Oregon Health Authority

OHA has set the most ambitious goal of any health agency in the nation: to eliminate health inequities by 2030. We know it’s achievable, but it will require determination and collaboration. Under the leadership of Dr. Sejal Hathi, OHA is proud to launch Oregon Health Forward – the vision and alliance of three efforts that will help us achieve our health equity goal, while at the same time mobilizing partners and strengthening our own ability to meet commitments and deliver services. Dr. Hathi recently sat down with the Portland Business Journal to walk through Oregon Health Forward. The OHA Strategic Plan sets the stage – it outlines our health equity goal and the strategies we’ll use to get us there – things like ensuring people have access to affordable care, increasing access to and expanding behavioral health services, and improving access to preventive health services and safe and affordable housing.    Next is a statewide Call to Action where we call on public and private partners of all sizes, across all sectors, to make commitments that advance shared progress toward eliminating health inequities. For OHA to have an impact that is lasting, to bend the arc sustainably toward health equity, we must harness our collective power as a society — and reach across sectors, build new partnerships, and bridge silos. Commitments can range from in-kind donations and bold philanthropic contributions to new product development, service-line expansions, and institution-level policy changes. And third, we recognize that we must continually evolve our organizational capabilities if we are going to meet our obligations and keep our promise to advance progress toward our health equity goal. Feedback from system and community partners, as well as OHA staff, have revealed three important areas of opportunity and growth for the agency: increasing transparency, improving accountability, and strengthening belonging. So we’ve launched the Transparency, Accountability, and Belonging Initiative (TABI), which includes two dozen projects aimed at those three goals. The alliance of these three efforts will ultimately enable OHA to achieve its goal of eliminating health inequities, while at the same time mobilizing partners and strengthening the agency’s ability to deliver services by improving operations and supporting staff.   To learn more, visit https://lnkd.in/gPpWEvVN.  https://lnkd.in/gqztkPvn

Join us at #HLTH2024! We’re thrilled to announce that Don Antonucci, President and CEO of Providence Health Plan, will be speaking at a fireside chat on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, from 10:40 – 11:00 AM on the HLTH USA Impact Stage. The session, titled Pioneering Health Equity: Lessons from Oregon’s Trailblazers, will feature Don Antonucci and Sejal Hathi, MD, MBA, Director of the Oregon Health Authority. Don’t miss this dynamic conversation about the future of health equity and innovative solutions driving change! #HealthEquity #HealthcareInnovation #ProvidenceHealthPlan

Incredibly proud of this team and this state that continues to push our coverage rate ever higher -- now, to the highest recorded rate in state history and among the highest in the country. Still, we know that coverage doesn't always equal access, and the work continues to improve the affordability and accessibility of care. https://lnkd.in/dHjp9y_D