Flavored vape products, including flavored THC products, will remain banned in Washington state for the next 120 days, after a Thurston County judge threw out a temporary restraining order against the state on Friday.
Pullman residents so far seem to approve of a $29 million bond measure to expand Pullman Regional Hospital, but results will come down to the last ballot counted.
Nurses at Sacred Heart Medical Center, represented by the Washington State Nurses Association, did not reach an agreement in their federally mediated session on Tuesday with Providence officials.
Pullman Regional Hospital will build a 45,000-square-foot outpatient medical facility, upgrade its electronic records system and take a major step toward creating its first residency program if voters pass a $29 million bond in November.
Sacred Heart nurses, represented by the Washington State Nurses Association, voted to authorize a strike, after two days of voting; negotiations with Providence officials are set for Oct. 29.
After nearly a year of contract negotiations and little movement, nurses and health care workers at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center began voting Thursday on whether to authorize a strike. The vote will conclude today.
WSU Health Sciences revealed their first mobile medical unit on Wednesday morning, which will take interdisciplinary teams out to rural communities to provide health care and first-hand experience for students by early 2020.
Students at the WSU College of Medicine are taking ongoing, enhanced CPR training starting in their third year, with a new program which can provide instantaneous feedback.
Wendy Williams-Gilbert knows a thing or two about rural health care, and in her role at the WSU College of Nursing, she works with students every day to ensure they get the training necessary to work in rural communities.
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Department and the Spokane Police Department will add four more co-deploy mental health teams between their agencies after the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs awarded both agencies a $698,750 grant.
The University of Washington and Gonzaga University are expanding their health sciences partnership in Spokane after both universities announced they will move several programs to a new $60 million building.
A long-term care unit, operated by Providence St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chewelah, has finished relocating all of the residents after leaders announced in May that it would close.
Disability Rights Washington joins with patient to sue the leaders of two state agencies in an effort to prevent developmentally disabled Washingtonians from getting stuck in hospitals for months at a time, instead of receiving supportive services in the community.
Naloxone, the drug that can prevent overdose deaths from opioids, will be available to Washingtonians and organizations at pharmacies statewide after the state issued a standing order Wednesday.