Puget Sound waits and eastern Washington shortages
UW Medicine, Swedish, and Kaiser Permanente Washington book psychiatric intake months out in Seattle. Spokane and Tri-Cities patients face severe eastern-Washington workforce shortages east of the Cascades.
Washington-licensed telepsychiatry across the Puget Sound, Olympic Peninsula, and eastern WA. First visit is 30 minutes by video; prescriptions to Bartell, Safeway, or Fred Meyer.

















