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New center aims to close healthcare gap for Port Gamble …

WEB0:26. KINGSTON — A new community health center for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe will be open and offering health and wellness services to tribal members …

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Kitsap's board of health is expanding. Who is expected to join

WEBUnder the new structure, Kitsap’s health board will expand from seven to 10 members.Two of the three Kitsap County commissioners will at some point leave the …

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Young children now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine in Kitsap County

WEBThe latest wave of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years old, began last week in Kitsap County. The Kitsap Public Health …

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Healthcare clinic opens affordable housing for underserved …

WEBThe building, dubbed the Cedar House, cost $515,000 to purchase, then PCHS put an additional $150,000 toward improvements that separated the building into …

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Kitsap Transit's Gateway Center hosts COVID-19 vaccination clinic

WEBAusten Macalus is the Kitsap Sun's social services reporter — covering health care, homelessness and how programs are serving people living in poverty. He …

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Suquamish Tribe's Healing House opening for Medicaid patients

WEBThe clinic opens Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and closes from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. for lunch. New patients with Medicaid insurance can call …

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Washington's Apple Health and Homes treats housing as health care

WEB0:03. 0:26. Washington is trying something new when it comes to housing: treating it as health care. Apple Health and Homes is a multi-agency state program …

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Exercises to restore your breathing pattern to a healthy place

WEBBreathing has been an intrinsic feature of our lives since the day we were born. Akin to background noise, we inhale and exhale thousands of times per day, the vast …

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Tacoma 911 hub adding counselors to handle behavioral health calls

WEBThe need for the program “came from the understanding that a lot of calls reach 911 that may contain a mental health or behavioral health component and could benefit …

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KIAC provide in-house medical clinic to immigrants in Kitsap

WEBThis change dates back to legislation in December 2022, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Treasury …

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Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to open new Bremerton ER …

WEB0:04. 1:34. BREMERTON — Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has announced plans to open a hybrid emergency room and urgent care center on Kitsap …

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Urgent care's role in providing quality care in Kitsap

WEBAPPs are integral members of the healthcare team, used throughout the nation as well as here in Kitsap County, to deliver quality care to patients in primary care, …

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A doctor's advice when it comes to nutrition, diets and good health

WEBUnderstanding why this is the case takes a bit more explanation and knowing might help us shift to and stick with a healthier diet. Plants have more of the things …

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Kitsap Mental Health Services sends providers to Salvation Army

WEB0:04. 0:26. Accessing mental health and substance use resources is now more streamlined for Bremerton’s most vulnerable, with Kitsap Mental Health Services …

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New South Kitsap COVID-19 vaccination site opening this week

WEBA new community COVID-19 vaccination site will open in South Kitsap this week, run by the Kitsap Public Health District and Kitsap County's Emergency …

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Medical respite care coming to old Kitsap Rescue Mission in …

WEB1:26. BREMERTON — Peninsula Community Health Services has plans to open a medical respite care facility downtown at the former home of the Kitsap Rescue …

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Kitsap Mental Health expands facility in Bremerton for youth …

WEBEleven staff members, including Borer, are serving in the program to support students' needs. The team consists of teachers, behavioral interventionists, therapists …

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Triage center creates calming space for people in crisis

WEBA healing place. The triage center is designed to provide a calm, welcoming space for people in crisis. The center will be staffed 24 hours a day. Clients will sleep in …

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Troubled Bremerton nursing homes change hands

WEBBREMERTON — Two Bremerton nursing homes that were fined a combined $500,000 by the federal government for health and safety violations over the past two …

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Kitsap Children's Clinic to close, providers moving to PCHS

WEBKitsap Sun. 0:04. 0:26. Kitsap Children’s Clinic, which has locations in Silverdale and Port Orchard and has long provided pediatric care in the community, will …

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Kitsap Mental Health Services CEO Joe Roszak will retire in July

WEBThe tax provides an additional over $4 million dollars annually to support behavioral health care and led to the creation of the Crisis Triage Center and the Pacific …

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Poulsbo doctor has gone 'rogue' in era of fewer independent …

WEBJosh Farley is a reporter covering the military and health care for the Kitsap Sun. He can be reached at 360-792-9227, [email protected] or on Twitter at …

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