In The News

Thank you for your interest in Family Care Network! Below are links to news and articles featuring our organization and team.

February 2024

Family Care Network to submint building permits for Blaine medical facility, CEO says 
www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-to-submit-building-permits-for-blaine-medical-facility-ceo-says,30551

August 2023

January 2023

Pacific Northwest Health Perks
https://bellinghamalive.com/

September 2022

August 2022

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

March 2021

These 38,000 Whatcom County residents will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines this week
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article250288505.html

Whatcom County Community Vaccination Center opens to public March 13
https://www.whatcomtalk.com/2021/03/09/whatcom-county-community-vaccination-center…

Vaccine supply remains limited.
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249778403.html

February 2021

Significant improvement in vaccine allocation ‘weeks — possibly months’ away in Whatcom
https://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
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249347445.html

Whatcom receives no first doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week as state shifts focus
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249280730.html

County sends letter to Inslee on reopening plan
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/county-sends-letter-to-inslee-on-reopening…

Where to find the COVID-19 vaccine and who can get it in Whatcom County
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article248817100.html

Whatcom County officials question COVID vaccine shortage
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/whatcom-county-officials-question-covid-vaccine…

Vaccine supply still not meeting demand
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/vaccine-supply-still-not-meeting-demand…

Vaccine availability updates
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/article248963309.html

To make an appointment for vaccination with Family Care Network
https://www.lyndentribune.com/news/county-covid-rate-is-easing/article_a7ec584c…

January 2021

COVID-19 vaccine now offered to people 65 and older
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/vaccine-now-offered-to-people-65-and…

Anxious Whatcom residents jam phone lines seeking appointments for COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article248652385.html

Flood of calls to healthcare providers — please do not phone in!
https://www.lyndentribune.com/news/flood-of-calls-to-healthcare-providers-please…

KGMI
https://kgmi.com/news/007700-local-health-providers-expand-vaccine…

Family Care Network project delayed five months
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-project…

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

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 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

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?

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

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, 2019

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
Family Care Network, In the News

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Michele Anderson,
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Phone: (360) 318-8800
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