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Friday, April 2, marks the cutoff for fiscal committees in the opposite chamber, and floor action in the opposite chamber will follow... Read More >>

The purpose of this bulletin is to inform hospitals and health systems about the new clean buildings standard that requires compliance as early as June 1, 2026. ... Read More >>

The House developed its budget proposal under a similar fiscal outlook as the Senate – a promising revenue forecast and an expected $7.7 billion in federal money under the American Recovery Plan Act.... Read More >>

A positive outlook is certainly reflected in the Senate’s $59.2 billion budget proposal. The House budget proposal will be released tomorrow... Read More >>

In early 2020, all of our lives began to change. As Washington State documented the first COVID-19 cases in the United States, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, and the race for a vaccine kicked off, we quickly realized it was just the beginning of a long and challenging journey.... Read More >>

Please join us next week for the webinar, Misclassification of American Indian and Alaska Native Patients, 10-11 a.m. Thursday, April 1 to learn about culturally-sensitive collection of race and ethnicity data and the impact of American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) misclassification.... Read More >>

Join Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest senior director Sue Bergmann, MBA, BSN, WA POLST Task Force co-chair Sharmon Figenshaw, ARNP, and WSMA director of continuing professional development Jessica Martinson for a tour of the new documents. ... Read More >>

The Pacific Northwest Sepsis Conference on May 3-4 is in its 9th year of providing high-quality sepsis education to an international community of people interested in improving sepsis care and outcomes. ... Read More >>

Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest is offering free Monthly Public Webinars in 2021. The two presentations being offered are: Understand Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives and Completing Your Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare.... Read More >>

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has launched its new People Matter, Words Matter poster series to help combat behavioral health stigma in health care settings by encouraging providers to adopt respectful, patient-centered language.... Read More >>