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SAMHSA recently announced a grant available to nonprofit hospitals and emergency departments, intending to support those facilities in developing and implementing alternatives to opioids for pain management.... Read More >>

Thirty teams successfully completed a gap assessment, action planning and implemented projects to improve the delivery of equitable care across Oregon and Washington over the past 18 months.... Read More >>

Almost 107,000 people died in the United States due to a drug poisoning in 2021, with 75% of those deaths involving an opioid.... Read More >>

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have CDC and Bree Collaborative have revised Opioid Prescribing Guidelines that include best practice recommendations for acute, subacute and chronic opioid use. The updated and expanded guidelines support WSHA’s aims to ensure equitable access to effective, informed, individualized and safe pain care.... Read More >>

We have added a second information session in January before we kick off the collaborative.  If you were unable to attend, please sign up for our second session on Jan. 25 from 3-4 p.m. PST... Read More >>

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have CDC and Bree Collaborative have revised Opioid Prescribing Guidelines that include best practice recommendations for acute, subacute and chronic opioid use.... Read More >>

Federally recognized tribes and local jurisdictions can request oral capsules of Tamiflu from the Washington State Department of Health (DOH).... Read More >>

WSHA will host the webinar “Student Nurse Apprenticeship Program – Model for investing in future nurses” from 10-11am, Tuesday, Jan. 17, with Brittany Burke, DNP, RN, NEA-BC.  Norton Healthcare’s Student Nurse Apprenticeship Program (SNAP) is the first prelicensure apprenticeship program in the United States.... Read More >>

WSHA will launch three new Health Equity Workgroups in 2023. The workgroups will focus on Gender-Affirming Care, Equity Measures and Data Analytics, and Social Determinates of Health.... Read More >>

WSHA will host the webinar “Student Nurse Apprenticeship Program- Model for investing in future nurses” from 10-11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 14... Read More >>