Thank you for your interest in Family Care Network! Below are links to news and articles featuring our organization and team.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Michele Anderson, Director of Marketing, Communications & Project Management
Phone: (360) 318-8800
Fax: (360) 318-1085
September 2021
New doctor in Birch Bay
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/new-doctor-in-birch-bay,17502?
July 2021
Blaine facility moving foward
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-to-move-for...
May 2021
First child in the 12- to 15-year-old age group receives the COVID-19 vaccine
https://youtu.be/VrVkg5IGZPs
Teens and COVID Vaccines
https://www.whatcomtalk.com/2021/05/27/teens-and-covid-vaccines-perspect...
April 2021
Parkscriptions featured in Earth Day article:
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/things-you-can-do-in-the-seat...
Family Care Network welcomes new physician assistant
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-welcomes-ne...
March 2021
These 38,000 Whatcom County residents will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines this week
www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article250288505.html
Whatcom County Community Vaccination Center opens to public March 13
www.whatcomtalk.com/2021/03/09/whatcom-county-community-vaccination-cent...
Vaccine supply remains limited.
www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249778403.html
February 2021
Significant improvement in vaccine allocation ‘weeks — possibly months’ away in Whatcom
www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249544803.html
Up to 5,000 people a week could get COVID-19 vaccine at this Bellingham site starting in March
www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249347445.html
Whatcom receives no first doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week as state shifts focus
www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249280730.html
County sends letter to Inslee on reopening plan
www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/county-sends-letter-to-inslee-on-reopen...
Where to find the COVID-19 vaccine and who can get it in Whatcom County
www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article248817100.html
Whatcom County officials question COVID vaccine shortage
www.kiro7.com/news/local/whatcom-county-officials-question-covid-vaccine...
Vaccine supply still not meeting demand
www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/vaccine-supply-still-not-meeting-demand...
Vaccine availability updates
www.bellinghamherald.com/article248963309.html
To make an appointment for vaccination with Family Care Network
www.lyndentribune.com/news/county-covid-rate-is-easing/article_a7ec584c-...
January 2021
COVID-19 vaccine now offered to people 65 and older
www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/vaccine-now-offered-to-people-65-and-ol...
Anxious Whatcom residents jam phone lines seeking appointments for COVID-19 vaccine
www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article248652385.html
Flood of calls to healthcare providers — please do not phone in!
www.lyndentribune.com/news/flood-of-calls-to-healthcare-providers-please...
KGMI
https://kgmi.com/news/007700-local-health-providers-expand-vaccine-distr...
Family Care Network project delayed five months
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-project-del...
Fall, 2020
Greg Anderson, MD and his use of Parkscriptions.
https://wawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WW_Fall2020_Newsletter_Final.pdf
https://montanafreepress.org/2020/06/11/outside-of-the-boxes/
https://www.boulderweekly.com/adventure/outside-the-boxes/ (repost of Montana Free Press article)
July 29, 2020
Blaine property purchase delayed.
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/city-family-care-network-delay-sale-of-gateway-property-until-2021,11093
April 30, 2020
Telemedicine in Whatcom County - WhatcomTalk.com >>
April 8, 2020
Delay in Blaine Gateway property development.
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/city-of-blaine-amends-gateway-property-agreement,10189
March 22, 2020
Local medical facilities (including FCN) request donations of PPE.
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article241375606.html
March 19, 2020
Rodney Anderson, MD interview with KIRO7 News regarding shortage of COVID-19 testing supplies.
https://www.kiro7.com/video/?id=4861766
March 11, 2020
Update on Family Care Network building in Blaine.
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-facility-could-open-by-mid-2021,9802?
February 19, 2020
Family Care Network metioned in article regarding changes to Bay Medical Clinic aquisition.
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-shares-further-details-of-its-proposal,8264?
October 20, 2019
Family Care Network featured on Whatcom Report, reporting on healthcare in rural areas:
https://kgmi.com/podcasts/the-whatcom-report-october-20-2019/
October 15, 2019
Mount Vernon Urgent Care expands hours:
https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/business-briefly/article_b9c808bb-4ae4-5749-975c-1bfeeebd68da.html
October 1, 2019
Urgent Care expands to Lynden, extends hours in Mount Vernon. All locations open to FCN and non-FCN patients.
https://www.familycarenetwork.com/news/urgent-care-expands-lynden-extends-hours-mount-vernon
October 1, 2019
Two Family Care Network physicians were voted Best Family Practitioner in Bellingham Alive's Best of the Northwest 2019 poll:
- GOLD: Karen O'Keefe, MD - Bellignham Bay Family Medicine
- SILVER: John Hiemstra, DO - Lynden Family Medicine
https://issuu.com/klmedia/docs/1910_ba_web?fr=sMjg0NjMzNjMz&mc_cid=98c103723b&mc_eid=8a7ffce52c
September, 2019
Family Care Network purchases property in Blaine for a new medical clinic.
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/city-of-blaine-family-care-network-reach-property-deal,8374?
September, 2019
North Cascade Family Physicians was selected as a top 3 finalist for Best Medical Facility in goskagit.com's Skagit's Best 2019.
https://www.goskagit.com/contests/skagitsbest/#//
August 29, 2019
Greg Anderson, MD (Bellingham Bay Family Medicine) featured in KING5 news story on Parkscriptions:
https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/xxx/281-80ced5ef-ab61-4c74-837c-56d8187be32e
August 23, 2019
Laura Fox, MD (Bellingham Bay Family Medicine) features in Washington State Governer's Office article about Parkscriptions: https://medium.com/wagovernor/program-elevates-patients-health-by-encouraging-any-contact-with-the-outdoors-5bcd32e4b64f
August 21, 2019
Family Care Network shares plans for new medical clinic in Blaine.
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-shares-further-details-of-its-proposal,8264?
May 1, 2019
Family Care Network providers featured in Outdoor Magazine article about "The Nature Cure": https://www.outsideonline.com/2393660/science-newest-miracle-drug-free
December 5, 2018
Dr. Leah Embree joins Birch Bay Family Medicine:
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/new-doctor-welcomed-to-birch-bay,6497?
March/April, 2018
Family Care Network's Greg Anderson, MD featured in Washington Trails Association feature on Parkscriptions program.
https://www.wta.org/news/magazine/features/the-power-of-parks
March 17, 2017
Family Care Network adds laboratory services:
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article138989883.html