WRHA Board Members Reach Out
WRHA's primary objective is to be a common voice for rural health across Washington State. From Metaline to Moclips, Anatone to Aberdeen, our membership is about as diverse as possible and serving the needs of the entire group can be challenging. A recent initiative by the Board was to better define our roles as leaders, increase state-wide representation and to improve how we communicate with our general membership. As a result (from a leadership perspective) we have broken the state up into 14 districts and assigned Board Members to districts that made sense geographically and socio-economically. At this time we are soliciting feedback from the membership to help us identify if revisions to these proposed boundaries are in order. We have identified a lack of Board representation from Skamania and Klickitat Counties as well as King, Snohomish and Pierce Counties. The search is now on for active participants from those areas.
The map below has appeared in our newsletter and offers a specific contact who is available to answer questions regarding WRHA at a local level or carry messages from individuals back to the organization as a whole.
Having specific areas defined and manageable, Board members are being challenged to personally contact a few members within their district prior to each newsletter and see if they have any interest in participating or sharing thoughts or concerns on rural healthcare issues. Through this one-on-one dialogue, it is hoped that we as an organization can better understand our membership's concerns, changing role within the healthcare system and other factors affecting their performance. We also need to be available to answer questions regarding WRHA, our activities and how we can better serve the needs of our peers.
Expect a phone call or e-mail in the near future and be sure to let us know what's on your mind. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Board Member
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Organization
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Phone/Email
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Nancy Nash-Mendez
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WorkSource Okanogan County
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509-826-7558
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Chuck Baker
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Kadlec Health Systems
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Vicky Brown
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Samaritan Healthcare, Assoc. of Samaritan Physicians
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509-793-9771
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Charlene Brush
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Sage View Clinic at QVMC
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brushc@inhs.org
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John Franco
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response--Region 8
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509-460-4531
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John Hanson
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Office of Community and Rural Health
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360-236-2819
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Harry Jasper
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Share Your Health
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509-843-0444
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Paul Lewis
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Adams County Public Hospital District #2
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509-659-5402
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Carole Halsan
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Willapa Harbor Hospital
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360-875-4528
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Norm Passmore
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William Plummer
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MEDEX NW PA Training, UW School of Medicine
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Barbara Lingo
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Deaconess Medical Center
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LingoB@empirehealth.org
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