Elaine Couture, R.N., chief executive of Providence Health Care, is 2016 chair-elect of the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Section for Metropolitan Hospitals. She will assume her role in 2017. ... Read More >>
Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner InSight, which is a national leader in telepsychiatry issued a press release announcing our partnership. ... Read More >>
There has been a lot of change recently in leadership roles for hospitals and health systems across the state. WSHA is pleased to congratulate these health care leaders on their new positions!... Read More >>
Washington Hospital Services works to find Industry Partners that can offer improvements to existing services and create additional sources of revenue for our members. Commerce Bank has been successful in working with hospitals and healthcare organizations in our state and across the country to develop effective payment strategies for their accounts payable departments.... Read More >>
Patients in need of spine surgery now have a minimally invasive treatment option at Capital Medical Center. The medical center is using robotic guidance from the Mazor Robotic Renaissance, which assists surgeons during surgeries such as spinal fusion, vertebroplasty and scoliosis correction. Capital Medical Center is the first in Washington State to make use of robotic guidance for the procedures.... Read More >>
Recent member news from the Jan. 28, 2016 Weekly Report.... Read More >>
Washington State’s rural hospitals have a long commitment to serving their communities and providing high-quality health care. All the hospitals in the state, from the smallest to the largest, f the most remote to the most convenient, post their quality scores on www.WAHospitalQuality.org.... Read More >>
Washington Hospital Services is proud to announce its new marketing collaboration with GE Healthcare! This endeavor will help raise awareness of the solutions that GE could offer our members through its offerings in healthcare.... Read More >>
Pierce County will soon have a new psychiatric hospital. The Washington State Department of Health has approved the Certificate of Need application from CHI Franciscan Health and MultiCare Health System to jointly build and operate a $41 million, 120-bed non-profit psychiatric hospital in Tacoma. ... Read More >>
Max the dog, the mascot ambassador of the children’s wellness program at Lake Chelan Community Hospital and Clinics, has been making health fun for the valley’s youngest residents for the last two years, visiting schools, libraries and community events with the hospital’s wellness team.... Read More >>
