WSHA is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Ben Lindekugel Governance Excellence Award!... Read More >>
Recent member news from the Feb. 24, 2022 edition of the Weekly Report newsletter. ... Read More >>
As a result of advocacy by WSHA and hospitals across the state in late 2021 and early 2022, the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is opening Hospital Capacity Admission Units – nursing facility units staffed by the state to help move nonacute patients out of hospitals.... Read More >>
Level up your professional profile and strengthen your competencies with education programs from Washington Hospital Services.... Read More >>
WSHA is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Ben Lindekugel Governance Excellence Award! Make a nomination online at www.wsha.org/awards.... Read More >>
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule on Nov. 5, 2021, requiring all CMS-certified facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to comply with this new emergency requirement as a condition of participation.... Read More >>
Recent member news from the Feb. 17, 2022 edition of the Weekly Report newsletter. ... Read More >>
WSHA is asking you to join us in urging legislators to protect patient safety and access and let nurses on the ground manage patient care.... Read More >>
WSHA would like to recognize the following organizations for supporting the association as a 2022 Member Engagement Partner.... Read More >>
On Jan. 1, 2022, 2SSB 5195 went into effect, requiring hospital emergency departments and many behavioral health settings (e.g., inpatient psychiatric units, psychiatric hospitals) to dispense or distribute opioid overdose reversal medication (e.g., naloxone) to patients at risk of an opioid overdose for individual use after discharge.... Read More >>
