Posts by Columbia County Health System

The cabinetry is installed in the exam rooms and the ceiling grid has been installed. We will have floors and a bulk of the electrical done next week! Thanks greatly to Blue Room Architecture, Walla Walla Electric, Leone & Keeble, and Apollo Heating.

Things are progressing rapidly with the sheetrock crew finishing up as well as the fire alarm and sprinkler crews finishing up. We will have cabinets and flooring starting next week and hope to be moving in the week of the 23rd.

Pertussis, or “Whooping Cough”, has reached epidemic levels in the State of Washington. According to the Washington State Department of Health, as of June 9th 2012 there have been 2,325 cases reported statewide, compared to 171 reported cases, over the same time period, in 2011. Infants and children have been hit hardest, both in number…

Booker’s Getting a new roof! Thanks to Janean, Nick, Brian, Mike, Kevin for the help on stocking the roof. Amazing team, amazing teamwork!

Fiber to our doorstep, er well, fiber innerduct to our doorstep at this point. We are really looking forward to this service when it becomes available sometime this spring summer.

Our new bone density scanner has arrived!

In the near future, we will not differentiate between tele-healthcare and healthcare. . .it is all about taking care of the patient. The right technology, the right people, at the right time!!

Hello hospital information system, we are so excited to meet you! Listening to a great project kick off presentation. CPSI has done this before and appears to be well organized. Construction of the Data Center has been completed and we are rapidly deploying technology components through-out the facility. [easyrotator]erc_54_1377895101[/easyrotator]

It is hard to be a nameless robot in a hall; we are on a mission to name our new Telemedicine robot! No longer will it be “Hey you, come and help me with this patient.” We will have a name and a happy little Telehealth robot.