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The state’s Office of Financial Management Health Care Research Center released a brief last week on health coverage changes in Washington in 2014 using data from the American Community Survey.... Read More >>

The Bree Collaborative — a group appointed by the governor representing clinical leaders from purchasers, providers and state agencies — met Sept. 16 to consider new recommendations for prostate cancer screening. The... Read More >>

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that nationally, 90 percent of hospital workers were vaccinated last year, about the same as in the 2013-2014 flu season. The WSHA... Read More >>

The 2015 WHPAC campaign continues! We are half way to our $200,000 goal, having raised more than $107,000 to date. Congratulations to the leadership teams at the following hospitals for already... Read More >>

EvergreenHealth CFO Chrissy Yamada was selected as one of Northwest Asian Weekly’s Women of Color Empowered luncheon honorees Sept. 18. Three times each year, the award program celebrates women from... Read More >>

The University of Washington Medical Center Regional Heart Center is one of seven sites nationwide chosen to perform a clinical trial for a new system for transplanting warm, beating hearts.... Read More >>

Almost everyone on the WSHA staff is involved in preparing for our Annual Meeting coming up Oct. 7-8 in Seattle. We hope our colorful graphic for the Annual Meeting has... Read More >>

Almost everyone on the WSHA staff is involved in preparing for our Annual Meeting coming up Oct. 7-8 in Seattle. We hope our colorful graphic for the Annual Meeting has... Read More >>

Special Fiscal Watch   Because of an error in the calculation of the assessment amounts, the Health Care Authority is reissuing the assessment invoices for the first quarter of State... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner Merritt Hawkins released a new paper titled Population Health Management and Physician Staffing, which focuses on the physician and other healthcare professional staffing requirements necessary to... Read More >>