Resources and Materials
The Oregon Resource Allocation Advisory Committee's work is based on two important documents that deal with health equity and crisis care in the state. Information about these documents and links are in the table below. ORAAC also uses presentations and summaries to share information in monthly meetings. Those meeting materials can be found on the
meetings page.
Principles in Promoting Health Equity
In late 2020, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) published “Principles in Promoting Health Equity During Resource Constrained Events.” Decision makers should use these four key principles during a public health crisis when the need for healthcare services is greater than the available supply. Using these principles will help reduce bias and prevent discrimination during the crisis.
The four principles are:
- Non-discrimination
- Health equity
- Patient-led decision making
- Transparent communication
Interim Crisis Care Tool
In the event of a public health crisis, healthcare demands may overwhelm available capacity to offer potentially life-saving care to all who need it. OHA has issued an interim crisis care tool that hospitals can use to equitably prioritize care in the face of limited intensive care beds, ventilators and other life-saving resources should it be needed.
OHA developed this interim crisis care tool based on several existing triage tools, such as those published by Arizona, Massachusetts and Washington, and made adaptations according to Oregon’s Principles in Promoting Health Equity in Resource Constrained Events. These principles include non-discrimination, health equity, patient-led decision making and transparent communications.
Information for Public Comment in ASL
OHA and the committee are interested to know what people in Oregon think about crisis care triage. Members of the public were invited to share their thoughts during the public comment period, which has now closed. Thanks to all who provided input. The information about crisis care triage is available in the Documents section below.
It is also available in these two ASL videos:
Documents