Starting next year, doctors who refer Medicare and Medicaid patients to in-house imaging machines must disclose in writing that they own the equipment.
The new arrangement will go into effect September 1st, when the Stevens will officially be renamed Swedish/Edmonds.
Participating hospitals voluntarily report their progress towards implementing these practices. Your hospital’s report is available online.
Battle over hospital beds in southeast King County. Researchers share data to find new Alzheimer’s treatments. A family’s struggle with Sanfilippo syndrome.
Seattle hospital’s first-in-the-nation program called “another important first in the field of infection control and prevention”.
Community services for vets with PTSD. Spinal fluid test predicts Alzheimer’s disease. Hospitals and nursing homes found to be shortchanging staff on overtime pay.
Despite differing opinions on health-care reform, there is general consensus on at least one critical issue: most everyone agrees it’s time for the country to get serious about electronic health records.
A specialist in facial plastic surgery will join Swedish Otolaryngology Specialists. Six new doctors will join the Swedish Neuroscience Institute.
Seattle Children’s releases drawing showing what the hospital campus may look like in 2013.
U.S. companies are sending workers to out-of-town hospitals for surgery, saving 20% to 40% — more than enough to cover the travel expenses.
More than 30 states and Congress have passed laws requiring hospitals to publish their prices, but the information often is of little use to consumers.
Located near Overlake Hospital, the new 80,000-square-foot facility will house more than 15 pediatric specialty clinics, two operating rooms, urgent care, radiology and a sports therapy gym.
New leadership for primary care, anesthesiology, infectious diseases, hearing health services and VM Winslow.
“Direct care practices’” in which patients pay a monthly fee for primary care services may help cut health costs and attract more providers to primary care.
Swedish to open Center for Hearing and Skull Base Surgery for the treatment of hearing loss, ear disease and skull base tumors.
James Bergman, Group Health; Leroy Hood, IBS; Teresita Batayola, ICHS, John Long and Craig Hendrickson; United General Hospital, for its wellness program; and Aubrey Davis for lifetime achievement.
Selecky helped create the Washington State Department of Health, which she now leads.
New clinic is located at 1205 North 10th Street at The Landing in Renton.
Compromise ends a battle between the hospital and neighborhood over expansion plan.
Facility will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Lowell Johnson will be in charge of operations while search conducted.
Daniel Evans formerly director of acute support services, marketing at DaVita, Inc.
Multi-specialty clinic will be open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., five days a week.
Topics: Evolutionary Arms Race, Cord Blood Stem Cells, Immune System vs. Cancer, and Tumor Vaccines
WGO is a federation 109 national societies and four regional groups.
Doctor blogger will share her experience as both a mother of two and a pediatrician
Primary-care clinic will be located just off Snoqualmie Parkway.
A gynecologic oncologist, a thoracic surgeon; an interventional pulmonologist, and a breast disease surgeon.
Facility to open 2011.
Will leave to become the head of medical center in State College, Pennsylvania
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