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…
Most cases of Coronavirus are mild (COVID-19)
Many are concerned about the coronavirus (COVID-19). It’s important to know most with COVID-19 have very mild symptoms, some none at all. If you’re feeling…
‘We’ll improvise’: A resource-starved rural hospital steels itself for coronavirus’s arrival
The health center in hard-hit Washington state desperately seeks supplies essential to coping with the inevitable. Source: ‘We’ll improvise’: A resource-starved rural hospital steels itself for…
CCHS 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…