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A message from Steve Community Newsletter

There is a lot of uncertainty in the country and in the health care industry these days. 

In particular, proposed budget cuts at the federal level could have wide-ranging impacts on Medicaid, Medicare and other important programs. Other cuts enacted in the past few months are impacting many of our fellow health care organizations in terms of funding for research and grant-based programs. 

Increasingly, community members are reaching out with concern about these changes and asking for my thoughts on the impacts we may experience locally. 

We are keeping a close eye on the evolving situation, but so far St. Charles has not experienced direct cuts. We are working with our elected officials to protect what we can at the local level and we are grateful to the Oregon Legislature for moving swiftly this session to renew the provider tax that helps fund Medicaid for Oregonians. 

And yet, three out of four patients we serve are covered by Medicare or Medicaid, and those programs chronically underpay providers. Medicaid reimburses hospitals about 70 cents for every dollar of care we provide. Oregon hospitals are struggling financially, with nearly all health systems reporting financial losses in 2024 and additional losses in the first quarter of 2025. With a 0.6% operating margin, St. Charles was barely in the black at the end of last year. We are celebrating this small accomplishment, but we know that a healthy operating margin needs to be closer to 5% long term so we can continue investing in our people, places and programs. Sizeable federal budget cuts will inevitably impact care in our region. It is just too soon and too speculative at this moment to know by how much.

Meanwhile, as Central Oregon continues to grow, St. Charles has a responsibility to also expand the care we provide. This past year, we have invested in new services including gastroenterology, urology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, physiatry and more. And we anticipate more investment will be needed over the next few years to upgrade our facilities to meet the community’s needs. We know our emergency rooms and operating suites are not adequate for today’s population, for example, and we are working to address those issues. But planning for and building new health care facilities takes a significant amount of time and resources – and quite frankly, cuts to our already limited reimbursements won’t help us get there. 

So, for now, we are focusing on what we can control: Supporting our more than 5,000 caregivers and ensuring that we continue providing exceptional care. We have a solid long-term plan that focuses on growth — growth that is sustainable, responsible, prudent, and necessary. Because that’s our job as your local, nonprofit, community health system and we are proud to do it.

Thank you, as always, for your ongoing support. 

Sincerely,
Steve

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Recently, St. Charles athletic trainers visited Lava Ridge Elementary in Bend as part of the Train Your Brain program.

Using a fun and interactive approach — see the beloved melon drop demonstration, pictured below — trainers taught third-graders how to protect their brains and why it’s important to wear a helmet. Students also got to take home a free helmet properly fitted by our volunteers.

As part of Train Your Brain, which became a St. Charles program upon the integration of The Center, our trainers will visit dozens of schools, train thousands of kids and give away about 1,000 free helmets.

We are excited to continue keeping Central Oregon kids safe while they bike, skate and play this summer and beyond.

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Recent upgrades to the MRI machine at St. Charles Bend are hidden away, out of sight, in the basement of the hospital.

But patients who experience them will certainly notice them, said Director of Imaging Scott Nelson, who has worked in the field for 22 years.

“We used to have to lower the resolution of our images to get a faster scan for claustrophobic patients and patients in pain, or we could achieve higher resolution images, but scan times were longer. There were always tradeoffs with time and resolution,” he said. “With this new technology, we can speed up the scan time and still keep hi-res images, which makes for an overall better patient experience.”

Faster, higher resolution scans are largely the result of computing advances over the years, said Alex Boggs, MRI Technologist Manager at Central Oregon Radiology Associates (CORA), who is overseeing the upgrades. More recently, integration of Artificial Intelligence has further improved the MRI experience, he said.

“The software has been shown thousands and thousands of images, so it learns the difference between quality signal and noise,” Boggs said. “Once it’s learned that, you can scan faster.”

For a variety of reasons, there is no easy way to quantify how much faster scans will be with the upgrades, Boggs said, but many scan times will drop significantly. And higher resolution scans often mean a clearer look inside the body for physicians, which can lead to earlier diagnoses, quicker treatment and better outcomes for patients, Nelson said.

