With family visits on hold, Washington hospitals strain to comfort sickest patients
The restrictions are intended to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, and to conserve personal protective equipment. At EvergreenHealth, that meant even in the case of dying patients, the visits are brief – about 15 minutes per one-hour period…
Can blood from coronavirus survivors cure others? Seattle hospitals to try experimental treatment
Doctors at Swedish Health Services hospitals hope to infuse their first patient with so-called convalescent plasma early this week. Several other hospitals also plan to offer the treatment…
14 hospital staffers sickened with at UW Medicine Northwest
The outbreak so far has infected 14 staff members at UW Medicine Northwest Campus. They are nurses, certified nursing assistants and therapists, among others…
PeaceHealth shifts urgent care operations
PeaceHealth Urgent Care Memorial, 3400 Main St., Vancouver, is temporarily shifting its hours of operation…
UW’s 3D printed COVID-19 face shields: From innovation to delivery
When the first U.S. COVID-19 patient emerged in Washington, UW Medicine, as the state’s foremost provider of advanced medical care, was thrust into the role of trailblazer…
UW Medicine begins coronavirus testing for all patients admitted to its hospitals
The University of Washington’s medical system says it’s begun testing all patients admitted to its hospitals for coronavirus…
Feds seize coronavirus test kit materials bound for Bellingham hospital and Northwest
A delivery of test kit materials that would have allowed Bellingham’s St. Joseph hospital and other PeaceHealth medical facilities in the Northwest to run COVID-19 tests quicker were seized and diverted by the federal government to the East Coast, PeaceHealth reports…
Lawsuit alleges PeaceHealth discriminated against former employee
In a complaint filed in Clark County Superior Court, a black former PeaceHealth employee alleges the hospital system subjected him to months of racial discrimination…
Delivering soon? PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center and Island Hospital Childbirth Centers offer assurance
To ensure a safe delivery and provide mothers and their families with the best birth experience possible, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center Childbirth Center in Bellingham and the Birth Center at Island Hospital in Anacortes are balancing new visitor restrictions and social distancing in the wake of COVID-19…
Kittitas Valley Healthcare continues preparation for COVID-19 surge in medical needs
Kittitas Valley Healthcare (KVH) continues to prepare for a COVID-19 medical surge in our county…
Astria Health introducing system-wide telehealth appointments
Astria Health Centers across the system are now offering Telehealth doctor visits to our patients…
Nurses, caregivers win first-ever union contract at Providence Hospice and Home Care of Snohomish County
The 280 nurses and caregivers at Providence Hospice and Home Care of Snohomish County announced this week that they have won a first-ever union contract…
