Putting Patients Before Profits in Southern Oregon

Rogue Regional Medical Center belongs to Southern Oregon. For generations, families in our community have relied on our local hospital for high-quality care and a commitment to putting patients first.

As frontline caregivers and concerned members of our community, we believe every patient deserves safe, timely and affordable care. We believe healthcare decisions should be guided by the needs of patients and our community—not corporate interests. And we believe the people who deliver care every day should have a real voice in decisions that affect patients.

Today, those values are under attack. Patients are facing longer wait times, staffing shortages, reduced access to care and skyrocketing healthcare costs. Nurses, techs and other frontline healthcare workers are being asked to do more with less while working to maintain the standards of care our community depends on.

Decisions are being made by out-of-state Asante executives who are removed from the day-to-day realities of patient care in Southern Oregon. While local families struggle with the cost of healthcare, these executives continue to receive substantial compensation and fail to invest adequately in staffing and the long-term health of our community—focused solely on their bottom line.

This is fundamentally a patient care issue. When hospitals are understaffed, when caregivers are excluded from decisions that affect direct care, and when profits outweigh community needs, patients and families pay the price.

Southern Oregon deserves a healthcare system accountable to the people it serves. Patients deserve safe staffing, affordable and accessible care, transparency in decision-making, and leadership that puts community needs first.

That’s why we are calling on Asante to:

• Put patients before profits and executive compensation
• Invest in safe staffing and patient care
• Be transparent with Southern Oregon communities
• Respect and include frontline caregivers in decisions that affect patient care

Together, we can protect the future of healthcare in Southern Oregon and ensure Rogue Regional remains a hospital that serves patients, families and our community first.