Valerie Jones MD
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SCMS Foundation<br />
Wellness Program<br />
It’s okay to ask for help!<br />
We want to make that ask<br />
as easy as possible.<br />
• No such thing as a too small problem, professional or personal.<br />
• Anonymous.<br />
• Care and counseling provided by an independent professional,<br />
focused on medical professionals.<br />
• First 8 sessions free to SCMS members (available at contracted<br />
rate to non-members).<br />
• 24/7 anonymous phone referral through third party service.<br />
Appointments set within 24 hours of request, including before<br />
or after office hours.<br />
• Private setting in an independent provider’s office or if<br />
preferred in a dedicated, private entrance, soundproofed room<br />
within the Spokane County Medical Society offices.<br />
• No information disclosed to others by provider without the<br />
physician's written consent (imminent risk of danger to self or<br />
others excepted, or where otherwise restricted by law).<br />
• No role in disciplinary or fitness-for-duty evaluations.<br />
• Coordinated referrals to other programs and agencies as<br />
applicable, indicated or desired.<br />
Call our 24-hour<br />
dedicated hotline at<br />
(509) 720-6000<br />
staffed by a professional<br />
in behavioral health<br />
for medical professionals.<br />
To make a tax deductible donation to support this<br />
program, contact Karen Hagensen at<br />
(509) 325-5010 or karen@spcms.org,<br />
or mail to:<br />
Spokane County Medical Society Foundation<br />
Attn: Wellness Program<br />
901 E. 2nd Ave., Ste. 301<br />
Spokane, WA 99202-2257<br />
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INCLUDE: WELLNESS • EDUCATION & TRAINING • BUSINESS • LITIGATION