The risk of getting COVID -19 is extreme as cases are surging statewide, hospital and ICU beds are nearly at capacity, and case counts continue to grow. Since the beginning of August,…
Category: Health Care
Governor Announces Two New Vaccination Measures To Address Hospital Crisis, Help Keep Students Safe
Health care workers, K-12 educators, staff, and volunteers required to be fully vaccinated (Portland, OR) — Governor Kate Brown today announced two new vaccination measures to address Oregon’s hospital crisis, caused by the Delta…
Oregon reports 2,971 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 19 new deaths; Tillamook County highest daily count – 44 cases – Multiple workplace outbreaks; Hospital capacity concerns; New Vaccine Updates and more …
Today August 19, 2021, Oregon Health Authority is reporting 2,971 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 bringing the state total to 250,835. The new cases reported today are in the following counties: Baker…
Adventist Health Tillamook Pauses Elective Surgery Schedule to Accommodate COVID Surge Effective Aug. 18 through Aug. 27
August 18, 2021, Tillamook, Ore. – In order to address the influx of patients needing testing and treatment of COVID, Adventist Health Tillamook Medical Center is pausing elective surgeries for the remainder…
Adventist Health Tillamook Responds to COVID-19 Surge in Tillamook County with Staffing, Scheduling Updates; Institutes No Visitors Policy
Tillamook, Ore., August 13, 2021 – We enter the fifth wave of COVID-19 resurgence in the State of Oregon not seen since February of this year and Tillamook county case reporting data…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: Tillamook County COVID-19 Update – August 13, 2021
COVID-19 Response Since the beginning of August, 229 new COVID-19 cases have occurred in Tillamook County; 129 of those cases were from this week (Aug 8 – 12) with a test positivity…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – Weather; Mask Up Indoors State Mandate – 8/13/21
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Management Director Friday, August 13, 2021, 09:00am Weather Warm here but still hot over in the valley with the ridge of high pressure drifting east over…
COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MAKES DECISION TO CANCEL ELECTIVE SURGERIES AS COVID CASES RISE STATEWIDE
Astoria, OR – With COVID-19 cases on the unfortunate upswing both nationally and statewide, Columbia Memorial Hospital is canceling elective surgeries and converting more rooms to negative pressure environments to help ensure…
Tillamook County Transportation District Activates COVID-19 Response Protocols; Services Limited
August 12, 2021, Tillamook, OR: The Tillamook County Transportation District will be experiencing service interruptions over the coming days, the extent of which is not currently known. Frequent updates will be posted…
Adventist Health Tillamook and Rural Oregon Clinics Now Provide Online Scheduling, Update Call-In Appointment Scheduling Systems, Add New Providers
Citing high demand for scheduling appointments as well as meeting expectations for convenience and care, Adventist Health Tillamook offers several updates that increase options for scheduling appointments and decrease the time to…
