To combat the local blood shortage, WSHA member Bloodworks NW has introduced the #BoldForBlood Challenge to empower Bloodworks donors, supporters and employees to make a difference.... Read More >>

Scott Graham has been appointed CEO at North Valley Hospital, shared with Three Rivers Hospital through an interlocal agreement.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the August 23, 2018 Weekly Report.... 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 >>

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle is best known for its cancer research and treatment, but it also offers a program that allows local educators to harness some of that knowledge and bring it back to share with their students. Through the program — the Science Education Partnership (SEP) — about two-dozen secondary school science teachers from across the state spend three weeks at Fred Hutch, learning new techniques in a teaching lab and getting paired with an ongoing research project in a scientist’s lab.... 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 >>

To give those in the Vancouver community a place of refuge during a difficult time, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center early this year opened the new Douglas and Heather Greene Legacy Breast Health Center, which combines the medical center’s existing breast health services and expands the services offered.... Read More >>

In addition to offering peer review services to rural hospitals, Washington Hospital Services’ Health Care Quality Services (WHS-HQS) also provides peer review to rural health clinics, whether hospital-based or free standing.... Read More >>