The Washington State Hospital Association honored hospitals with awards recognizing their efforts to achieve high quality care and demonstrate community health leadership during the association’s annual meeting on Oct. 14, 2016, at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront. The Achieving Best Care award and Community Health Leadership award are among the association’s highest honors awarded to health care organizations in Washington state.... Read More >>

See the conference agenda and presentations from our 84th Annual Member Meeting Oct. 13-14 in Seattle.... Read More >>

Gov. Inslee announced an executive order October 7 aimed at ending the opioid crisis in our state. WSHA and WSMA applauded the order, as the opioid crisis represents one of the largest public health issues facing our state.... Read More >>

At TeamHealth (NYSE: TMH), our purpose is to perfect our physicians' ability to practice medicine, every day, in everything we do. Through our more than 19,000 affiliated physicians and advanced practice clinicians, TeamHealth offers numerous solutions to approximately 3,400 acute and post-acute facilities and physician groups nationwide.... Read More >>

One of our biggest focuses at WSHA on patient safety, and we continually work to make care safer and more effective for all of our state’s residents. During the last few years, we’ve participated in two Partnership for Patients initiatives with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that have made a tremendous impact in our communities, preventing 39,000 patient harms and saving $611 million in health care costs.... Read More >>

Our 84th Annual Member Meeting begins today at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront, just across the street from our previous location at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center.... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partners Merritt Hawkins released a white paper with 10 keys to enhancing relationships with your medical staff as well as an overview of major factors driving mobility among physicians.... Read More >>

The UW Medicine/Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress is offering free sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) trainings for nurses employed by Washington State hospitals. Travel stipends are available for rural nurses.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the October 13, 2016 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

The Community Health Leadership Award is given annually to health care organizations that serve their community’s health needs in innovative and lasting ways. We want to recognize organizations that are not just serving patients, but are investing in solutions that improve the health of their entire community. This week we recognize Valley Medical Center, Sunnyside Community Hospital & Clinics and Morton General Hospital.... Read More >>