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Health care spending in America is expected to reach $3.7 trillion this year and see a 5.5 percent yearly increase in the next decade, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To minimize spending while constantly improving the quality care, CHI Franciscan Health has engaged in a series of community partnerships.... Read More >>

August 23 is the deadline to make a nomination for the 2018 Community Health Leadership Award, which will be given at the WSHA Annual Meeting October 11 to a health care organization that is serving its community’s broader health needs in innovative and lasting ways.... Read More >>

We would like to honor a special hospital leader in Washington State with the Joe Hopkins Memorial Award! The Joe Hopkins Memorial Award was created in 1987 to acknowledge an individual who displays the spirit of Joe Hopkins’ vision and dedication to Washington’s hospitals, with a special focus on his interest in rural health.... Read More >>

To combat the local blood shortage, WSHA member Bloodworks NW has introduced the #BoldForBlood Challenge to empower Bloodworks donors, supporters and employees to make a difference.... Read More >>

Scott Graham has been appointed CEO at North Valley Hospital, shared with Three Rivers Hospital through an interlocal agreement.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the August 23, 2018 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Join Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner WHIT for a webinar from 12-1 pm Thursday, August 30 that will explore advanced analytics, clinical solutions and member engagement strategies to reduce costs and improve clinical quality outcomes. ... Read More >>

Registration is now open for WSHA’s Annual Meeting in October, which also means it’s time to make nominations for WSHA’s 2018 Community Health Leadership Award, which will be given out at the Annual Meeting October 11 in Seattle.... Read More >>

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle is best known for its cancer research and treatment, but it also offers a program that allows local educators to harness some of that knowledge and bring it back to share with their students. Through the program — the Science Education Partnership (SEP) — about two-dozen secondary school science teachers from across the state spend three weeks at Fred Hutch, learning new techniques in a teaching lab and getting paired with an ongoing research project in a scientist’s lab.... Read More >>

Health care organizations have a new option for providing physicians access to long-term supplemental disability insurance at a reduced cost through WSHA Industry Partner InsMed. Institutions with more than 75 employed physicians can offer their physicians individual disability insurance to supplement their current group coverage.... Read More >>