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Everyone is busy in today’s world. We often eat meals on the go, and these quick meals are not always the healthiest choices. In fact, what we eat can have a tremendous impact on our health, and at Swedish Cherry Hill, Dr. Tanmeet Sethi is looking to change the way doctors look at chronic disease by paying more attention to nutrition, which helps get to the root cause of the problem.... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner BESLER Consulting is beginning a webinar series illuminating often overlooked areas were addition revenue can be obtained. This “Found Money” series begins with a webcast from 12-1 p.m. Aug. 3 and will focus on the opportunities created by class action settlements. Eighty percent of hospitals never participate in this funding opportunity, though they are eligible.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the July 28, 2016 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner BESLER Consulting will be presenting a three-part educational webinar series exploring revenue recovery opportunities or “found money” often overlooked by hospitals. Part one will take a deeper dive into the unique financial opportunities to be had from Class Action Settlements. ... Read More >>

Recent member news from the July 21, 2016 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Natural environments help the healing process, but sometimes quiet spaces with natural beauty can be difficult to come by in the city. However, thanks to a unique partnership between the VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS), Veterans and Friends of Puget Sound, Inc. and the University of Washington’s Department of Landscape Architecture, patients and families at the VAPSHCS hospital have a new place to find peace and rejuvenation, as the hospital unveiled a new outdoor healing garden in June.... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner ZeOmega will host a webinar exploring how population health strategies and tools that can be used by WSHA members to help identify patients with high-risk pregnancies and engage them and intervene with the right care at the right time.... Read More >>

Healthcare Quality Services is looking to add to our roster for specialty specific reviewers! We are currently searching for physicians specializing in urology, otolaryngologyOBGYN and orthopedics.... Read More >>

In addition to being a national leader in recruiting for health care employment, Merritt Hawkins is also a major contributor to the data that helps us understand the health care employment environment. Merritt Hawkins recently completed its national survey on physician access, which they summarized in this video. The survey rates each state according to the ease in which patients can access physicians, measuring it using 33 bench marks.... Read More >>

While Seattle is one of America’s most progressive cities, members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender queer/questioning (LGBTQ) can still be subject to crimes and discrimination. To offer support to members of the community feeling harassed or in danger, UW Medicine recently became a member of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) Safe Place program and converted all its single-stall bathrooms to gender-neutral.... Read More >>