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WSHA would like to invite hospital and health care professionals who lead diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) activities to its DEI Roundtables.... Read More >>

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced bebtelovimab is not currently authorized for emergency use in the U.S. because it is not expected to neutralize Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1., according to data included in the Health Care Provider Fact Sheet.  ... Read More >>

Washington State Department of Health (DOH) decommissioned the Washington State Coronavirus Response (COVID-19) website, coronavirus.wa.gov, Dec. 1... Read More >>

WSHA will host a webinar from 2-3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5 on implementing a bias reporting system. Learn how UW Medicine designed and deployed a bias reporting tool to collect incidents of bias from providers, staff, trainees and students... Read More >>

WSHA will host the webinar “Just Culture and the Human Condition - Supporting Healthcare Providers with Substance Use and Mental Health Challenges” from 1-2p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, with John Furman, PhD, MSN, COHN-S... Read More >>

Please join WSHA for our final behavioral health webinar of the year, “How Behavioral Health Conditions Emerge in Children and Youth: An Introduction for All Care Providers,” from 12-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6.... Read More >>

In November, Washington launched the Native and Strong Lifeline, a crisis line dedicated to serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The new crisis line is accessed by dialing 9-8-8, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which was established by House Bill 1477 in 2021 and went live in July of this year.... Read More >>

Have you gotten your flu vaccine? We are encouraging everyone to get an flu vaccine in time for the holidays as part of a broader push from the Centers of... Read More >>

In preparing to roll out new standardized collection of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data, honoring community and listening to feedback will go a long way towards achieving a positive patient experience. Two hospitals in Washington will share how they are partnering with their LGBTQ+ patient community to support SOGI data collection.... Read More >>

As we shared last week, WSHA is offering an upcoming collaborative to assist hospitals in improving systems to reduce diagnostic errors.  The WSHA Journey to Diagnostic Excellence collaborative will assist hospitals in assessing their current state of diagnostic processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and tracking their progress as they implement improvement efforts. Join us for an information session at 1 p.m. Dec. 8 to learn more about the collaborative. Please register here.... Read More >>