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Columbian Health Reporter

Kimberly Holiday-Coleman, a patient at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, pulls up a relaxing video she found using new hospital technology during a Thursday visit with hospital employee Kacia Gauthier. Legacy launched the new interactive patient care platform called GetWellNetwork last Monday.

GetWellNetwork connects patients, caregivers

Kimberly Holiday-Coleman, a patient at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, pulls up a relaxing video she found using new hospital technology during a Thursday visit with hospital employee Kacia Gauthier. Legacy launched the new interactive patient care platform called GetWellNetwork last Monday.

November 23, 2015, 1:25pm Clark County Health

Kimberly Holiday-Coleman and her husband enjoyed an impromptu date night Wednesday. Read story

Women participating in an aerial yoga class stretch with the aid of silk hammocks.

Downtown Camas studio offers aerial yoga

Women participating in an aerial yoga class stretch with the aid of silk hammocks.

November 23, 2015, 6:01am Clark County Health

Diana Alcomendas stands before the seven people attending her class and tells them to prepare for an inversion. Read story

An exterior view of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

PeaceHealth campuses going smoke-free

An exterior view of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

November 22, 2015, 6:05am Clark County Health

PeaceHealth will ring in the new year with a smoke-free campus policy. Read story

Molina Healthcare buying CUP’s Medicaid assets

November 12, 2015, 6:32pm Clark County Health

Molina Healthcare of Washington announced Thursday it's acquiring Vancouver-based Columbia United Providers' Medicaid assets. That means CUP's 56,000 Medicaid clients will soon become Molina members. Read story

Amreal Presler, center, had to go to Seattle for oral surgery because she couldn&#039;t find a local dental surgeon who accepts Medicaid. With her are Paul and Susan Presler.

Finding dentists who take Medicaid is like pulling teeth

Amreal Presler, center, had to go to Seattle for oral surgery because she couldn&#039;t find a local dental surgeon who accepts Medicaid. With her are Paul and Susan Presler.

November 9, 2015, 6:35am Clark County Health

When Amreal Presler first started experiencing dental pain in early July, she made an appointment with her dentist right away. Read story

Eight to 15 percent of women experience postpartum depression after delivering a baby. Forty to 80 percent of women experience postpartum blues.

‘Baby blues’ may signal serious health issues

Eight to 15 percent of women experience postpartum depression after delivering a baby. Forty to 80 percent of women experience postpartum blues.

November 9, 2015, 6:02am Clark County Health

For many people, the birth of a baby is a time of joy and excitement. But for some women, those feelings may be accompanied by anxiety, sadness and, in some cases, depression. Read story

Chipotle Mexican Grill voluntarily closed 43 restaurants in Washington and Oregon after a cluster of E. coli cases were linked to several regional restaurants. Several local cases were linked to the Hazel Dell restaurant.

Number of E. coli cases linked to Chipotle restaurants rises by one

Chipotle Mexican Grill voluntarily closed 43 restaurants in Washington and Oregon after a cluster of E. coli cases were linked to several regional restaurants. Several local cases were linked to the Hazel Dell restaurant.

November 5, 2015, 3:08pm Business

The growth in the number of people sickened with E. coli after eating at regional Chipotle restaurants appears to be slowing. Read story

Signage hangs from a closed Chipotle restaurant in Portland on Monday. Chipotle voluntarily closed down 43 of its locations in Washington and the Portland area as a precaution after an E. coli outbreak linked to six of its restaurants in the two states has sickened dozens of people.

Chipotle E. coli cases climb to nearly 40 in Northwest

Signage hangs from a closed Chipotle restaurant in Portland on Monday. Chipotle voluntarily closed down 43 of its locations in Washington and the Portland area as a precaution after an E. coli outbreak linked to six of its restaurants in the two states has sickened dozens of people.

November 4, 2015, 2:50pm Business

The number of people who have contracted E. coli after eating at Chipotle restaurants continues to climb, with nearly 40 people sickened across Western Washington and the Portland-metro area. Read story

A woman approaches the front doors of the closed Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Hazel Dell on Monday. Clark County Public Health officials closed the restaurant Thursday after linking several cases of E. coli to the restaurant.

Chipotle E. coli cases mount, with many Clark County victims

A woman approaches the front doors of the closed Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Hazel Dell on Monday. Clark County Public Health officials closed the restaurant Thursday after linking several cases of E. coli to the restaurant.

November 3, 2015, 2:01pm Clark County Health

The number of people infected with E. coli after eating at regional Chipotle restaurants has climbed to 37 -- nearly a third of whom live in Clark County. Read story

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center remodeled the entire sixth floor of its Firstenburg Tower to house the new neurosciences inpatient unit. The 32-bed unit, which opens today, will treat patients with brain and spine issues. Top: The opening of the Thomas and Sandra Young Neurosciences Center this evening caps the first phase of the hospital foundation&#039;s $10 million Campaign for Neurosciences Excellence.

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center’s mindful upgrade

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center remodeled the entire sixth floor of its Firstenburg Tower to house the new neurosciences inpatient unit. The 32-bed unit, which opens today, will treat patients with brain and spine issues. Top: The opening of the Thomas and Sandra Young Neurosciences Center this evening caps the first phase of the hospital foundation&#039;s $10 million Campaign for Neurosciences Excellence.

November 3, 2015, 6:10am Clark County Health

Clark County residents with brain or spine issues will now be treated in a dedicated inpatient unit with specialty staff at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. Read story