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To mark National Safe Kids Week, Dr. Melissa Hathaway, a pediatrician at The Polyclinic, offers tips for keeping kids safe.
Pediatrician Dr. Melissa Hathaway has joined The Polyclinic Pediatrics at The Polyclinic Madison Center. She has a special interest in preventative care through health promotion, disease prevention, and safety advocacy.
As chief of staff, Dr. Lund presides over meetings of the medical staff, and serves as chairman of the Medical Executive Committee. His position also includes representing the views, policies and grievances of the medical staff to Valley Medical Center’s Administration, Board and CEO.
Dr. Adams is a board-certified general and vascular surgeon who previously held the position of vice president for medical affairs and associate chief medical officer. He succeeds Dr. Gregory Semerdjian, who has retired.
“Overall, 55 patient records were electronically viewed by 43 employees. It’s still unclear how many of those ultimately may be found to have had legitimate reasons for looking at patient medical records and may be cleared of wrongdoing.”
For some, the first few days of daylight saving time can mean sleepiness and reduced concentration. To adjust Dr. Gina Chen, sleep specialist with The Polyclinic’s Sleep Medicine Center, recommends you should get your usual amount of sleep.
This year’s list the magazine’s judges included more health-care leaders working outside the Seattle area, including Pullman, Walla Walla and Yakima.
The use of overnight sleep testing has soared. One reason, critics say: testing is a lucrative business for doctors.
Swedish Medical Center’s First Hill Hospital and Virginia Mason Medical Center both make the “Top Hospital” list put out each year by The Leapfrog Group, a health-quality improvement group.
From our inbox: Seattle’s PATH teams up with MERCK for maternal health project. Polyclinic launches clinical research division. Virginia Mason and Wenatchee Medical Center form heart affiliation.
More and more patients looking for a doctor are going to physician-rating websites. But experts say that these sites are still not as useful as they could be and, in some cases, are misleading potential patients with incorrect or out-of-date information.
Walmart — the nation’s largest retailer and biggest private employer — wants to begin to offer a range of primary care services including basic prevention to management of chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease.
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