CORA partners with St. Charles to provide the Bend hospital’s MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, which uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to create detailed images of the body’s organs, bones, muscles, blood vessels and other internal structures. MRI is used for many different fields of medicine, including stroke evaluation, examination of masses and ruptures of tendons and ligaments. It’s very versatile and it’s safer than CT scans because it doesn’t use ionizing radiation, Boggs said.

The improvements to the Bend hospital’s MRI extend beyond its imaging capability, too. The new machine is more comfortable, Boggs said, and the hole through which patients pass is 70 centimeters across — a 17% increase over the previous machine.

“There’s quite a bit more elbow room in there, so it’s more comfortable for everyone, and especially for people who are apprehensive about tight spaces,” Boggs said.

In recent years, Bend hospital caregivers have had to transfer some patients to Redmond because of size and weight constraints. That won’t be an issue anymore, Boggs said.

“We’ll be able to care for more people in Bend, which means they’ll get the service they need where they are,” he said. “Transferring them is expensive, it’s logistically complicated and it comes with added risk. With this new scanner, there’s virtually no reason for us to ever have to send a patient elsewhere, and that’s a good thing.”

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Children and Youth Resources

The Heart and the Bottle - Oliver Jeffers, 2010. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of a girl who bottles up her heart after losing a loved one, and how she learns to open it again.

Where Do They Go? - Julia Alvarez, 2016. This lyrical picture book explores the concept of death and the enduring presence of loved ones.

I Miss You: A First Look at Death - Pat Thomas, 2001. Provides a gentle introduction to the concepts of death and grief, helping children understand and cope with their emotion.

You Are the Best Medicine - Julie Aigner Clark, 2010. This book helps children understand and cope with a parent’s illness, emphasizing the love and connection that remains strong even during difficult times.

The Empty Room: Surviving the Loss of a Brother or Sister at Any Age - Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn, 2004. This book provides a comprehensive look at the unique grief experienced by siblings, offering personal stories and expert insights.

Sibling Grief: Healing After the Death of a Sister or Brother - P. Gill White, 2008. White explores the emotional journey of losing a sibling and provides practical advice for healing.

Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies - T.J. Wray, 2003. This book offers support and guidance for adults coping with the loss of a sibling, drawing from the author’s own experience.

Making Lemonade: Choosing a Positive Pathway After Losing Your Sibling - Zander Sprague, 2013. Sprague shares his personal journey of finding positivity and purpose after the loss of his sister.

The Last Time I Saw You: A Sibling Anthology: Death of a Sibling - Danielle Lee Zwissler, 2018. This anthology includes stories and reflections from various authors about their experiences with sibling loss

I Miss the Baby: A Child’s Grief Process Following the Miscarriage of a Sibling - Irma G. Prosser and illustrated by Emma Marsh, 2022. A sensitive and compassionate children’s picture book designed to help young children understand and process the grief associated with miscarriage, stillbirth, or pregnancy loss.

Once for Yes - Allie Millington, 2025. A heartfelt middle-grade novel that celebrates the power of community and the endurance of love.

Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs - Tomie dePaola, 2000. A touching story about a young boy’s relationship with his grandmother and greatgrandmother, and how he copes with their passing.

My Superhero Grandpa - Michele McAvoy, 2016. This book celebrates the special bond between a child and their grandparent, offering comfort and understanding through the story of a superhero grandpa.

The Heart and the Bottle - Oliver Jeffers, 2010. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of a girl who bottles up her heart after losing a loved one, and how she learns to open it again.

Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories - Audrey Penn, 2011. After his friend Skiddel Squirrel dies, Chester Raccoon learns to cope with the loss by sharing and appreciating memories of their times together.

Ida, Always - Caron Levis and Charles Santoso, 2016. This touching story follows a polar bear dealing with the sickness and loss of a friend, offering a gentle way to discuss death and grief.

The Goodbye Book - Todd Parr, 2015. A pet fish loses a friend and copes with feelings of sadness and grief, presented in a simple and accessible way for young children.

The Invisible String - Patrice Karst, 2018. This comforting story reassures children that they are always connected to their loved ones through an invisible string made of love.

Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss - Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen, 2005. This story uses the metaphor of making soup to help children understand and express their grief.

When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death - Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown, 1998. This book uses dinosaurs to explain death and the feelings that come with it in a straightforward and gentle manner.

