WSHA would like to highlight the following limited time opportunity to partner with Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) and Constellation on improving the diagnostic process during two of the three key stages of the diagnostic process: tests and results processing and follow-up and coordination... Read More >>
The Northwest Safety and Quality Partnership continues the focus in April on our priority quality measure of diagnostic excellence as we offer part two of three of our Diagnostic Errors webinar series provided by Kaiser Permanente. ... Read More >>
The Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS) is offering an upcoming webinar featuring Seattle-area physicians discussing how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. ... Read More >>
Building resilience among health care workers in Washington is critically important as the COVID pandemic continues. To support health care workers in this area, the Washington State Department of Health’s Behavioral Health Group is offering free trainings of PsySTART Responder (PsySTART-R) in December 2020 and January 2021. ... Read More >>
Washington State University (WSU) Health Sciences invites health care teams in rural Washington communities to participate in a two-hour interprofessional training opportunity to improve management of patients with chronic pain and diagnosed with, or at risk for developing, opioid use disorder. ... Read More >>
Every year on May 5 we celebrate Hand Hygiene Day to mobilize people around the world to increase adherence to hand hygiene practices in healthcare facilities.... Read More >>
I want to thank you all for your quick response to coronavirus (COVID-19). It is clear that the Washington state health care community is working hard to come together, coordinate and share information. ... Read More >>
Dec. 1-7, 2019, is this year’s National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW). ... 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 >>
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 >>
