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June 3, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 3A Facing the challenges at Providence Seaside CB Farmers Market is back in season Highlights include music, children’s program and new vendors By Lyra Fontaine Kendall Sawa takes helm at Providence Seaside Hospital Cannon Beach Gazette By Nancy McCarthy EO Media Group With a new CEO in charge, Providence Seaside Hospital could be in for several changes. More full-time doctors will be hired. More partnerships may be formed with Columbia Memorial Hospital. The Prov- idence Seaside campus could even get a new look. Hired in January, Kendall Sawa came to Providence Sea- side from Ocean Beach Hos- pital in Ilwaco, where he had been chief executive since late 2012. He formerly served in sev- eral positions at PeaceHealth Ketchikan (Alaska) Medical Center for 17 years, before tak- ing the helm of Ocean Beach Hospital under a management agreement between the public hospital district and Peace- Health to manage daily oper- ations. The agreement expired Jan. 31. The move from Peace- Health to Providence Health & Services wasn’t a giant leap, Sawa said. Both systems are Catholic not-for-proits, they are located on the rural coast and their values are much the same. He calls his new job “an ex- citing journey for me.” Scouting for docs The challenges facing the 25-bed Providence Seaside, Sawa added, aren’t too differ- ent than those faced by hospi- tals in other small communities. Recruitment, changing reim- bursement systems as a result of the federal Affordable Care Act and competition with other local hospitals are among his top concerns. But Sawa is optimistic. Af- ter recently introducing four new full-time specialists to the community, he is continuing to scout for more primary care doctors in the Cannon Beach, Seaside and Warrenton clinics. He’s using the coastal beau- ty as bait, and he’s pretty sure it will work; more providers — including a nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, an inter- nal medicine physician and two walk-in clinic specialists — are expected to arrive at Provi- dence Seaside in the next six to nine months, he said. JOSHUA BESSEX/EO MEDIA GROUP Kendall Sawa is the CEO of Providence Seaside Hospital and the North Coast service area. “It’s a beautiful place to come and work,” Sawa said. “There are providers looking for an opportunity to serve a small community hospital like Providence Seaside.” But, he added, every com- munity wants more primary care doctors, which are becom- ing rare nowadays. Medical school graduates are going into the higher paying specialties instead of serving general pop- ulations. Being in a small community hospital has its disadvantages: It means being on call much more frequently than in a larg- er hospital, where there may be little or no on-call duty. It may be dificult to ind an affordable home, and the doctor’s spouse or partner may not be able to ind appropriate work. But, Sawa noted, there’s one big advantage: “In a rural com- munity, you really get to know the people you see as patients.” There are other pluses, too, he added. The North Coast is a good place to make a lifestyle change. “We’ve been lucky to ind several candidates who want to make this a place to live,” Sawa said. Collaborations Providence Seaside also will continue to ind ways to form partnerships with Colum- bia Memorial Hospital in Asto- ria, Sawa added. “The walls are breaking down,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do. We are collabora- tively working together.” When CMH announced that it was ending its home health services at the end of April, Providence Seaside agreed to pick up CMH’s 17 patients. The Seaside hospital already serves about 100 home health patients — those who need medical at- tention but can’t leave home and don’t need a nursing home. In addition, the two hos- pitals are collaborating with each other and with Clatsop Behavioral Health to create the Clatsop Behavioral Health Re- spite Center for those who need treatment for mental health crises. The Warrenton center is expected to open at the end of May. While CMH recently be- came afiliated with Oregon Health and Science Univer- sity in Portland, Sawa points to the strength of the overall Providence Health & Services system, which stretches over seven states. It is the third-larg- est health system in the United States. Seaside Providence also is working with Ocean Beach Hospital by sending cardiol- ogist Robert Morse there on a regular basis. “He already sees a lot of patients from that area,” Sawa said. To provide service for its rural residents and still stay within budget, the hospital is increasing its use of “telemed- icine,” where patients talk to doctors online and don’t have to travel to appointments. The online process is being used to admit patients to the hospital and to have follow-up discus- sions with cancer and stroke pa- tients. The system is even being used in the intensive care unit. With the addition of doc- tors and other personnel, the hospital may have to expand outside its current boundaries on Wahanna Road in Seaside, Sawa said. A master construc- tion plan is being worked on, he added, and more off-campus ofices may opened. “We are deinitely out of space,” Sawa said. C Cannon Beach’s Largest Selection of Oregon and Washington Wine! UPCOMING TASTINGS June 4 • Pui n Wines June 11 • Capitello Wines June 18 • D’Anu Wines June 25 • Kramer Vineyards July 2 • Pudding River Wine Cellars July 9 • Bergevin Lane Vineyards Shack Hours Sun-h urs • 11am to 5pm Fri-Sat • 11am to 6pm Tasting Room Hours Saturdays • 1 to 5pm Starting June 14, the City Hall parking lot in Midtown will be illed with fresh food, music and fun activities at the Cannon Beach Farmers Mar- ket, every Tuesday through Sept. 27. Prepared food and music run 1 to 5 p.m. Other vendors are open 2 to 5 p.m. Shoppers can expect a va- riety of items, including low- ers, produce, pasture-raised meat, organic cheeses, smoked salmon and baked goods. One new vendor is Northwest Roll and Bowl, offering sushi and noodle bowls. The sweet and savory wafles from Hello Wafle and Middle Eastern cuisine from O Falafel are among this year’s returning vendors. Farmers market visitors can enjoy local music during each market. On the open- ing day, Two Crows Joy will play. For the second year, the market will have a children’s program, spearheaded by Po- lice Chief Jason Schermer- horn, for kids ages 5 to 12. “They meet farmers and learn about where their food comes from,” Market Man- ager Philomena Lloyd said. Each child receives two dollars in tokens they can spend or save on items of their choice at the market. A goat from a local creamery will also make an appearance. At most weekly markets, an Oregon State Universi- CANNON BEACH GAZETTE/FILE PHOTO Shoppers at the 2015 Cannon Beach Farmers Market. he market is open Tuesdays at 1 p.m. with music, pre- pared food and community booths. CANNON BEACH GAZETTE/FILE PHOTO he line-up of Mexican dishes ofered by Casa de Tama- les was among the array of prepared food in 2015. ty program will offer food demonstrations at the “Taste of Place” booth. “They will showcase how easy and quick it can be to prepare healthier versions of our meals,” Lloyd said. Community booths will be present at each market. 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