On July 1, 2012, Dr. Clyde B. Jensen joined the University of Western States as Vice-President of University Relations. Dr. Jensen will develop new and refine such existing University functions as fund raising, Alumni and governmental affairs, community and industry relations and collaborations with higher education and health professions organizations. Dr. Jensen, who holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology and physiology will also teach Clinical Pharmacology and assist as needed with the development of additional courses and programs.

Dr. Jensen is a veteran higher education executive who is regarded for his success in transforming health sciences institutions and fostering collaboration among conventional and complementary health care professions.

He is the only person to have served as the president of colleges of allopathic, osteopathic, naturopathic and oriental medicine. For the past eight years he has served as a public member of the Council on Chiropractic Education and currently serves as a public member of the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education.

Among his accomplishments are the merger of the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery with Oklahoma State University, planning and fund raising that contributed to the formation of the University of Oklahoma Campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the relocation of the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) to its permanent campus and the formation of the American Association of Naturopathic Medical Colleges, and the preservation of the Sint Eustatius School of Medicine (Netherland Antilles) following the loss of student financial aid at foreign medical schools. Dr. Jensen has also served as a consultant in the natural products industry where he contributed to the organization of research, product development and university relations at Standard Process, Inc.

Dr. Jensen and his wife, Marteen, live in Happy Valley. They are the parents of three children and have eleven grandchildren.

After a car accident with her two sons brought her to realize she needed help with her life and alcoholism, Jill came to Shepherd’s door on 132nd and Halsey in October of 2011.

Through the assistance of Shepherd’s Door, Jill has been sober and upon graduation, plans to work as a medical assistant and go to school part time to get her nursing degree.

“A lot of the programs have helped me learn how to process things differently and the parenting classes have helped me realize I’m not alone,” Jill says. “There is so much support and I couldn’t have been sober still if not for Shepherds Door.”

A part of the Russell Neighborhood community since the mid-1990s and the Women and Children’s Division of the Portland Rescue Mission, Shepherd’s Door is a residential community that helps dozens of women and children each year. Though it offers educational programs, parenting classes, childcare and resources to its residents, Shepherd’s door also provides community childcare and continued support to graduates of the program.

The University of Western States, committed to improving the quality of human life, has partnered with Shepherd’s Door to donate food from the Chiro Cafe. University students have also assisted with yard work and have future plans of involvement.

“Shepherd’s Door transforms women’s lives and has changed so many people,” Jill says. “They equip people to live life and deal with life appropriately.”

To support Shepherd’s Door or get involved, they are always looking for volunteers and you can learn more at www.portlandrescuemission.org and click on Women & Children.

For the week of July 30 to August 3rd, the ASB is running a Sock Drive in collaboration with the Portland Rescue Mission and Shepherd’s Door! Bring new socks to UWS Student Services to help out!

New administrative rules concerning the role of chiropractic physicians, naturopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians, and nurse practitioners as primary care providers within coordinated care organizations will be soon addressed by the Oregon Health Authority.

This is vitally important, especially in where the profession of chiropractic is headed and the role of chiropractic physicians as primary care providers.

Chiropractic physicians (who wish to) practice at the top of their licensure in Oregon can act in the capacity of a primary care provider/physician. A coalition of health care providers (the Oregon Coordinated Care Organization) was able to get this into the proposed rules concerning coordinated care organizations, but the wording is convoluted and needs clarifying language.

The proposed rule language states under “410-141-3160 Integration and Care Coordination, (2)(a) Demonstrate that each member has a primary care provider or primary team that is responsible for coordination of care and transitions and that each member has the option to choose a primary care of any eligible CCO participating provider type.” We suggest adding clarifying language which states; “An eligible CCO provider type means a health care provider who can provide primary services which include chiropractic, naturopathic, osteopathic, or medical physician or a nurse practitioner.”

We used the term “primary care provider” instead of “primary care physician” to help out our coalition member nurse practitioners.

Your public testimony is needed to help get this vital clarifying language in the rules added.

Please email public comments to: [email protected] in favor of the clarifying language, “An eligible CCO provider type means a health care provider who can provide primary services which include chiropractic, naturopathic, osteopathic, or medical physician or a nurse practitioner.”

Public testimony ends July 22, so please send your public comments by July 21.

– Contributions to this made by Dr. Vern Saboe