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Primary care clinics

• Increased chronic care management patients from 12 in 2024 to 111 in 2025.
• Held drive-thru flu vaccine events in Packwood, Randle, Morton and Mossyrock.
• Held Safe Kids summer event at Morton Elementary.
• Partnered with Arbor Health Foundation to provide sports physicals at White Pass, Morton and Mossyrock high schools.
• Participated in the Washington State Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program to provide hands-on clinical training, completing one and starting six more apprenticeships.

Diagnostic imaging

• Implemented bone density studies.
• Entered a partnership with Tacoma Community College for clinical x-ray experience for students.
• Increased mammography services from four days a week to five.
• Increased MRI services from two days a week to three.

Arbor Health Foundation

• Provided $17,000 in employee scholarships.
• Provided $82,097 in equipment purchases and employee-program and community support.
• Created the Youth Health Education Fund of $15,000 to inspire high school students to work in health care.
• Community support events:
  
  • Family Resource Fair.
  • Thrive After 55 Senior Resource Fair.
  • Mammos and Mocktails.
  • Joy in the Journey 5K Color Run.

Patient Access Department

• Morton Hospital front desk and Emergency Department admitting staff registered over 21,000 encounters and took in over $85,000 in up-front collections, a 163% increase compared with 2024.
• Radiology scheduling staff set more than 4,000 appointments.
• Rehabilitation authorization personnel completed over 800 referrals.

Health Information

• Management Department
• Processed over 3,000 medical record release requests for patients.
• Coded over 50,000 encounters, with a total accuracy rate of 98.33%.

Facilities and engineering

• Repaired and resurfaced a large sinkhole in front of the hospital.
• Resurfaced the Randle Clinic ramp entrance.
• Replaced two rooftop HVAC units.
• Resurfaced the west parking lot.
• Replaced the kitchen hood fire suppression system.

Community sponsorships

• Packwood Mountain Festival 5K—sponsor.
• Mossyrock Independence Day 5K and 8K—organizer and sponsor.
• Onalaska Apple Fun Run—sponsor.
• Packwood Trail Days.
• DPA Memorial Walk.
• Sasquatch Trot 5K.
• East Lewis County Chamber Bowling Tournament.
• Gifford Pinchot Fungi Festival.
• Mossyrock Junior High football uniforms.
• Vikings of Tomorrow Golf Tournament.
• Onalaska School District crisis kits.
• Youth sports in White Pass, Morton, Mossyrock and Onalaska.

Hospital equipment

• Installed new operating room lights.
• Installed a new instrument washer in the Central Sterilization Department.
• Purchased a new Dietary Department grill.
• Purchased ultrasound equipment for the Emergency Department.

Patient care

• Purchased recliners for added comfort for inpatients.
• Expanded Wound Care Clinic hours.
• Purchased comfort furniture for palliative care patients' family members.
• Created a new patient menu system for meal choices.

Rehabilitation services

• In partnership with Arbor Health Foundation, installed the Solo-Step Overhead Track System for patient safety during physical therapy.
• Reinitiated Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) in our Speech-Language Pathology Department.
• Achieved additional advanced certifications among staff.

Community wellness

• Conducted three free Lunch & Learn events:
  
  • Alzheimer's and Dementia.
  • Navigating Medicare, Medicaid & Post-Acute Care (in partnership with Cornerstone Insurance).
  • Living Long and Living Great.
• Arbor Health Joy in the Journey 5K and Health Fair.
• Random Acts of Kindness campaign.

Categories: Noteworthy