Posts by Columbia County Health System

Columbia County Health System has complied with recent regulatory changes in certification to perform DOT Physicals for Commercial Drivers Licenses. Kortney Killgore-Smith, in our Waitsburg Clinic, has received her DOT Certification. Call (509) 337-6311 to schedule an appointment for your CDL physical.

All women should perform a breast self-exam monthly. While mammograms can help you to detect cancer before you can feel a lump, breast self-exams help you to be familiar with how your breasts look and feel so you can alert your healthcare professional if there are any changes. How should a breast self-exam be performed?…

Scott Bond and Dale Reisner, Washington State Hospital Association and Washington State Medical Association wrote a great article, published in the Puget Sound Business Journal, proposing that any conversation about healthcare coverage needs to also include discussion on access. For example: If you have insurance but you have to drive 30 miles or more to…