The Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care
Many facilities are using nostalgic environments as a means of soothing the misery, panic, and rage their residents experience. Source:Â The Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care
Nursing Homes Are Closing Across Rural America, Scattering Residents
As financial pressures have forced scores of small-town nursing homes to shut down, their residents often must relocate far from their families to find care.…
High Performing Team
Members of our revenue cycle team participated in a high performing team building exercise; we brought our complete revenue cycle back in-house in 2018 after…
CCHS is a 2019 Intalere Healthcare Achievement Member Award Winner
Columbia County Health System is a 2019 Intalere Healthcare Achievement Award Winner. Cheryl Skiffington and her materials management team of Chris Davis and Matt Ott…
Columbia County Public Hospital
Angela Trenti was recently featured on Blue Mountain TV to discuss our wound care program; this segment included a testimonial from one of our patients…
Rural health systems work on recruitment puzzle
Rural medical facilities such as those in Walla Walla and Columbia counties face a number of challenges, one of which is a critical shortage of…
Families, advocates sound alarm over patients stuck in the hospital without a medical need
Christopher Davis was lying on the floor watching cartoons one night last December while his mother, Beverly, decorated her Spokane home for Christmas. Source:Â Families, advocates…
One-third of Washington’s rural hospitals are at risk. What will happen if they close?
These hospitals can mean the difference between life and death. Source: One-third of Washington’s rural hospitals are at risk. What will happen if they close?
A small team in southeast Washington is leading the charge in telepsychiatry
A collaboration between UW and Dayton, population 2,500, is changing how Washington brings mental health care to rural communities. Source:Â A small team in southeast Washington is…