Confluence Health opening new emergency department in Wenatchee
Confluence Health has announced the opening of a new emergency department in Wenatchee…
Group says purchase of Astria Regional, office building will improve access to health care in Yakima Valley
A Yakima investment group wants to improve the region’s access to health care — and enhance the Yakima Valley’s economic prospects — through the $20 million acquisition of the former Astria Regional Medical Center and neighboring Medical Office Building…
Providence Mount St. Vincent joins statewide effort to improve quality of care in nursing homes
Providence Mount St. Vincent, a skilled nursing facility in West Seattle, has been selected as one of 30 Washington nursing homes participating in the NICHE Long-Term Care program, specialized training to enhance the quality of care for older adults living in nursing homes…
Latinx Diabetes Clinic opens at UW Medicine in South Lake Union
Hispanic and Latino Americans are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes compared to non-Hispanic white Americans, with the former having a 17% chance and the latter having an 8% chance, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…