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                                    • Valley Primary Care Clinics Sustain Recognition as NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Homes

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                                      |Date: October 17, 2024
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                                      Valley Primary Care Clinics Sustain Recognition as NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Homes

                                      Valley Primary Care Clinics Sustain Recognition as NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Homes

                                      We are excited to share that our primary care clinics have successfully sustained their recognition as Na ...

                                      We are excited to share that our primary care clinics have successfully sustained their recognition as National Committee for Quality Assurance Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH)! Each year our pri ...

                                      October 17, 2024
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                                    • One Nurse Makes a Difference: How Valley’s RN Care Managers Are Improving Care in Our Community

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                                      |Date: October 10, 2023
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                                      One Nurse Makes a Difference: How Valley’s RN Care Managers Are Improving Care in Our Community

                                      One Nurse Makes a Difference: How Valley’s RN Care Managers Are Improving Care in Our Community

                                      Valley patient Agnes recently received life-saving care at Valley. She credits her RN Care Manager with h ...

                                      Valley patient Agnes recently received life-saving care at Valley. She credits her RN Care Manager with helping to keep her out of the hospital after a long stay. Her story was recently featured by Iv ...

                                      October 10, 2023
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                                    • LGBTQ Health: Part 1

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                                      |Date: June 10, 2020
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                                      LGBTQ Health: Part 1

                                      LGBTQ Health: Part 1

                                      Valley Medical Center's Clinic Network is proud to have providers on the team who are experts in LBGTQ he ...

                                      Valley Medical Center's Clinic Network is proud to have providers on the team who are experts in LBGTQ health care and social issues. Dara Jolly, MD, obstetrician & gynecologist and faculty member ...

                                      June 10, 2020
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                                    • Valley Clinic Network Receives Multiple Awards

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                                      |Date: October 31, 2019
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                                      Valley Clinic Network Receives Multiple Awards

                                      Valley Clinic Network Receives Multiple Awards

                                      Congratulations to Valley's Clinic Network on these recent awards/recognitions: Clinic Network - Target: ...

                                      Congratulations to Valley's Clinic Network on these recent awards/recognitions: Clinic Network - Target: BP American Heart Association & American Medical Association Gold Level RecognitionDr. Kim ...

                                      October 31, 2019
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                                    • Anticipating the Birth of a New Baby in the Family? Make Sure You’re Up-to-Date with Your Whooping Cough Immunization

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                                      |Date: June 06, 2019
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                                      Anticipating the Birth of a New Baby in the Family? Make Sure You’re Up-to-Date with Your Whooping Cough Immunization

                                      Anticipating the Birth of a New Baby in the Family? Make Sure You’re Up-to-Date with Your Whooping Cough Immunization

                                      If you know you’re going to be around a new baby soon, make sure your whooping cough (pertussis) vaccinat ...

                                      If you know you’re going to be around a new baby soon, make sure your whooping cough (pertussis) vaccination (Tdap or DTaP) is up-to-date. Family members and caregivers who are immunized against whoop ...

                                      June 06, 2019
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                                    • Do Statins Change the Risk or Progression of Dementia?

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                                      |Date: January 30, 2019
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                                      Do Statins Change the Risk or Progression of Dementia?

                                      Do Statins Change the Risk or Progression of Dementia?

                                      If you have high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, your healthcare provider may prescribe statin ...

                                      If you have high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, your healthcare provider may prescribe statin medicine in addition to lifestyle changes to control your LDL cholesterol level. Statin drugs ...

                                      January 30, 2019
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                                    • Does Breastfeeding Affect the Risk of Childhood Obesity?

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                                      |Date: September 21, 2017
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                                      Does Breastfeeding Affect the Risk of Childhood Obesity?

                                      Does Breastfeeding Affect the Risk of Childhood Obesity?

                                      Yes! After Valley Family Medicine Residency physicians reviewed over a dozen studies with more than 76,00 ...

                                      Yes! After Valley Family Medicine Residency physicians reviewed over a dozen studies with more than 76,000 infants primarily from the Unites States and Great Britain, they found that breastfeeding low ...

                                      September 21, 2017
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                                    • Do Pedometers Increase Activity and Improve Health Outcomes?

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                                      |Date: August 18, 2017
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                                      Do Pedometers Increase Activity and Improve Health Outcomes?

                                      Do Pedometers Increase Activity and Improve Health Outcomes?

                                      Valley Family Medicine Clinic physicians evaluated the research findings of nearly 30 different studies i ...

                                      Valley Family Medicine Clinic physicians evaluated the research findings of nearly 30 different studies involving pedometer use and evidence-based increases in activity and improvements in health outc ...

                                      August 18, 2017
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                                    • Keeping our Community Healthier, One Vaccine at a Time

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: May 03, 2017
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                                      Keeping our Community Healthier, One Vaccine at a Time

                                      Keeping our Community Healthier, One Vaccine at a Time

                                      Valley Family Medicine Achieves WA State Gold Level 2017 Immunize Washington Award     Valley F ...

                                      Valley Family Medicine Achieves WA State Gold Level 2017 Immunize Washington Award     Valley Family Medicine has been named a recipient of the 2017 Immunize Washington award by the Washingt ...

                                      May 03, 2017
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                                    • 30 years of Training Remarkable Physicians – Congrats Valley Family Medicine Residency Program!

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                                      |Date: April 05, 2017
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                                      30 years of Training Remarkable Physicians – Congrats Valley Family Medicine Residency Program!

                                      30 years of Training Remarkable Physicians – Congrats Valley Family Medicine Residency Program!

                                      Valley Family Medicine Residency program recently celebrated its thirty-year anniversary with a reunion o ...

                                      Valley Family Medicine Residency program recently celebrated its thirty-year anniversary with a reunion of current and previous residents and faculty. The gathering was held on March 18, 2017 at the P ...

                                      April 05, 2017
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