Case Study
Rural health care: Big needs, small budget
Case Study End-to-end emergency management app saves time As a Critical Access Hospital (CAH), Tillamook Regional Medical Center (TRMC) faces challenges unique to CAHs, in addition to sharing many of the care-related goals of larger hospitals. Like general healthcare facilities, TRMC must maintain a fully functional emergency management system, despite an operating budget that is a fraction of the funds available to larger hospitals. “We have some of the same needs as the country’s most sophisticated healthcare facilities, but because we lack their funding, we have to exercise tremendous caution in the products and solutions we acquire,” said Eric Swanson, TRMC’s director of preparedness. “My job is to make sure our facility is ready to respond to any situation — whether that’s