The Goodbye Book - Todd Parr, 2015. A pet fish loses a friend and copes with feelings of sadness and grief, presented in a simple and accessible way for young children.

Ida, Always - Caron Levis and Charles Santoso, 2016. This touching story follows a polar bear dealing with the sickness and loss of a friend, offering a gentle way to discuss death and grief.

Why Do I Feel So Sad?: A Grief Book for Children - Tracy Lambert LPC (Author), Elena Napoli (Illustrator), 2020. Illustrated kid’s book designed to help young children understand their own grief.

Everywhere, Still: A Book about Loss, Grief, and the Way Love Continues - M.H. Clark and Claire Sahara Lemp, 2023. A touching children’s book that explores themes of loss and grief.

The Thing About Jellyfish - Ali Benjamin, 2015. This novel follows a young girl grappling with the sudden death of her best friend, blending scientific curiosity with a poignant exploration of grief.

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages - Leo Buscaglia, 1982. This allegorical story helps both children and adults understand the cycle of life and death through the changing seasons of a leaf.

Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins: A Journal for Teens Experiencing a Loss - Enid Samuel Traisman, 1992. This interactive journal provides a space for teens to express their feelings and work through their grief with guided prompts and activities.

Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love - Earl A. Grollman, 1993. This book offers straightforward advice and support for teens dealing with the loss of a loved one, addressing common feelings and challenges.

When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving & Healing - Marilyn E. Gootman, 2019. This book offers compassionate advice and practical strategies for teenagers dealing with the loss of a friend to suicide.

Coping with Grief, Guided Journal for Teen Girls - Thandie Press, 2023. A supportive and interactive journal designed specifically for teenage girls dealing with grief.

As Long As You Need: Permission to Grieve - J.S. Park, 2024. A compassionate guide for those navigating the complex journey of grief.

Why?: A Story for Kids Who Have Lost a Parent to Suicide - Melissa Allen Heath, PhD, and Frances Ives, 2023. A sensitive and compassionate picture book designed to help young children understand and cope with the loss of a parent to suicide.

Supporting Children After a Suicide Loss: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers - Sarah S. Montgomery and Susan M. Coale, 2015. A well-researched and thoughtful guide designed to help parents and caregivers support grieving children after a death by suicide.

My Grief is Like the Ocean: A Story for Children Who Lost a Parent to Suicide - Jessica Biles and Jillian Kelly-Wavering, 2022. A compassionate and therapeutic book designed to help children navigate the complex emotions that come with losing a parent to suicide.

The Requirement of Grief: A Memoir on the Loss of a Sister to Suicide - Danielle Ariano, 2020. A poignant and deeply personal account of the author’s journey through grief after losing her sister, Alexis, to suicide.

Someone I Love Died by Suicide: A Story for Child Survivors and Those Who Care for Them - Doreen Cammarata, 2009. This book provides a gentle and honest explanation of suicide, helping children understand and process their feelings.

But I Didn’t Get to Say Goodbye: Helping Children and Families After a Suicide - Barbara Rubel, 2020. This book provides support for parents and professionals helping children cope with the aftermath of a suicide, with portions that can be read aloud to older children.

Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide: Or Even Starts Talking About It - Earl A. Grollman and Max Malikow, 2010. This book offers practical advice for teenagers dealing with the loss of a friend to suicide, including how to talk about their feelings and avoid unhealthy coping mechanisms.

The Memory Box: A Book About Grief - Joanna Rowland, 2017. This book helps children create a memory box to keep mementos and memories of their loved one, providing a tangible way to remember and honor them.

After a Suicide Death: An Activity Book for Grieving Kids - The Dougy Center, 2001. This activity book offers various exercises and prompts to help children process their emotions and memories after a suicide loss.

The Grief Bubble: Helping Kids Explore and Understand Grief - Kerry DeBay, 2007. This interactive book includes activities and exercises designed to help children understand and express their grief.

My Memory Book: A Journal for Grieving Children - Gretchen Gaines-Lane. This journal provides guided prompts and activities for children to document their memories and feelings about their loved one.

Healing Your Grieving Heart for Kids: 100 Practical Ideas - Alan D. Wolfelt, 2001. This book offers 100 practical activities and ideas to help children express their grief and begin the healing process.

