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For more than 30 years, Puget Sound Kidney Centers has offered quality care to those suffering from the effects of chronic kidney disease in Snohomish, Skagit and Island County, but last year, CEO Harold Kelly noticed there was a way to make care even better for patients. The organization launched a series of free courses titled “Survive and Thrive with Chronic Kidney Disease,” which offers resources about treatment options as well as nutritional and exercise tips that will slow the irreversible disease.... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner, ZeOmega has recently obtained Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC HIT) certification. The designation means that the software is capable of supporting eligible hospitals with meeting the Stage 1 and Stage 2 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).... Read More >>

Washington Hospital Services Industry Partner Merritt Hawkins has written a paper featured in the March 2016 issue of Health Affairs. The piece is authored by Phillip Miller, vice president of communications, and offers a perspective on the changing nature of the medical profession itself.... Read More >>

Group Health members have formally approved the proposed acquisition of Group Health Cooperative by California-based Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. The proposal was supported by a membership vote on March 12. A total of 8,824 eligible members voted in favor of the acquisition, and 1,586 voted against it.... Read More >>

MultiCare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital has named Jennifer Hamilton as its new Chief Operating Officer. Jennifer has more than 20 years of experience in health care. She most recently was the director of clinical support at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Fla.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the March 17, 2016 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the March 10, 2016 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

For more than half a century, nonprofit Northwest Kidney Centers has worked to improve the lives of people with kidney disease. Besides treating patients at 15 dialysis centers, Northwest Kidney Centers helps 300 people give themselves dialysis at home. The organization also holds contracts to provide dialysis in nine local hospitals.... Read More >>

Snoqualmie Valley Hospital COO Tom Parker has been named the hospital’s interim CEO. Tom has been the hospital’s COO since 2010, and he previously served as vice president of business development for Overlake Hospital Medical Center as well as administrator for Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Oregon. ... Read More >>

PeaceHealth United General Medical Center is growing its oncology services, offering a broader array of specialty treatment closer to home for those in the Sedro-Woolley community. The medical center’s North Puget Cancer Center (NPCC) offers stereotactic therapy — precise targeting of fewer high dose treatments that traditional therapy — for lung, liver and adrenal tumors, as well as respiratory gated therapy, which enables physicians to treat moving targets and avoid interfering with the heart when treating patients suffering from left-sided breast cancer.... Read More >>