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                                                              • Looking for a New Partner in Your Healthcare?

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                                                                |Date: September 15, 2021
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                                                                Looking for a New Partner in Your Healthcare?

                                                                Looking for a New Partner in Your Healthcare?

                                                                Cascade Clinic, Fairwood Clinic and Highlands Clinic in Renton, as well as Covington Clinic South, have w ...

                                                                Cascade Clinic, Fairwood Clinic and Highlands Clinic in Renton, as well as Covington Clinic South, have welcomed new primary care providers board-certified in either family medicine or internal medici ...

                                                                September 15, 2021
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                                                              • Serving as a Volunteer Health Coach is Like Being a Patient’s Magic Wand for Improved Health

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                                                                |Date: July 23, 2019
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                                                                Serving as a Volunteer Health Coach is Like Being a Patient’s Magic Wand for Improved Health

                                                                Serving as a Volunteer Health Coach is Like Being a Patient’s Magic Wand for Improved Health

                                                                When a patient was asked, “If you had a magic wand that could give you one thing, anything, that would he ...

                                                                When a patient was asked, “If you had a magic wand that could give you one thing, anything, that would help you to improve your health what would you ask for?” Surprisingly he responded, “I wish I had ...

                                                                July 23, 2019
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                                                              • VMC & RTC Team Up for Innovative Community Health Program

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                                                                |Date: June 05, 2018
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                                                                VMC & RTC Team Up for Innovative Community Health Program

                                                                VMC & RTC Team Up for Innovative Community Health Program

                                                                Valley Medical Center's new Health Coach program is set to launch in Fall 2018. This pilot program, in co ...

                                                                Valley Medical Center's new Health Coach program is set to launch in Fall 2018. This pilot program, in collaboration with Renton Technical College, offers an 11-week course where participants will obt ...

                                                                June 05, 2018
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                                                              • Patient Express Kiosk Pilot Successfully Launched at Maple Valley Clinic

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                                                                |Date: August 16, 2016
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                                                                Patient Express Kiosk Pilot Successfully Launched at Maple Valley Clinic

                                                                Patient Express Kiosk Pilot Successfully Launched at Maple Valley Clinic

                                                                “The staff at Maple Valley Clinic is excited about the new Patient Express kiosk,” says Tara Vestal, Clin ...

                                                                “The staff at Maple Valley Clinic is excited about the new Patient Express kiosk,” says Tara Vestal, Clinic Supervisor and a kiosk super user. “We’re a growing clinic and this gives us an opportunity ...

                                                                August 16, 2016
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                                                              • Highlands Clinic Opens in New Location

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                                                                |Date: June 29, 2016
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                                                                Highlands Clinic Opens in New Location

                                                                Highlands Clinic Opens in New Location

                                                                Valley Medical Center's Highlands Clinic opened in its new facility on Tuesday, June 28. In addition to f ...

                                                                Valley Medical Center's Highlands Clinic opened in its new facility on Tuesday, June 28. In addition to family medicine and internal medicine primary care services, the newly enhanced clinic offers an ...

                                                                June 29, 2016
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                                                              • You Gave Birth by C-section – Do You Need to Have a C-section Next Time?

                                                                Posted by Valley Communications
                                                                |Date: October 28, 2013
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                                                                You Gave Birth by C-section – Do You Need to Have a C-section Next Time?

                                                                You Gave Birth by C-section – Do You Need to Have a C-section Next Time?

                                                                  Many women who have given birth by cesarean section (also called a C-section) would like to know i ...

                                                                  Many women who have given birth by cesarean section (also called a C-section) would like to know if they can deliver their next baby vaginally. For a long time physicians followed the guideline ...

                                                                October 28, 2013
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