About the Organization
Our Mission
Community Health of Central Washington provides quality healthcare through service and education.
Community Health of Central Washington was founded with one bold and clear vision: All people in our region should enjoy access to affordable and appropriate health care.
That sounds simple enough. But providing quality health care service is complex. That vision has caused us to grow, and to provide a wide array of services in multiple sites.
Primary Care
Today, CHCW is the medical home for more than 30,000 people in central Washington. We provide comprehensive care for all ages, regardless of the ability to pay. Our patients receive preventive services, care for acute and chronic illness, and care in our clinics, hospitals and other sites. We provide prenatal and obstetric services in Yakima and Kittitas Counties.
Teaching
Education has always been an important part of our mission. Our family medicine residency has operated since 1993, and is responsible for graduating nearly 30 family doctors who practice in our area and have helped to ease the primary care shortage. We also participate in training many other health care professions.
Pharmacy Services
Our patients have access to our full service pharmacies in Yakima and Ellensburg.
Pediatric Hospital Services
We provide special service for children hospitalized in Yakima.
Oral Health
Our newest service, Ellensburg Dental Care, is helping to meet the needs of all ages for affordable care in Kittitas County.
We pride ourselves on our ability to work with our communities, to understand their needs, and to work with others to develop innovative solutions to those problems.
About the Community
Community Health of Central Washington is is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and is home to Central Washington Family Medicine Residency Program, Central Washington Family Medicine Clinic, Senior and Residential Care and Yakima Pediatrics located in Yakima, Washington. We also operate a satellite Residency site at our CHCW-Ellensburg Clinic located in Ellensburg, WA. Additionally, we own and operate Ellensburg Dental Care located onsite at CHCW-Ellensburg, Highland Clinic in Tieton, WA and Naches Medical Clinic in Naches, WA.