News

The WSHA team has analyzed and is tracking close to 250 bills with more being introduced every day. Legislative committees are busy hearing bills and will start to take action on some of them, meaning passing them to budget committees or to the rules committee ... Read More >>

The 2020 legislative session began Monday, Jan. 13. ... Read More >>

On Wednesday the Washington State Hospital Association joined a group of 33 State Hospital Associations filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to accept review of a case decided by the 5th Circuit with the goal of preserving the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). ... Read More >>

This year’s theme is See the Change, exploring how we can change the culture around advance care planning. ... Read More >>

Please join us on Friday, Jan. 31 from 12-1 p.m. for a webinar covering WHS's LEAD Academy program. ... Read More >>

Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest (Honoring Choices PNW) and a team at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have been granted an award to distribute Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)-funded, evidenced-based advance care planning resources to vulnerable and Spanish-speaking communities in Washington state. ... Read More >>

Early Monday morning Astria Regional Medical Center in Yakima ended emergency room services as part of its shut down of the hospital. ... Read More >>

The University of Washington and Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute are offering a free, Washington State Department of Health-funded training program for quality improvement personnel interested in learning how to guide clinics in implementing opioid management improvements through the evidence-based Six Building Blocks Program. ... Read More >>

Virginia Mason Memorial has named Carole E. Peet as the new CEO, beginning Feb. 3. Welcome!... Read More >>

Recent member news from the Jan. 17, 2020 Weekly Report.... Read More >>