Dr. Corey Fish was a primary care pediatrician when he realized the need for an urgent care clinic geared specifically towards children. “Kids are not little adults,” he likes to tell people, and before he opened Pacific Crest Urgent Care in Portland, parents were left with limited options when their child required urgent medical care. Most often the emergency room is a family’s only option and “seventy plus percent of the time, an ER isn’t really necessary for the child to go to,” he added, “and that’s just a really wasteful way to practice medicine.”
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Five Inspiring Facts about Female Entrepreneurship
Inspiring Facts about Female Entrepreneurship: Women-owned businesses (WOB) have grown 114% versus the overall national growth rate of 44% for all businesses over the past two decades (1997-2017). (Source: The […]
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Are you sick of all your hard work benefiting someone else’s business? Are you ready to set out as a solopreneur? You might be a little afraid or unsure how […]
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Celebrating Small Business Week with Hood Famous & Craft 3
It’s Small Business Week – and that means that it is time to salute some of the vibrant businesses that make our communities strong One of our favorites is Hood […]
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Student Success Center of Orting
Effie Garcia, the founding owner of the Student Success Center of Orting has a long history of helping children learn and grow. She is guided by her belief that all […]
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