Overlake Medical Center is demonstrating leadership in health equity. Two years ago, they created a dashboard to stratify readmissions by race/ethnicity and gender for use by senior leadership to identify disparities in readmissions. ... Read More >>

WSHA and the Washington State Medical Association’s Joint Opioid Safe Practices Task Force supports Gov. Inslee’s legislation (HB 2489 & SB 6150) aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic in Washington State.... Read More >>

Bills continue to be written, introduced, revised and scheduled at a rapid pace in Olympia. Among the issues we testified on this week was SB 6146, which concerns appropriate weapons policy.... Read More >>

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on December 13 announced a strategy to provide critical updates regarding antibiotics and antifungal drugs to health care providers... Read More >>

Congratulations to the following individuals for taking on new roles with WSHA member hospitals and health systems!... Read More >>

Recent member news from the January 18, 2018 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Join us at 11:30 a.m. January 24 for a webinar exploring how two hospitals compare in their search for commercial payment solutions to help their AP departments and earn revenue. ... Read More >>

In case you missed last week’s webinar exploring pharmacy benefits management programs, a video recording of the session is now available. ... Read More >>

So much happened in 2017 that it’s easy to miss something important that didn’t happen.... Read More >>

The VA Puget Sound Health Care System has developed a unique community partnership that serves many of our country’s veterans in an inspiring and innovative way. ... Read More >>