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Over 300 nurses were nominated for the 2019 Washington March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Awards. ... Read More >>

The Washington State Department of Health has released the newest Maternal Mortality Review Panel report, examining maternal deaths from 2014 – 2016. ... Read More >>

To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System sent shockwaves through the health care community when it was released in 1999, estimating that 98,000 people were dying in U.S.... Read More >>

In the 20 years since it was released, the report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, has been the catalyst for restructuring how hospitals and health systems approach quality and safety work. ... Read More >>

Last fall WSHA and the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems created the Northwest Safety and Quality Partnership, a regional safety and quality program that provides a single set of services for hospitals in Washington and Oregon. ... Read More >>

The Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons, is now enrolling hospitals for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR), a collaborative program to enhance the recovery of surgical patients. ... Read More >>

As the daylight wanes and we start to feel that chill in the air, it’s once again time to get vaccinated to protect yourself against the flu. WSHA is partnering with the American Hospital Association (AHA) this year for the United Against the Flu campaign, which offers tools and resources you can share with your community to encourage vaccination.... Read More >>

WSHA has hired Brooke Evans, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, CSAC, to guide hospitals on their journey of opioid stewardship. Brooke is a clinician, health services researcher and educator.... Read More >>

WSHA’s Safe Deliveries Roadmap initiative — in collaboration with the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) — will host an in-person Learning Collaborative from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 in WSHA’s Seattle office.... Read More >>

The Department of Health and Human Services released its “Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics,” which provides advice to clinicians who are contemplating or initiating a reduction in opioid dosage or discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain.... Read More >>