CHH ranks among top 100 providers
Community Home Health, a division of Longview-based Community Home Health and Hospice, was named one of the 2008 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home health providers in the United States.
The annual review identifies the top 100 agencies, ranked by an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance. The review is a service of home care informatics provider OCS Inc. and DecisionHealth, which publishes an independent, home care newsletter.
New primary care clinic opens in Battle Ground
Southwest Medical Group, a multi-specialty medical group of new and established practices across Clark County, opened a new clinic Feb. 2 at 720 W. Main St. in Battle Ground.
The clinic provides full-service internal and family medicine. Women’s care will be offered later this year as additional physicians join the clinic, which now has two primary care physicians with plans for seven more.
Vancouver Clinic designates $40K for literacy
The Vancouver Clinic has assigned $40,000 to its Reach Out and Read program, which builds on the relationship between parents and medical providers to develop children’s literacy.
Doctors and nurses receive training to talk with parents about the importance of reading aloud with young children, and give children a book at each check-up. The clinic began the ROR program a year ago, serving more than 50,000 Vancouver-area children.
The state’s ROR program debuted in late 2007 and now has 65 participating medical practices and 300 participating medical professionals.
