Archive

Two key committees with the Healthy Living Collaborative (HLC) are seeking new members: the HLC Committee and the HLC Policy Committee. Both committees have moved to a rolling membership model and will accept applications year-round. The HLC Committee, which oversees HLC strategy and direction, is restructuring in 2019. The committee will meet four times a […]

We sat down with Andy Tucker at Children’s Home Society in Vancouver, Washington, to learn about the agency’s work with kids and families in Southwest Washington. Andy is CHSW’s community director, as well as the co-chair for the SWACH Regional Health Improvement Plan council (RHIP), which develops health improvement plans in the SWACH region of […]

As part of the regional opioid crisis response effort in Southwest Washington, health care professionals, systems leaders and other stakeholders must support a culture shift in how we think about, treat and support those experiencing opioid use disorder. To support SWACH partners in the journey toward culture shift, we created these series of videos with […]

SWACH and our Care Coordination Agency (CCA) partners are now enrolling community members into Pathways HealthConnect. This free program is based on the innovative Pathways care coordination model, which helps community members connect with the local services and support they need to be healthy. It also tracks outcomes and community needs, and helps create more […]

As part of SWACH’s effort to expand access to Medicaid assisted treatment for patients in hospitals or in emergency departments, SWACH is working with PeaceHealth to coordinate two MAT trainings on March 20 and 23. PeaceHealth emergency department physicians and hospitalists will have priority for these trainings. They will be opened up to the broader […]

Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health (SWACH) will host the first Clark County Opioid Taskforce meeting on March 22nd. The event is part of a regional effort to bring together cross-sector partners to prioritize and drive a collective response to the opioid crisis. WHAT: The first Clark County Opioid Taskforce Meeting. Water and light snacks […]

Opportunity to improve community health in Southwest Washington SWACH is recruiting members for its Board of Trustees, which governs the nonprofit’s work to improve the community’s health in Southwest Washington. Individuals with the following experience are encouraged to apply: — People or families/friends of those experienced using Medicaid services in Clark, Klickitat or Skamania Counties. […]