Join us at noon Wednesday, July 19 for the first in a series of three webcasts aimed at helping you to formalize exposure control plans to promote OSHA compliance and develop a clear and complete approach to training staff for regulatory compliance. In the first webcast, Richard Best, Stericycle's Corporate Director of OSHA Compliance, will focus on OSHA standards, such as the blood-borne pathogens and hazard communication standards.... Read More >>

Cordant Health is making major progress in keeping prescription opioids off the streets. In fact, last month alone, they prevented the diversion of more than 8,800 pills. Cordant offers a closed-loop solution for opioid prescriptions, incorporating both medication dispensing and laboratory work to provide better data for prescribing and patient compliance, maintaining controls through the entire process.... Read More >>

The Department of Homeland Security released on July 7 an initial update on efforts to strengthen the cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure, including hospitals and health systems, as required by the president’s May executive order. With respect to critical infrastructure, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration is accepting stakeholder comments through July 28 on actions that could be taken to address the threat of automated attacks, such as botnets.... Read More >>

On Friday, the legislature avoided a partial state government shutdown by mere hours by agreeing on a $43 billion operating budget.... Read More >>

It was a relief that the Senate decided not to push for a pre-recess vote on their health care reform bill, but for now, it’s only a delay.... Read More >>

Our thanks to all the hospital staff and board members who came to Chelan for our 41st Annual Rural Hospital Leadership Conference.... Read More >>

Hospitals are assessed annually by the Department of Health to fund data collection and reporting on statewide hospital charity care.... Read More >>

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics recently released a Vital Statistics Rapid Release Report “Births: Provisional Data for 2016”, highlighting the success of Washington state’s efforts to improve maternal and infant care outcomes. ... Read More >>

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) announced today that the American Academy of Nursing has selected Kathleen Shannon Dorcy, PhD, RN, Director, Clinical Nursing Research, Education and Practice, as an Academy Fellow.... Read More >>

Newport Hospitals & Health Services received the Washington State Hospital Association’s 2017 Rural Quality Everyday Extraordinary Award for its success in their “Surgical Site Infection Prevention Project.”... Read More >>