

WE ARE
so pleased to have joined forces
with the Union Family Health Center and the
Elgin Family Health Clinic. With increasing
regulatory demands on providers, it had become
more and more difficult for these smaller inde-
pendent practices to survive. It is a situation the
Union operation had sought to alleviate by
previously considering a partnership with
another health care system.
Because we view regional access to quality
health care services as our mission, we believed
it was vital that health care services offered in
these communities remain viable for the people
who live in them. It was in this spirit of support,
along with the desire to fulfill our mission, that
we entered into negotiations with both the South
County Health District Board and Elgin Health
District Board last spring.
Please join us in welcoming our new primary
care providers: Kim Montee, MD; Bonnie
Hayslett, PA; and Jamie Jo Haddock, FNP, as
well as all of the wonderful clinic staff into the
Grand Ronde Hospital family. We are excited
to continue working together to build upon the
great strides in health care services that have
already been made in these communities.
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Bonnie Hayslett,
PA, Union and
Elgin clinics
Jamie Jo Haddock,
FNP, Union and
Elgin clinics
U N I O N A N D E L G I N
Expanding our
commitment to
keep care local
Kim Montee, MD,
Union and Elgin
clinics
J O I N I N G O U R T E A M T H I S Y E A R
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Betsy Anderson, MD
—
a family practice physician
who comes to us from
Heppner, Oregon. She will
begin seeing patients at the
RMC in September.
Adrian Davis, MD
—another orthopedic
surgeon joining the care
team at the Ortho Clinic this
coming October.
Ellen Harris, FNP
—seeing patients at GRH, the
RMC and in Union and Elgin.
She comes to us from Hawaii,
where she was in practice at
the Waianae Coast Compre-
hensive Health Clinic.
Find out more about these
newest members of our
community, as well as all of
the wonderful providers
featured in our new online
provider directory, at
www.grh.orgtoday!