News

With access to mental health services a topic of great interest to the Washington State health care community, WSHA members have responded by increasing access to services in their facilities. On May 24, Swedish Ballard opened a new 22-bed behavioral health clinic that accepts voluntary and involuntary patients ages 18 and older.... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services would like to thank everyone who attended the webinar last week hosted by our Industry Partner Commerce Bank. This webinar explored how accounts payable strategies can be employed to the benefit of our members.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the May 26, 2016 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

NWone had a very successful Annual Meeting May 18-20 at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson. The event was attended by 160 nurse leaders from both Washington and Oregon. Attendees heard presentations from state and national speakers on resilience, partnerships and leadership, and received health policy updates from WSHA's Ian Corbridge and the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems’ Andi Easton.... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner Merritt Hawkins has written an article exploring the topic of how Medicare will soon dramatically change the way in which it pays physicians. This article was published in the April 2016 issue of Practice Management magazine.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the May 19, 2016 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

new resources are constantly being introduced to help, including Harborview Medical Center’s Pacific Northwest Suicide Resource Center, launched by the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC). The program is a library of digital resources that raise awareness and offer support, especially to teens, to help save lives. The program also includes a survey of King County Schools to identify suicide resource needs in King County public schools.... Read More >>

Olympic Medical Center has appointed Darryl Wolfe to the position of CFO. Darryl has been with the medical center for nearly a decade, with the bulk of his tenure in the finance department, where he served as treasurer, operations and business analyst, and financial analyst.... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner Zeomega has created an educational video that attempts to answer the question of how you can break the silos and connect critical data for truly patient-centered, comprehensive care management. The video demonstrates how Zeomega’s solution could allow WSHA members to share information and work collaboratively to improve patient health. ... Read More >>

In health care, we’re in the business of helping people. At WSHA, we help by supporting our members, helping them provide high-quality care to their patients and their communities. However, our hospital and health system members are the ones who are on the ground level, helping people every day as they walk through the doors of the emergency department, check in for surgery or come to a clinic for a check-up.... Read More >>