Adult Resources

It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand – Megan Devine, 2017. This book offers an empathetic approach to grief, debunking myths and providing practical tools for healing.

I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping & Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One - Brook Noel & Pamela D. Blair, PhD, 2008. A guide for those dealing with sudden loss, offering support and activities to help manage grief.

The Museum of Ordinary People - Mike Gayle, 2021. A novel that explores the emotional attachments to items left behind by loved ones, providing a relatable and hopeful narrative for those grieving.

The Reality Slap: How to Survive and Thrive When Life Hits Hard - Russ Harris, 2021. This book helps readers navigate life’s tough moments, including grief, with practical advice and tools.

Four Funerals and a Wedding - Jill Smolowe, 2014. A memoir that delves into the author’s personal journey through grief and finding hope after the loss of her spouse.

A Widow’s Guide to Healing: Gentle Support and Advice for the First 5 Years - Kristine Meekhof, LMSW, and James Windell, MA, 2015. An empowering and compassionate guide for widows navigating the challenging journey of grief and healing after the loss of a spouse

Your Grief, Your Way: A Year of Practical Guidance and Comfort After Loss – Shelby Forsythia, 2020. This book offers daily reflections and practical advice to help navigate the grieving process.

The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents - Alexander Levy, 2000. Levy provides deep insights into the emotional journey of losing a parent and offers compassionate guidance.

Grief Day by Day: Simple Practices and Daily Guidance for Living with Loss - Jan Warner, 2018. Warner’s book is designed to help readers manage their grief one day at a time with practical exercises and reflections.

Loss of a Parent: Adult Grief When Parents Die - Theresa Jackson, 2016. Jackson’s book offers expert advice and healing exercises specifically for adults grieving the loss of a parent.

Blue Nights – Joan Didion, 2012. This memoir by Joan Didion explores the profound grief she experienced after the death of her daughter, offering deep insights into the emotional journey of losing a child.

The Bereaved Parent - Harriet Sarnoff Schiff, 1978. This classic book offers compassionate advice and support for parents dealing with the loss of a child, drawing from the author’s own experience.

When the Bough Breaks: Forever After the Death of a Son or Daughter - Judith R. Bernstein, PhD, 1998. Bernstein, a psychologist and bereaved parent, provides insights and coping strategies for parents facing this unimaginable loss.

Grieving the Child I Never Knew: A Devotional for Comfort in the Loss of Your Unborn or Newly Born Child - Kathe Wunnenberg, 2015. This devotional offers comfort and hope for parents grieving the loss of a child during pregnancy or shortly after birth.

A Portrait of Grief: Hope and Healing after the Loss of a Child - Cheryl Christopher, 2022. A deeply moving memoir that offers guidance and support for those grieving the loss of a child. Drawing from her personal experience of losing three sons, Christopher provides a compassionate and honest account of her journey through grief.

Healing the Broken Heart: Navigating Grief and Loss After the Death of a Child - Dee Walters, 2023. A heartfelt and courageous memoir that guides readers through the intense emotional journey of losing a child. The book is based on Walters’ personal experience of losing her 20-year-old son suddenly and unexpectedly.

A Chronicle of Grief: Finding Life After Traumatic Loss - Mel Lawrenz, 2020. A deeply personal and moving account of the author’s journey through grief after the sudden death of his thirty-year-old daughter, Eva.

It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand – Megan Devine, 2017. This book offers an empathetic approach to grief, debunking myths and providing practical tools for healing.

I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping & Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One - Brook Noel & Pamela D. Blair, PhD, 2008. A guide for those dealing with sudden loss, offering support and activities to help manage grief.

Grief is for People - Sloane Crosley, 2024. This memoir explores the complexities of grief through the author’s personal experiences, providing a relatable and insightful narrative.

Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter, 2017. A unique blend of prose and poetry, this book explores the profound impact of grief on a family through the metaphor of a crow visiting them.

The Reality Slap: How to Survive and Thrive When Life Hits Hard - Russ Harris, 2021. This book helps readers navigate life’s tough moments, including grief, with practical advice and tools.

The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief - Francis Weller, 2015. This book offers rituals and practices to help navigate the deep waters of grief.

