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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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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Business Impact NW last spoke to Sean Kelly in October 2017 a few months after he opened Sean’s Clay Corner In one year’s time, his business grew so quickly that […]
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The Impact of Policy on Small Business
In the day to day, it’s easy to lose track of how public policy shapes our lives, from the streets we drive on, to the homes we live in, to […]
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