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After being discharged from a hospital stay, it’s important that you follow up with the right treatment and medications, and that you get your questions answered. To make sure discharged patients have the resources they need, Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen launched an automated phone system that calls and gives post-discharge care instructions and gives an opportunity for the discharged patient to indicate if he or she needs a follow-up phone call from a hospital caregiver.... Read More >>

To combat the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Confluence Health recently began allowing community members to safely dispose of opioid painkillers and any other unused medications at three Central Washington locations.... Read More >>

Membership updates from the May 4, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the May 4, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

WHS Industry Partner ZeOmega will host a webinar for WSHA members from 9-10a.m. May 11 on how population health solutions can help achieve Triple Aim goals and ensure success in risk-based care delivery and reimbursement models.... Read More >>

Kittitas Valley Healthcare in Ellensburg is nearing the six-year mark of operating its Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program, which is operated in collaboration with local law enforcement, the community’s Abuse Support and Prevention Education Now program and Central Washington University. In every situation, trained staff are involved with the initial report of assault through the victim’s medical examination.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the April 27, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

How does your facility handle disposal of controlled substances used in patient care? If it involves pouring them down the sink, you may be vulnerable to institutional drug diversion, which is the stealing of medications, including excess waste, for personal or unauthorized use. Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner Stericyle has made available an article written by Kim New, J.D., BSN, to help our members become more familiar with the problem, the risks it presents to facilities, and resources Stericycle has to help our members develop solutions to this problem.... Read More >>

Five years ago, a staff member at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia launched a program to help ensure patients who would otherwise be alone as they neared the end of life would have company as their final moment neared. The program, known as “No One Dies Alone” (NODA) matches patients with volunteers who are simply present and offer comfort. While it had existed elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest, the program was new to the south sound.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the April 20, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>