Blog Posts in July

Leadership personnel are quick to describe Navid as a “go getter” and a “hardworking person with a strong work ethic” which is the reason she was chosen at one of the Firestarters of the Year. Her official title is Patient Services Representative II. Customer service is a strong point for Navid; her actions demonstrate that she truly cares for the patients. Navid is very diligent in keeping the ...

Celia Moreno is a person with lots of skills and energy to deliver the best possible patient care. She is cross trained in many areas and is always willing to cover as a translator, optician, technician; she also registers patients when needed. She loves working in Eye Care and is especially pleased when she can help patients by repairing their broken eye glasses. She takes great care in teaching ...

Connell has been home to Jaeniffer Kaiser, ARNP, since her arrival from the Philippines when she was just 16 years old. She finished her senior year at Connell High School and then left to continue her education in medicine. She completed her Masters of Science at Vanderbilt University and became a family nurse practitioner. She joined her father, Dr. Dionisio Ang, at his clinic in Connell in 1999 ...

Raul’s “awesome work ethic and positive attitude” are just a couple of reasons for his selection as Provider of the Year. He always credits others for his success and is very grateful for the help he receives from his care team and other providers at the Wahluke Clinic. Raul’s parents were farm workers; he also worked in the fields when he was young. He has a deep and abiding respect for his ...

Christina Toro, CBHA's Director of Patient Connections, is involved at all three CBHA clinics through her volunteer work at Summer Fest in Royal City, the Fall Festival at Connell and the Color Run in Othello. She enjoys being a part of the community and plans to continue volunteering. She was also chosen because of her management skills and abilities with staff development and compliance ...

Dr. Janet Romero works full-time at the Wahluke Clinic in Mattawa and is pleased to work in an area that “is so geographically beautiful." Like Raul Mendoza, PA-C, her parents were also farm workers; they continue to work in the Wenatchee area. Dr. Romero cares deeply about her patients and thinks of them as part of her extended family. She and her family are deeply rooted in the community. Dr. ...

CBHA has a long history of allowing, actually encouraging, students to come to CBHA to observe medical and dental providers in action. Let’s say you are the patient. You come in for your appointment. A nurse settles you into a room, takes your vital signs and documents your symptoms. The provider then comes into the room followed by another person. You are told the second person is a medical ...

After the success of our first color run last year, we are organizing and hosting the 2nd Annual 5K Color Run: CBHA Run for a Cause on September 28th! “Our first annual ‘Run for a Cause’ Color Run was such a success, and people had so much fun, why would we do it just once?” recalls Color Run Coordinator Courtney Stein. “That’s the question we at CBHA asked ourselves, and the answer was, ‘We ...

Ruben Alatorre-Padilla was tired of feeling sluggish and fatigued all the time. The Royal City High School senior often struggled to get through the day, his energy and motivation at an all-time low. He wasn’t able to play sports like he used to and that was frustrating. Despite being so fatigued, Ruben also wasn’t sleeping well. He woke up frequently during the night and seldom started the day ...

Othello Community Museum The building which now houses the Othello Community Museum served as a place of worship until the early 1970s. The building was vacated at that time. A group of area citizens banded together and raised enough money to purchase the building. It took thousands of hours of volunteer work and monetary contributions to renovate the building before opening to the public in the ...

From the first moments you learn that you’re expecting a baby, the decision-making begins. From when to share the news (and with whom), to whether or not to learn the baby’s gender, to selecting the baby’s name, and deciding whether to have an epidural….there are many decisions to be made. One of the first and most important decisions you’ll make is about prenatal care and the delivery of your ...

It has been over a year (March 1, 2018) since I was named CEO at Columbia Basin Health Association. It has been a big year for me; and I have loved every minute of it! We have completed the hard work of strategic planning and are moving forward with our vision to “be a model of excellence in patient satisfaction in community and migrant health care and a community leader in initiating and ...