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WHAT MICHELLE DOES ENABLES THE REST OF THE

PATIENTS’ EXPERIENCE TO FLOW SMOOTHLY. BEING

HANDS- ON, SHE IS SOMETIMES ABLE TO PASS ALONG

VITAL INFORMATION BY MAKING CHART NOTES.

ROGUE VALLEY MICRODEVICES
The medical field depends on medications, but they also depend on Junction location. It could be a rote position, just filling in blanks on
machines and technologies. Rogue Valley Microdevices is one the few a schedule, but Michelle loves her job and adds personal interaction.
foundries in the world nimble enough to work with nanoscale materi- Seeing patients from sick to healthy, she helps schedule the necessary
als. What they do is incredibly complex. In simple terms, however, they steps and does whatever she can to make it a positive experience.
work with customers mainly on the emerging technology side, and She comes to work every day with a heart and mind to help patients.
manufacture chips used in medical applications. The technology has the By both making appointments and checking out patients, she knows
potential to dramatically advance the ways in which cancerous tumors their stories, their struggles. One diabetic patient came on hard times
are assessed, a technology platform with life-saving and life-enhancing and couldn’t get the pedicure she needed—a medical necessity, not
potential. When asked what employees do when they come to work, a luxury, for patients with diabetes. Michelle made sure the patient
CEO Jessica Gomez laughed. “The engineering staff and technicians got a couple of pedicures. Cave Junction is a small community, and
make chips.” Siskiyou Community Health Center is a place where people are known
on a first-name basis and feel at home, despite being there for illness.
SISKIYOU COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER What Michelle does enables the rest of the patients’ experience to flow
Michelle Rinehart’s title at Siskiyou Community Health Center is smoothly. Being hands-on, she is sometimes able to pass along vital
Patient Service Representative, her function, a scheduler at the Cave information by making chart notes.

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