Family Birth Center earns honors The state Department of Health and the March of Dimes recently recognized the Family Birth Center at Skagit Valley Hospital for leadership in reducing the number of elective deliveries before 39 weeks.
Cascade Skagit Health Alliance:
Multi-speciality clinic opens in Smokey Point Cascade Skagit Health Alliance, a 42,000-square foot multi-specialty medical facility in Smokey Point, is open and offering a wide variety of health care services in a convenient location just east of Interstate 5. The clinic is located at 3823 172nd Street NE and is a collaboration by Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics in Arlington and Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon. Providers offer primary and specialty health care services
including cancer care, cardiology, urology, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, occupational medicine, women’s health, pharmacy, lab, X-ray and MRI. Urgent Care is open extended hours from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. For holiday hours, see the Web site at cascadeskagithealth.org.
Family physician enjoys chance to care for the entire family Carmen Oprea, MD, new family medicine physician at Cascade Skagit Health Alliance in Smokey Point, was inspired to pursue a career in medicine because of her desire to help others. She completed her medical training at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania. Upon completion of her training, she worked as an OB/GYN for seven years.
Dr. Oprea’s desire for a diverse practice that allowed her to use the skills she developed as an obstetrician, led her to complete a family medicine residency program at Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) South Arkansas in El Dorado, Arkansas. This residency program trained her to care for the health care needs of patients of any age while continuing to use her obstetric knowledge and expertise.
In 2010, the rate at Skagit Valley Hospital was 20 percent. In 2011, the rate dropped below the goal of 7 percent and efforts continue to bring the rate below 5 percent. “There are lots of important things happening during those last few weeks of pregnancy and it makes a big difference,” said Pat Proctor, RN, Director of the Family Birth Center. “Our big effort is on educating patients on the consequences of early deliveries. It’s for the healthy baby and for the baby’s benefit.” For more information, go to www. GoTheFull40.com.
Top 10 percent by HealthGrades Skagit Valley Hospital is among the top 10 percent in the nation for gynecologic surgery and the recipient of the Gynecological Surgery Excellence Award from HealthGrades, the leading provider of information to help consumers make an informed decision about a physician or hospital. Skagit Valley Hospital, one of 461 hospitals to receive a 5-Star designation in this category by HealthGrades, is committed to providing the women of Mount Vernon with the highest possible quality care. This is the second year in a row Skagit Valley Hospital has received this HealthGrades rating. “We’re doing more kinds of gynecologic surgery here than we have ever done before and this speaks very well to the totality of how well our patients are treated here at Skagit Valley Hospital,” said Robert Rosenfeld, MD, OB/GYN with Skagit Regional Clinics.
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