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Recent member news from the October 12, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

No One Dies Alone (NODA) consists of caring volunteers, many of whom double as hospital employees, who generously donate their time and presence to provide bedside companionship to dying patients who would otherwise be alone during the end of their lives. These thoughtful, respectful volunteers are often referred to as the hospital’s “compassionate companions” due to the comfort they bring to patients in their last hours and moments of life.... Read More >>

PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center is a rural Critical Access Hospital that created an integrated behavioral health care program in response to its community health needs assessment.... Read More >>

About 5 percent of people who are seen in the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Emergency Department are homeless. When leaving the hospital after an illness or an injury, individuals are typically still healing and they need rest, comfort and follow-up care. Those who are homeless have nowhere to go.... Read More >>

Ensuring good opioid prescribing practices for patients managing chronic pain is an issue for many health care providers. Virginia Mason Memorial (VMM) in Yakima has established targets, policies and tools to assess and influence the appropriate use of opioids and other controlled substances.... Read More >>

Membership updates from the October 5, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

Recent member news from the October 5, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>

The Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) program is aimed at improving health equity and the health of youth, families and communities in South King County. A grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes it possible for Seattle Children’s, Public Health Seattle & King County, and the Healthy King County Coalition, together with communities, to make improvements in health that will last long beyond the three-year grant.... Read More >>

Confluence Health’s Medication Take Back Program has been instituted to help address the opioid and prescription drug abuse epidemic in North Central Washington. The region previously only had access to two public disposal locations, leaving many dangerous and addictive substances in people’s homes, unprotected and unmonitored.... Read More >>

Membership updates from the September 28, 2017 Weekly Report.... Read More >>