I want to make sure that at the end of the day that the patient is centered at the middle of the conversation there,” Pham said in an interview with Lookout Eugene-Springfield. “Because the state hospital needs to really focus on making sure that patients are safe and that they get the appropriate care that they deserve.”…