Hospital Name Chosen, Open Call for Logo Submissions

The Board of Commissioners voted on the three final submissions for a new facility name, and beginning December 1, 2011 our hospital will continue to move forward and doing business as THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL.

The next step in the re-branding plan is to develop a new logo to represent our name and hospital district.

Employees of the hospital and all residents of our hospital district are welcome to forward submissions for possible logos to Rebecca Meadows, Director of Marketing & Community Relations, via email to community@oddh.org or mailed to:

Three Rivers Hospital
  ATTN: Community Relations
PO Box 577
Brewster, WA  98812

New Hospital Name & Logo Contest

Okanogan Douglas District Hospital is holding a contest for a new facility name, along with a new logo!
The contest will be active the month of November. For details, contact Rebecca Meadows, Director of Marketing & Community Relations, at 509.689.2517 extension 3416 or send an email to community@oddh.org

Click HERE to listen to the audio clip that was aired on KOZI radio on Thursday, November 3, 2011 about our contest.

Interim CNO Appointed

Gretchen Aguilar has been appointed as the Interim Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).

Gretchen graduated in 2002 from Wenatchee Valley College North with honors as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), and continued on with her Nursing program education, and again graduating with honors, obtained her Registered Nurse (RN) license in 2003.


Gretchen's Nursing career began at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket, Washington and was hired on at Okanogan Douglas District Hospital (ODDH) for the Night shift in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in 2004. Later, she moved to Day shift as an ICU/ER Nurse and then on to Charge Nurse. In 2008 she moved back to Night shift -- as Charge Nurse this time -- to accommodate her children's schedules.

 As the ODDH Chief Operating Officer , Sandy Sylvester, explained, "State statute requires Nursing leadership. Gretchen is an experienced Nurse and she is well respected by her co-workers. When I asked her for help, she did not hesitate to take on the position. I trust she will do a fine job as interim, and new ODDH Chief Executive Officer, Bud Hufnagel, will choose the permanent CNO soon."

Two New Stryker Hospital Beds Arrive

Thanks to the efforts of Jennifer Munson, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), we can expect the arrival very soon of two new Stryker Epic II beds for the Nursing floor to replace existing equipment.

Then, in the next few months, another two beds should be arriving to continue upgrading our patient beds.


Our staff and communities thank you, Jennifer!

Interview Rounds End, CEO Selected

Bud Hufnagel has been selected to fill the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) position for Okanogan Douglas District Hospital. The local newspaper, the Quad City Herald, ran a full length article in their Wednesday, September 7, 2012 edition.

Levy Lid Lift has Passed!

Employment Opportunities

Be sure to visit the Opportunity page of our website often!  With the implementation of electronic health records (EHR), there are many exciting changes on the way for staffing our facility.  You are welcome to stop by the Human Resources office to pick up a paper application, or save the time and car fuel and complete an Employment Application online.

EHR Implementation Begins

This week begins a series of training sessions with CPSI, the Electronic Health Record (EHR) company for Okanogan Douglas District Hospital (ODDH).  Representatives from CPSI headquarters in Mobile, Alabama are on-site and working with hospital staff to initiate the first "Go Live" phase next week for Nursing Order Entry (NOE). NOE is the part of EHR data entry where the Nursing staff generates requests for procedures from other hospital departments like medications from Pharmacy, x-rays from Radiology or blood work from the Lab.

This week's activity will include installation of new computer hardware to the Nursing floor.

Levy Lid Lift Campaign

The ODH Levy Lid Lift Committee is canvassing the county to ask for a YES vote on the ballot in August 2011.  Town Hall meetings, luncheons, PowerPoint presentations, flyers and a variety fund raising events are planned from Mansfield to Winthrop -- and all locations in between -- to raise awareness for our community members.
If you would like to volunteer your time to assist the ODH Levy Lid Lift efforts, please contact committee chairperson, Jan May

Auto-Transfusion Option Offered

Recently, an OrthoPAT system was presented to Okanogan Douglas District Hospital (ODDH) by one of the regional physicians.  A company representative was on-site for two days to provide training sessions for available staff and help promote benefits of utilizing the auto-transfusion system over other options.  The equipment was provided to the hospital free of charge, with materials available at regular cost, enables ODDH to add yet another service for our communities.

The three most common ways for a surgery patient to receive blood are:

• Blood bank... when a unit of blood from an anonymous donor is collected, tested for safety and stored
• Pre-Donation... when a surgery patient expecting a procedure donates their own blood to be used, if needed, and their own blood is stored until the date of the procedure
• Auto-transfusion... when a piece of equipment, such as the OrthoPAT system, uses the patient's own blood at the time of the procedure without the need for storage

If you are scheduling a surgical procedure at Okanogan Douglas District Hospital in Brewster, Washington soon or an unexpected surgical procedure is needed, ask your doctor or the OR Supervisor about your options of using the OrthoPAT system.

New logo for Okanogan Douglas District Hospital

The Board of Commissioners has approved updating the Okanogan Douglas District Hospital (ODDH) logo from the previous multiple-themed emblem

to a simpler and easier to recognize symbol for our facility. The new logo will be transitioned in as current supplies diminish in effort to curb unnecessary costs.

Online Payment

There is a new option to pay your
Okanogan Douglas District Hospital (ODDH)
medical services statement online! 

Visit our website
or click here:

ONLINE BILL PAYMENT

to visit the secure website to make a payment

or pay your medical services statement in full.

Save the auto fuel.

Save the cost of a stamp.

Save the travel time and 

mark one more thing off 

of your To Do list today.