It’s hard to believe, but it's already time to start preparing for the 2019 legislative session. Part of that preparation involves you meeting with your state legislators to tell your hospital’s story and talk about advocacy priorities.... Read More >>
In 2011, the Sepsis Alliance designated September as Sepsis Awareness Month to put a spotlight on sepsis and sepsis awareness, offering free resources for health care systems their website.... Read More >>
Join Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner WHIT for a webinar from 12-1 pm Thursday, August 30 that will explore advanced analytics, clinical solutions and member engagement strategies to reduce costs and improve clinical quality outcomes. ... Read More >>
Registration is now open for WSHA’s Annual Meeting in October, which also means it’s time to make nominations for WSHA’s 2018 Community Health Leadership Award, which will be given out at the Annual Meeting October 11 in Seattle.... Read More >>
Registration is now open for WSHA’s 2018 Annual Member Meeting and Governance Education Day — October 11 and 12, respectively — at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront. The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting is Innovative Leadership for Tomorrow’s Health Care.... Read More >>
Health care organizations have a new option for providing physicians access to long-term supplemental disability insurance at a reduced cost through WSHA Industry Partner InsMed. Institutions with more than 75 employed physicians can offer their physicians individual disability insurance to supplement their current group coverage.... Read More >>
Looking to keep up on the latest changes in payment and coding? Sign up for the PARA HealthCare Analytics weekly newsletter. Recent issues have covered topics including billing for point-of-care testing and updates on OPPS and HCPCS. ... Read More >>
Completing one of the four-hour in-person courses and a four-hour online follow-up course allows physicians to prescribe buprenorphine for office-based treatment of opioid use disorder.... Read More >>
A new article in British Medical Journal Quality & Safety reviews five areas of health care that are essential to improving patient safety, which the Institute For Healthcare Improvement/National Patient Safety Foundation (IHI/NPSF) and the Lucian Leape Institute (LLI) first identified in 2009.... Read More >>
Gov. Inslee has declared September 22 Falls Prevention Awareness Day, which is an opportunity to engage your organization in efforts to reduce falls that result in injuries. This is a relevant issue for Washington State, as 13 percent of residents are older than 65, falls are the leading cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions among older adults, and the rate of death from falls among older adults has increased 25 percent in the last 18 years.... Read More >>
