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Siskiyou Community Health Center Is A Blue Zones Project Approved Worksite
Grants Pass, OR –Siskiyou Community Health Center is the newest Blue Zones Project Approved worksite in Grants Pass. Joining the Blue Zones Project initiative made perfect sense for Siskiyou Community Health Center who has been promoting a healthy work environment for many years. Their Employee Appreciation Week, Walk Across America contests, employee gatherings, and robust benefits package that promotes health [...]
Local Health Care Providers Join Merkley in Pushing for Medicare Option for All
Medicare Part E – for “everyone” – would be sold on health insurance exchanges and made available to employers MEDFORD, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today joined Rogue Valley Community Health CEO William North, Siskiyou Community Health CEO Richard Booth, La Clinica CEO Brenda Johnson, and Marya Kain, Rogue Valley Community Health board member and patient advocate, in [...]
Dr. Kristin Miller Receives Summit Award for Outstanding Leadership in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
Grants Pass, OR – The Northwest Regional Primary Care Association (NWRPCA) has awarded Dr. Kristin Miller, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Siskiyou Community Health Center, with the Summit Award for her guidance and fearless leadership in tackling the multi-faceted issue of patient opioid addiction. She has been able to successfully redirect the otherwise bleak future of Josephine County patients while [...]
Former NBA and Oregon Duck Basketball player Luke Jackson will be joining us for the 9th Annual Tee Off For Kids Charity Golf Tournament
Siskiyou Community Health Center is looking forward to another great golf tournament. The tournament will be held at Grants Pass Golf Club on Friday, September 21 at 9:00 a.m. With support from our sponsors and players, Tee Off For Kids helps fund important programs at Siskiyou Community Health Center that benefit children in our community. One of these programs, the [...]
Siskiyou Community Health Center Announces New Chief Executive Officer
Grants Pass, OR – Siskiyou Community Health Center announced today that its board of directors has unanimously chosen Rich Booth as the new Chief Executive Officer. Booth, who has been serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Siskiyou Community Health Center since 2008, will succeed the late Kurt Higuera. Booth and Higuera worked closely for nearly 10 years and, together, [...]
Siskiyou Community Health Center Receives $12,000 District Grant From Rogue Gateway Rotary Club
Grants Pass, OR – Rogue Gateway Rotary Club of Grants Pass has partnered with Siskiyou Community Health Center (SCHC) by providing a district grant to SCHC’s Healthy Families (HF) and Project Baby Check (PBC) programs. Rotary District Grants fund scholarships, projects and travel that align with the mission of The Rotary Foundation, which is to enable Rotarians to advance [...]