Life After Death, On This Side of Heaven - Darcy Thiel, 2014. This book follows the journey of the Thiel-Colvin family as they rebuild their lives after losing their husband and father at an early age.

The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss - Mary Frances O’Connor, PhD, 2023. A fascinating exploration of the neuroscience behind grief.

Good Mourning: Honest Conversations About Grief and Loss - Sally Douglas and Imogen Carn, 2023. A compassionate and relatable guide for anyone dealing with grief. The authors, who met after the sudden deaths of their mothers, created this book to fill the gap.

Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart - Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD, 2021. This book is built on Dr. Wolfelt’s Ten Touchstones, which are basic principles to learn and actions to take to help yourself engage with your grief and create momentum toward healing.

No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One - Carla Fine, 1999. This book offers a deeply personal and empathetic look at the aftermath of suicide, providing support and understanding for those left behind.

Dying to Be Free: A Healing Guide for Families After a Suicide - Beverly Cobain and Jean Larch, 2005. Written by the cousin of Kurt Cobain, this book offers practical advice and compassionate support for families dealing with the suicide of a loved one.

The Suicidal Mind - Edwin S. Shneidman, 1998. Shneidman, a pioneer in the field of suicidology, explores the psychological pain that leads to suicide and offers insights into prevention and understanding.

Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One’s Search for Comfort, Answers & Hope - Albert Y. Hsu, 2017. This book combines personal stories with professional insights to help those grieving a suicide find comfort and hope.

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide - Kay Redfield Jamison, 1999. A comprehensive exploration of the phenomenon of suicide, this book offers both scientific insights and personal reflections from the author, who has experienced suicidal thoughts herself.

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - Bessel van der Kolk 2015. This book explores how trauma affects the body and mind, offering insights and techniques for healing.

Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief - Joanne Cacciatore, 2017. This book offers profound insights and support for those dealing with intense grief, written by a bereavement counselor who has experienced loss herself.

I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping & Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One - Brook Noel & Pamela D. Blair, PhD, 2008. A guide for those dealing with sudden loss, providing support and activities to help manage grief.

The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses - John W. James and Russell Friedman, 2009. This book offers a step-by-step program for recovering from grief and finding a path to healing.

Jodie Mooney
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer

Jodie Mooney oversees the legal, compliance, risk and internal audit teams and ensures St. Charles complies with the complex and evolving laws and regulations governing health care.

Mooney spent the first 17 years of her career as a trial lawyer in private practice in Eugene. She then worked in-house for PeaceHealth – Oregon Region for seven years, directing its risk management and compliance programs. Mooney was appointed, and later elected, to the Lane County Circuit Court, where she served as a trial judge for eight years. In 2019, she was appointed to the Oregon Court of Appeals, where she served as an appellate judge for nearly six years. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Oregon School of Law.

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When a piece of hardware – like a screw – needs to be inserted into a patient’s spine, it’s important that it is placed in precisely the right spot.

“The margin for error is very, very small when inserting instrumentation into the spine. One to two millimeters can make a huge difference as to where you put a screw into the spine,” said neurosurgeon Dr. Raymond Tien.

Now, thanks to donors to St. Charles Foundation, spinal surgeons in Central Oregon are the first in the state to have access to a new, state-of-the-art spinal navigation system to help ensure that spinal surgeries performed at St. Charles are incredibly accurate. The SeaSpine 7D spine navigation system arrived last fall and it allows surgeons to see the spine in three dimensions while inserting a piece of hardware.  

Tien recently used the system to place hardware in the spine of a patient.

“The procedure went perfectly and faster than it would have gone previously. It’s eye opening how accurate this system is and how easy it is to use,” said Tien.

Patients may need this kind of procedure due to a degenerative or congenital condition or medical trauma, like a fall or car crash. When placed correctly, hardware can help stabilize an unstable spine.

For the past 20 years, surgeons performed spinal surgeries using an X-ray unit in the Operating Room to help them visualize the anatomy. Tien says surgeons took many X-rays of the spine to create as complete a picture as possible. However, he says, the two-dimensional images are not as accurate as 3D images – and the process exposed everyone in the room to a lot of radiation.

