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Newport Hospitals & Health Services and Kittitas Valley Healthcare received the Washington State Hospital Association’s 2017 Rural Quality ~ Everyday Extraordinary Award. Newport Hospitals & Health Services received the award for its success in its “Surgical Site Infection Prevention Project,” and Kittitas Valley Healthcare received the award for its success in its “KVH Sepsis Taskforce.”... Read More >>

A new development has brought an end to Adventist Health’s efforts to transfer control of Walla Walla General Hospital’s services to Providence Health & Services—an initiative they jointly announced on April 3 and that both organizations had hoped to achieve by midsummer. Adventist Health received word that unexpected regulatory challenges have arisen which could linger for an undetermined duration of time and could ultimately prohibit the anticipated transfer of membership.... Read More >>

This year, at the Rural Hospital Leadership Conference, we are offering programs that will help our rural leaders be more effective and successful in their roles, sustaining rural health care across the state, and ensuring that our communities will continue to have access to the care that will keep them healthy. We’ll cover emerging topics in health care, update you on the latest developments in our state’s health care landscape, and maybe even surprise you with some new ideas or ways of thinking that you may not have considered before.... Read More >>

Helping guide young men and women into the health care field is an investment that pays off in the form of a healthy community. Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata will help guide young adults this summer through a new internship program through Eastern Washington University known as Project H.O.P.E. (which stands for Health Occupations Preparatory Experience). Through the program, high school students who are first-generation college-bound, from a rural community or from populations that are underserved in health care are placed in a four-week paid internship with their local health care facility.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the June 22, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

North Valley Hospital has launched a vocational program for the community’s high school students that prepares them over the course of a semester to take the state’s certified nursing assistant (CNA) exam to receive their professional license. The course can also be carried over for college credit, which is especially helpful for students who plan to study nursing in college.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the June 15, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

At Othello Community Hospital, a long-running program has sought to make local children and parents more comfortable when visiting the hospital or being a patient. Each year near National Hospital Week, the hospital welcomes second-graders from the community for learning and demonstrations in the hospital’s different departments.... Read More >>

Welcome WSHA’s newest affiliate member Miller, Nash, Graham & Dunn LLP! Miller Nash Graham & Dunn’s Health Law Practice is uniquely positioned to guide clients through the ever changing policy and regulatory environment of health care reform. Their attorneys are well-versed in the day-to-day issues that affect health care providers.... Read More >>

Membership updates from the June 8, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>