State spends $2 million on out-of-state consultants


State officials hired Kaufman Global for a $2 million contract to turn Oregon State Hospital into a recovery-oriented organization.

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State officials hired Kaufman Global for a $2 million contract to turn Oregon State Hospital into a recovery-oriented organization.

During the next seven months, consultants will provide expertise to help OSH become a first-class public inpatient psychiatric facility, according to Greg Roberts, superintendent.

“It’s all about having a different focus, he said, “helping people recover so they can live again successfully in the community for extended periods of time. That ranges from how we conduct assessments, put treatment plans together and how we facilitate discharging people back into the community.”

The recommendation to undertake a major transformation came from an earlier consultant study done by Liberty Healthcare, at a cost of $175,000. It found that the hospital had “invested great energy and vigor in striving to improve,” however the results had been disappointing.

Read more at the Lund Report.

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