News

Health systems and providers throughout Washington are celebrating Thanksgiving this year with their own special festivities.... Read More >>

Dec. 1-7, 2019, is this year’s National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW). ... Read More >>

The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA), the Washington Health Benefit Exchange (HBE) and the Office of Insurance Commissioner (OIC) are co-hosting a webinar on the new public option plans that will be offered on the HBE starting Jan. 1, 2021, known as Cascade Care.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the Dec. 5, 2019 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Today is National Rural Health Day! Did you know about 57 million people (almost 1 in 5 Americans) live in rural communities?... Read More >>

Happy Antibiotic Awareness Week! This week our nation is taking the time to highlight the urgency of antibiotic resistance. ... Read More >>

WSHA released a new Workplace Violence Prevention webpage with tools and resources to support hospitals in addressing workplace violence and successfully implementing Washington’s new workplace violence law (House Bill 1931, passed 2019). ... Read More >>

Virginia Mason Medical Center is co-sponsoring a climate and health symposium that will be hosted by the hospital on Dec. 7.... Read More >>

As part of its efforts to introduce more effective models of care and address the behavioral health crisis in Snohomish County, Providence Medical Group launched a Behavioral Health Urgent Care on the same campus as the Providence Regional Medical Center Colby Campus emergency department.... Read More >>

Across the state, many patients are stuck in hospitals because the patients can’t access appropriate care in their communities. ... Read More >>