After over a year of establishing advance care planning (ACP) systems within institutions, Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest is inspired by the progress health care organizations have made toward discussing, recording and honoring their patients’ wishes.... Read More >>

Collecting Race, Ethnicity and Language Information is More Than Just a Requirement To some, it may feel awkward to ask patients to report their race, ethnicity or language, but having... Read More >>

The CDC notes that possibly as many as 50% of antibiotics prescriptions are prescribed unnecessarily, leading to multi drug resistant organisms, unnecessary hospitalizations and even death. The Food and Drug... Read More >>

Sepsis is the leading cause of death in children worldwide, yet according to a survey conducted by the Sepsis Alliance most parents cannot identify the signs and symptoms of sepsis. ... Read More >>

The Washington State Department of Health issued a notice to healthcare providers with important details about the flu vaccine. Information is below, with additional details here. ... Read More >>

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has designed a toolkit to assist hospitals with the implementation of evidenced-based practices in both, fall and pressure injury prevention. The toolkits... Read More >>

Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) to start using a data portal QBS for PFE and RRT quarterly measures... Read More >>

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on December 13 announced a strategy to provide critical updates regarding antibiotics and antifungal drugs to health care providers... Read More >>

The Washington Poison Control Center (WAPC) is launching the third year of its Hospital Fair Share program, which enables hospitals to direct community benefit funds to the poison center to help sustain their core services. ... Read More >>

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