Time to Care for You

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GCHD’s primary care providers serve as the go-to “medical home” for you and your family. Your primary care physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner provides a consistent home base to connect all your care through one centralized source that provides direction and helps you navigate each new age and stage of wellness.
​At GCHD’s Pomeroy Medical Clinic, your primary care team works to build a relationship with you and your family over time, including your family medical history and any personal health preferences. By getting to know you and understanding your approach to wellness, your primary care provider can serve as a true partner in supporting your health goals.

Common primary-care services often include:

• Well visits and physicals
• Immunizations
• Treatment for acute illnesses and injuries
• Nutrition and weight management
• Pediatric and adolescent care
• Basic women’s healthcare
• Chronic condition management
• Coordination for complex care with specialists​
• DOT physicals
  

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Garfield County Hospital District provides Primary Care Services at Pomeroy Medical Clinic.
For more information, call 509-843-1740.

Get to know GCHD’s Primary Care Providers by reading their bios on our Providers page.
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​Improve Your Health
Research shows that patients who establish a relationship with a primary care provider tend to be healthier overall. Additionally, patients will benefit from:

1. Continuity

From one appointment to the next, you can feel confident in your primary care provider’s growing understanding of your health. Having a go-to primary care provider create stability and continuity when it comes to your care. This is especially critical for people with chronic conditions, such as arthritis, diabetes, or heart disease.

2. Communication

As you and your primary care provider get to know each other better, you develop a deeper level of trust and better communication, making it easier to share more sensitive information or ask more difficult questions.

3. Maintaining your health

​As your primary care provider develops a better idea of what is normal for you, it becomes easier to recognize potential problems or to recommend specific types of preventive care. For example, if heart disease runs in your family, your primary care provider will likely recommend certain lifestyle changes, while monitoring your vitals more regularly.

4. Early detection

Recurring checkups with the same physician make it more likely to catch health issues early on – when they are easiest to treat.

​Ideally, you should see your primary care provider once or twice a year for wellness visits, health screenings, and any necessary acute care when you are sick or injured.

​Locations
Primary care services are available at the following location:
Pomeroy Medical Clinic
446 Pataha Street
Pomeroy, WA 99347
509-843-1491
Pomeroy Medical Clinic will not discriminate in the provision of health care services to an individual:

1. Because the individual is unable to pay for the health care services;
2. Because payment for those services would be made under Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP);
3. Based upon the individual’s race, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation.