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People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
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How does your hospital stack up against the competition?
Medicare’s new Hospital Compare website allows you to compare hospitals side-by-side on a variety of patient safety and patient satisfaction measures. But are the comparisons fair?
Online Video: Breakthroughs in Spine Surgery
Learn about care and recovery from complicated spinal cord injuries–from vertebroplasty to disc replacement– from national and UW experts
A place for the homeless to heal
The 34-bed facility will provide a place for homeless men and women to recover after surgery, hospitalization or serious illnesses.
U.S. News & World Report ranks UW, Harborview and VM — 1, 2 and 3 in Seattle
Magazine also rates the three Seattle hospitals and Seattle Children’s as some of the best in the nation.
Parents debate vaccine safety, Hutch seeks stem cell HIV cure, Harborview praised — Seattle Times
Seattle Times health coverage: Parents debate vaccine safety at CDC forum in Shoreline, Hutch win $20 million grant to seek stem cell HIV cure, Harborview praised for innovative drug intervention program.
UW, VM and Harborview ranked top three hospitals in Seattle by U.S. News & World Report
Swedish/Cherry Hill, Swedish First Hill, Tacoma General Hospital and Valley Medical Center tie for fourth place. Seattle Children’s ranked best area children’s hospital.
Trauma patients have high death rate in years after injury–Harborview study
The study’s findings suggest that despite strides made in pre-hospital and in-hospital trauma care, little progress has been made in improving the long-term survival of trauma patients.
Light & Depression: How eyes can make us happier — free lecture
Tuesday, October 12, noon at Harborview Medical Center.
Taste of Main: Bellevue event to help children on the Eastside this Saturday
Benefits Children’s Response Center, which helps children and teens who have experienced sexual assault or other traumatic events.
State begins publishing hospital infection rates
The report looks at bloodstream infections from central lines and ventilator-associated pneumonias.
Health in the news – July 13
Money and medicine KUOW looks at the salaries of Seattle’s top docs and charity care Washington non-profit hospitals give John Ryan, a reporter for Seattle’s Public Radio affiliate KUOW, looked at how much Seattle-area hospitals, most of which enjoy the tax benefits of non-profit status, pay their top officials and how much charity care they [...]
New Face of the Uninsured: Middle-Class Americans
By Austin Jenkins, NPR News This story comes from our partner National Public Radio Deborah Llavanes is one of a growing number of middle-income Americans who, because of the recession, have lost their jobs and their health coverage. For the first time in her life, Llavanes is turning to a community health clinic for her [...]
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