Clinic: The clinic serves a large, culturally diverse population base. The facility is comprised of six physician offices, 16 exam rooms, and a well-equipped minor treatment room that can handle small emergencies. It is staffed by two full-time family physicians, one general surgeon, and five ARNP’s. The clinic staff conducts community visits and weekly visits to the Indian Health Clinic in Nespelem. Visiting specialists offer regularly scheduled hours in the Coulee Family Medicine Clinic. The staff has received high praise from Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program students, as well as the Family Medicine Residents and ARNPs who are hosted by the clinic. The staff is enthusiastic about rural medical education and encourages students to pursue primary care, which offers the most variety and challenge. |
Hospital: The Coulee Medical Center is a 25-bed critical access hospital offering services in general medical & surgical care, OB, an emergency and trauma center, and a long term care unit. The hospital provides a variety of inpatient and outpatient services and is involved in several community outreach health programs. In 2009, the hospital broke ground on an $18.3 million building project. By autumn of 2010, the new state-of-the-art facility will house both the hospital and the Coulee Medical Clinic. The hospital's web site is www.cmccares.org. |
Nursing Home: Located in the Coulee Medical Center.
Televideo/Internet:Coulee Community Hospital is part of the Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS) network.
Directions:
Grand Coulee is located 80 miles west of Spokane, 230 miles east of Seattle, and 100 miles south of Canada. To see a map of where we are located and/or get directions from other locations, go to maps.google.com (for directions, click "Get Directions" in the upper left-hand corner where you can input the starting address).
Transportation:Travel to Grand Coulee is easiest by automobile or bus; the nearest commercial airport is Spokane.
Housing:no information at this time.
Eateries:
Grand Coulee has a nice selection of restaurants for a community of its size.
Lodging:
Grand Coulee has several motels. During late spring and summer recreational months, community RV parks and campgrounds become very busy.
Extracurricular Activities:
The great floods carved out a "coulee" revealing a stunning display of layers of basalt rock, hence the name of the city. In addition to this geological wonder, the Grand Coulee Area offers many adventures for outdoor enthusiasts. Lake Roosevelt and Banks Lake are two of the most beautiful and vast lakes in Washington. Fishing, boating, swimming, picnicking, and water sports can be found on both of these great reservoirs. The coulee walls and unique landscape of the area offer excellent hiking trails and rock climbing. The area also offers abundant wildlife and bird viewing, nature walks, camping, hunting, horseback riding, and golf.
The Grand Coulee Dam Project began in 1933 when President Roosevelt included Grand Coulee in his public works program to ease joblessness, provide irrigation to the surrounding desert areas, and for the production of electricity. Built from 1933 to 1975, it is 550 feet tall, from the 500 foot wide polished granite base, to the 30 foot wide crest which supports a paved two lane road. When you include the third power house, Grand Coulee Dam is almost one mile long and more than twice as tall as Niagara Falls. It is the 3rd largest producer of electric power in the world and the largest concrete structure in the US. The reservoir behind it is called (Franklin Delano) Roosevelt Lake. In the summer, the nightly laser show has become one of the community's leading attractions.
Weather Trends:
July is the hottest time of the year with temperatures from 60-89°; January is the coldest time of the year with temperatures from 20-31°. Precipitation is fairly low except during the winter months where there can be as much as 15” of snow on the ground. |
Primary WRITE Preceptors: 
Jacob Chaffee, M.D., Family Medicine/OB