Posts by Columbia County Health System
CCHS Community Update: Summer 2026
Stay informed with the Summer 2026 edition of the Columbia County Health System Community Update. This issue highlights new team members, expanded Behavioral Health services, quality achievements, equine-assisted Therapy, and local care available for every stage of life. It also includes practical guidance for staying safe and healthy during wildfire smoke and hot summer weather.…
Read MoreCCHS Brings Columbia County’s Healthcare Voice to Washington, D.C.
For Kim Emery, PA-C, rural healthcare is not just something discussed in policy meetings. It is part of the work she sees every day at Columbia County Health System. As Director of Rural Population Health Strategy and Outreach for CCHS, Kim’s work is connected to the people who live here: our neighbors, our families, our…
Read MoreDayton General Hospital Named Critical Access Hospital of the Year by LifeNet Health
Dayton General Hospital has been named Critical Access Hospital of the Year by LifeNet Health. This recognition honors the quiet, compassionate, and life-changing work our care teams do to support patients and families during some of life’s most difficult moments. At Dayton General Hospital, every effort is made to save a patient’s life. When that…
Read MoreColumbia County Health System/Dayton General Hospital Earns DNV Accreditation for Quality and Patient Safety
DAYTON, Wash. – Columbia County Health System/Dayton General Hospital has successfully earned accreditation from DNV through its NIAHO® Critical Access Hospital Accreditation Program. The accreditation verifies that Dayton General Hospital has satisfied the patient safety standards, known as the Conditions of Participation, set forth by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. DNV’s accreditation…
Read MoreColumbia County Health System Receives 2026 Commitment to Quality Award
Columbia County Health System has received the American Heart Association’s 2026 Commitment to Quality Award, recognizing our continued commitment to quality improvement across cardiovascular and stroke care. The Commitment to Quality Award recognizes hospitals that use the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® program across multiple cardiovascular and stroke service lines and apply current,…
Read MoreColumbia County Health System Receives the Gold Rural Hospital Achievement of Quality Excellence
Gold Rural Hospital Quality Recognition for CCHS DAYTON, Wash. — Columbia County Health System has received the Gold Rural Hospital Achievement of Quality Excellence from the Washington State Hospital Association for its ongoing work to improve patient safety and quality of care. WSHA presented the award to Columbia County Health System during its Rural Hospital…
Read MoreColumbia County Health System Welcomes Dr. Michael Ettner to Dayton General Hospital
Columbia County Health System Welcomes Dr. Michael Ettner to Dayton General Hospital DAYTON, Wash. — Columbia County Health System is pleased to welcome Michael L. Ettner, MD, as Hospitalist at Dayton General Hospital. Dr. Ettner began serving in this role on June 1. Dr. Ettner brings a deep background in emergency medicine, hospital medicine, and…
Read MoreCCHS Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center C Anderson Patient Testimony
Finding Hope Close to Home After living for several months with a chronic post-surgical wound, Catherine Anderson was exhausted by the pain, discomfort, and lack of progress. She reached out to her primary care physician for guidance. His recommendation was simple: “Go to Dayton.” Catherine called the Wound Care & Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center at…
Read MoreRandy Mattern- Chronic Wound Patient Experience
Five Years With a Wound That Would Not Heal Think about everything you did yesterday. Now imagine doing it all while living with a large, painful wound on your abdomen—a wound that would not heal. Imagine living that way not for a few weeks or months, but for five years. For one man, that was…
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