(Pendleton, OR)  --  The new head of the Oregon Health Authority has finished a seven-stop statewide tour to learn about healthcare issues.  Dr. Sejal Hathi  met with staff from the Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living non-profit in Pendleton.  It's a transitional and emergency housing facility.  Hathi says during the tour she's heard from organizations about access to health care, the overdose crisis, and racial and geographic inequities.  She says in rural Eastern Oregon the need for transitional housing with addiction treatment remains an issue.