To The Columbia Gorge Community: The landscape of American medicine is changing rapidly. The rural health care landscape is hit particularly hard by these changes because there are fewer people and locations keeping systems afloat. Most of these problems stem from: drastically diminished access to primary care, loss of many
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MCMC Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Medical Assistants, Certified Nursing Assistants, Administrative Assistants and all our clinic team members are an amazing group of people who serve their patients with dedication and a focus on improving their overall health. We are fortunate to have an exceptionally talented team
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MCMC is continually working to ensure that we are able to meet the needs of those we serve in the midst of the ever-changing environment around us. In response to the many pressures we face as a community health organization, and despite our extensive efforts to consistently staff Celilo Cancer
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The following letter to the community was published in the Columbia Gorge News on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. To our valued community: As president and CEO of Mid-Columbia Medical Center, I am honored to serve the Columbia River Gorge community and help ensure the continued health and well-being of
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Tripledemic (COVID, RSV and Influenza) Hospitals around the country including Mid-Columbia Medical Center are experiencing longer than average wait times at the emergency. Why? According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), viruses like RSV and the flu are at higher levels than we generally see this time of year.
...Read More(THE DALLES, Ore. (December 15, 2022) – Mid-Columbia Medical Center (MCMC) and Adventist Health leadership announced that the two organizations have approved an affiliation agreement for MCMC to join Adventist Health (pending regulatory and state review). The affiliation with Adventist Health will advance rural healthcare – the nonprofit healthcare organization
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Cold and flu season is here. An unseasonably early arrival of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is causing increased numbers of patients seeking care. For most people, RSV is like a cold but for the the elderly, children, and some others it can be a serious illness. MCMC pediatrician Dr. Jennifer
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Like all organizations, MCMC has had to pivot to the realities of a new and different environment. Our organization is responding to increased cost pressures, the changing nature of work, the dramatic advances in the utilization of technology, the advances in science, new changes in care delivery, new consumer expectations
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Registration for 2022 Festival of Trees is now open. The Festival of Trees, hosted by the Mid-Columbia Health Foundation, will take place at The Dalles Civic Auditorium on Friday, December 2, 2022. “We’re so excited that the festival will be live & in-person, something that hasn’t happened since 2019,” said
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