Alcohol and other substance use, including overdoses, are on the rise across Washington State. In response, the Washington Recovery Help Line has extended its medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services.... Read More >>
Join Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner, Scaled Data for a webinar on Citrix/Virtualization Strategy on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 11 a.m.-12 p.m.... Read More >>
Hospitals have a great opportunity to grant WSHA access to their near real-time visit data through a Department of Health (DOH) program called RHINO.... Read More >>
I.H. Michaels provides state-of-the-art secondary health data reports for hospital community health needs assessments, accountable care organizations and public health practitioners.... Read More >>
Hospitals and health systems want to make an impact when responding to community health needs assessments, but searching for examples of successful community health interventions can take tremendous time and energy. The CDC Community Health Improvement Navigator brings together tools, resources and examples to help hospitals and health systems get started.... Read More >>
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week announced it will not update its overall hospital quality star ratings on Hospital Compare in July. “CMS has decided to postpone the July star ratings update to give time for additional analysis of the impact of changes to some of the measures on the star ratings and to address stakeholder concerns,” the agency said.... Read More >>
In March, the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) released data from the 2017 annual insurer filings. WSHA analyzed trends from the top three commercial and Medicaid insurers in the state for 2016 and 2017.... Read More >>
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WSHA hosted a webinar to discuss the Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program Analysis. The webcast provided an overview of the HAC program as well as provide insights to your hospital specific impact analysis.... Read More >>
