August 12-18 was National Health Center Week. All of our celebratory events, including taco truck meals and the Health Center Hero Awards were organized by Joaquin Vidrio-Ruiz. Please join me in thanking him for doing this for all of us. Joaquin also contributed the...
The Paradox of Rural Health Care Naches, Ellensburg and Tieton all, over the years, reached out to Community Health of Central Washington for help. They needed better access to care, and they could not solve the problem alone. There was a time not that long ago that...
Your Feedback Gets Results In recent months almost all of our employees have contributed to the answer to this important question: What would make CHCW a better place to work? You completed surveys, sent suggestions, and attended focus group meetings. I want to be...
I can be hard to satisfy. It wasn’t enough that 257 employees (84% of you!) took the time to complete the Employee Engagement Survey this summer. It wasn’t enough that you filled 63 pages with narrative comments with your responses. Next, I asked your Leaders to...
25 years! It sounds like a long time….but it felt like a short time. How can that be? I guess when you have a steady purpose, and you pursue it one day at a time, it adds up. It’s just a whole bunch of days. You don’t think much about it. That’s why our...
2018: It’s Cold Outside …and I’m not just talking about the weather. CHCW workers performed admirably in 2017. Your efforts advanced our service and education missions in important ways. All the while, the collaboration between staff and Leaders to improve CHCW as a...