2025 Forum Save the Date!

The next Forum will be held in person May 19-21, 2025, at the Seaside Civic & Convention Center in Seaside, Oregon.

ORH is now accepting presentation proposals for the 2025 Forum!

Learn more here

Oregon Rural Health Excellence Award

Oregon’s rural health and community-based organizations often demonstrate exceptional resourcefulness, teamwork and creativity when addressing improvement in health care and health outcomes. To recognize rural hospitals, clinics, local public health departments (LPHDs), EMS agencies and CBOs that demonstrate remarkable dedication to health outcomes in their communities, we invite eligible facilities to apply for the Oregon Office of Rural Health’s (ORH’s) Rural Health Excellence Award.

Learn more about the award, how to apply and see former awardees

Rural CAHs Provide Quality Health Care

Every community deserves access to high-quality health care, and Oregon’s Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) take quality seriously. Throughout rural Oregon, CAHs not only provide care the community needs but strive to ensure that care is of the highest quality. Good Shepherd Health Care System (Hermiston) and Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center (Bandon) are just two great examples of rural hospitals serving their communities with high quality health care.