With the new system, patients get a high-resolution CT scan prior to surgery. That scan is uploaded to the computer as a reference. Surgeons then place a marker on the patient’s spine that a camera can see. The navigation system has an array of lasers and light-emitting diodes that take a flash photo of the marker exposed in the spine. With those images, surgeons then have an accurate 3D model of a patient’s spine.

“We can see directly on the computer where we are touching and see in very high fidelity where we are inserting the hardware and make adjustments on the fly,” said Tien. “This tool provides us an incredible level of accuracy and precision.”

St. Charles Foundation Executive Director Jenny O’Bryan says this piece of equipment is the largest investment the organization made in 2024 – spending nearly $700,000 to bring the SeaSpine 7D spinal navigation system to Central Oregon.

“Our donors want to ensure that Central Oregonians are receiving the best care possible from the best providers, utilizing the best equipment available. If you or your loved ones need spinal surgery, you want to know that your surgeons have the best equipment on hand. Thanks to our donors, that’s the case,” said O’Bryan.

In addition to its precision, Tien says the new tool also helps save time for patients. He also believes it will allow for surgeons to take on more complex cases.

“There is a real tangible value in the level of patient care that we can provide now that we weren’t able to prior to this,” said Tien. “Without a doubt, we are very grateful for what the donors to the Foundation have been able to do for the hospital and for the community.”

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Personalized Sports Nutrition Coaching

Our one-on-one sports nutrition sessions are designed to help athletes meet their performance goals by creating customized fueling strategies that align with their training demands, recovery needs and lifestyle.

What to Expect

Initial Session: Setting the Foundation

In our first session, we’ll dive deep into your current training regimen and performance goals. Together, we will:

  • Identify potential gaps in your fueling strategy
  • Explore your current eating and exercise habits
  • Review lab work and recommend any necessary micronutrient support
  • Discuss financial or lifestyle factors that may impact nutrition choices
  • Provide foundational sports nutrition education
  • Customize your nutrition plan based on your sport, goals and daily routine
  • Encourage energy, diet and training tracking to assess patterns and make data-informed decisions at future sessions

Follow-Up Sessions: Continued Support and Optimization

Ongoing sessions are tailored to support your evolving needs and keep you on track. These may include:

  • Reviewing your food and training logs
  • Assessing progress and outcomes from previous recommendations
  • Identifying and addressing barriers to success
  • Offering targeted nutrition education
  • Refining goals and updating your fueling plan as your training progresses

Whether you're aiming for peak performance, improved recovery or simply want to feel your best during training and in daily life, we’ll work together to build a plan that fits your unique needs.

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St. Charles Health System announced today recipients of a variety of Community Benefit grants, awarding more than $100,000 to 31 local organizations in Central Oregon. The grants were awarded to provide basic needs, sponsor local events and as part of St. Charles’ Priority Grant to increase a sense of belonging and reduce loneliness and isolation.

From funding food boxes in schools to community activities at a local senior center, the grants will help communities across Central Oregon with a wide range of needs.

Hearts Unknown Education, a local nonprofit that supports art and music for at-risk youth, received $7,500 to expand its programming. The local nonprofit offers a safe, welcoming space for students to create art and music, while also providing support for positive mental health.  

“Many kids need a place to feel like they can be themselves and feel free to express themselves through art and music in an environment where they are appreciated for being themselves,” said Nicola Carpinelli, director of HUE, which serves more than 100 youth every week through a variety of programs. “This funding is going to help us maintain and expand offerings and we are grateful for the support from St. Charles.”

Learn more about St. Charles Community Benefit program on our website.

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Grand Rounds - April 18, 2025
"Eating Disorders"

Speaker: Cora Collette Breuner, MD, MPH. Physician in the Division of Adolescent Medicine and the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department, Seattle Children’s Hospital; Professor of Pediatrics, Adjunct Professor of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.

 

 

Objectives

  1. Identify the most common eating disorders and how to screen for these disorders.
  2. Recognize treatment options.
  3. Increase awareness of the medical complications of eating disorders and the long-term health risks.
  4. Explain how interventions can improve body imaging and the overall relationship with food.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals.

Accessibility/Program Questions: St. Charles Health System encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

Oher CME or Clerkship questions: also contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

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