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Gov. Jay Inslee on June 20 announced that Lou McDermott will serve as interim director of the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA). He replaces Dorothy Frost Teeter, who announced her departure from the agency in May after leading it for four years.... Read More >>

The Cancer Research Endowment (CARE) Fund, a new public-private partnership that supports cancer research in Washington, has selected Empire Health Foundation (EHF) in Spokane to serve as its Program Administrator. EHF will be responsible for administering grants to fund cancer research that utilizes the best science with the greatest potential to improve health outcomes for Washingtonians.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the June 22, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Conference resources from WSHA & AWPHD's 41st Annual Rural Hospital Leadership Conference.... Read More >>

We are less than two weeks away from converging on the beautiful town of Chelan for WSHA and AWPHD’s 41st Annual Rural Hospital Leadership Conference. Planning started before 2017 even started, and this is an outstanding event.... Read More >>

North Valley Hospital has launched a vocational program for the community’s high school students that prepares them over the course of a semester to take the state’s certified nursing assistant (CNA) exam to receive their professional license. The course can also be carried over for college credit, which is especially helpful for students who plan to study nursing in college.... Read More >>

Online registration for WSHA and AWPHD’s 41st Annual Rural Hospital Leadership Conference in Chelan will close next Monday June 19. After online registration closes, registration will only be available on-site at the Campbell’s Resort during the event June 25-28. ... Read More >>

Grays Harbor and Klickitat counties will have no individual health care insurance options in 2018, according to information filed with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) last week. Based on the filings, residents will have no options on the Washington Health Benefit Exchange or individual market. Commissioner Kreidler and his staff are engaged in negotiations to see if a willing insurer can be found.... Read More >>

Healthier Washington recently released the final report of the Rural Health Innovation Accelerator Committee (RHIAC), entitled “A New Vision For Rural Health in Washington.”  Jacqueline Barton True participated in the RHIAC, along with WSHA members Eric Moll, CEO of Mason General Hospital, and Linda Gipson, Chief, Quality and Transformation Officer at WhidbeyHealth. ... Read More >>

Falls and associated injuries remain a serious patient safety problem, with between 700,000 and 1 million people falling in the hospital each year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Up to 51 percent of falls result in injury or significant trauma, and they are the leading cause of injury-related deaths for adults older than 65. Several evidence-based interventions have been designed to prevent falls and associated injuries, and WSHA has resources that can help.... Read More >>