Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization is pleased to announce the integration of their behavioral health care network to further improve and expand access to care during 2019. The provider network, formally managed…
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Reducing Diabetes Complications in Tillamook County: RetinaVue Screening Technology Donated by Adventist Health
OIOpublisher Adventist Health Tillamook has taken a new step to reduce the risk of diabetic complications in Tillamook County. The Rinehart Clinic and Tillamook County Community Health Centers each have received a…
Attitude is Everything – How to Thrive After a Heart Attack
By Laura Swanson A well-known face to many in Tillamook is Neal Lemery – some may have met him in his role as Justice of the Peace and Tillamook municipal court judge…
Tillamook School District Wellness Programs Benefit Staff, Students, Community
By Michelle Jenck, Tillamook County Wellness Coordinator Many of our Tillamook County Wellness partners have made both employee and community wellness a priority. One important example of this is Tillamook School District…
Tillamook County Wellness Seeks VISTA Applicants for Health Promotion & Diabetes Prevention Position
Tillamook County Wellness is pleased to announce they have been selected by the Oregon Health Authority as one of twelve sites in Oregon to host an AmeriCorps VISTA. This position joins the…
Adventist Health Leadership Transition at Tillamook
As Adventist Health continues to grow their presence in the Western United States, David Butler, President of Adventist Health Tillamook has been asked to serve as Transition Officer to oversee the planned…
Making Simple Changes to Feel Better
By Michelle Jenck, Tillamook County Wellness Coordinator Ian Fauver at 26, looks like a guy whose got it all together. He just started his career working at a local bank and is…
A Stone of Hope: Building a Suicide Safer Community
By DeAnna Pearl, Certified Prevention Specialist, SOS Tillamook Prevention Program “Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” The words of Dr. Martin Luther King are fitting for over MLK…
Rinehart Clinic welcomes new CEO
The Rinehart Clinic is pleased to welcome Gail Nelson as its new Chief Executive Officer. Gail will join the team in late January. An extensive search for a new CEO had been…
Type 2 Diabetes: Let’s all work to prevent it
By Peggy Spangler, OSU Dietetic Intern, working with Oregon Dairy and Nutrition Council We’ve been hearing a lot about diabetes as a priority issue for Tillamook County Wellness (formerly YOW). About 11%…