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As part of Washington State’s new hospital staffing law – Senate Bill 5236 – hospital staffing committees (HSCs) are required to draft a charter outlining procedures for electing co-chairs, member roles and responsibilities, meeting schedules, and processes by which complaints will be reviewed and resolved... Read More >>
WSHA is hosting a three-part webinar series this spring providing training and guidance for hospital leadership and staff to create safe, respectful and affirming experiences for patients when collecting gender identity and sexual orientation (SOGI) information... Read More >>
April 11-17 is Black Maternal Health Week, and Providence Swedish is observing the occasion with events at the First Hill campus that help caregivers, doulas and members of the larger community decompress, educate and celebrate... Read More >>
Washington Hospital Services (WHS) is partnering with an associate professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School to launch a brand new negotiations course designed exclusively for WSHA members... Read More >>
WSHA would like to recognize the following organizations for supporting the association as 2024 Silver Member Engagement Partners. We are incredibly grateful for their partnership and for the services they provide to our hospital members... Read More >>
Please join Qualvis’ parent company, Aya Healthcare, for the webinar “Insider Tips for Building a Flexible Workforce” at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 23. Qualivis, a subsidiary of Aya Healthcare, is a Washington Hospital Services Preferred Partner... Read More >>
Recent member news from the April 9, 2024, Weekly Report... Read More >>
WSHA is continuing to communicate with state agency staff about the impacts of the Change Healthcare cyber-attack and the critical needs of Washington’s hospitals and the patients we serve. While... Read More >>
A new state law, E2SHB 1357, reduces the timeframes for state regulated carriers to respond to prior authorization requests for medical services and prescription drugs with the changes effective January... Read More >>
WSHA’s Government Affairs team recently updated its Top Priority Rules Tracker, which shows the highest-priority ongoing state rulemaking activities impacting hospitals and health systems as part of its State Regulatory Issues webpage. Members... Read More >>