Compass Health’s WISe program saw 750 referrals last year in northwest Washington — a “significant” increase.
Meanwhile, the bad news: Opioid overdoses continue to increase in Snohomish County.
A new specialty and surgical clinic opened Monday in Arlington, with another clinic coming soon in Marysville.
March is colorectal cancer awareness month.
Can state efforts curb 6.7% growth per year in overall health care spending?
Knowing your risk and following treatment are key. When kidney damage requires dialysis, mortality rates are high.
Providers expressed hope for improving patient care and making their voices heard with management.
The new county health department officially launched Jan. 1. The transition from a health district continues.
Mae Hochstetler can pay the bills because the state pays her to care for her adult son, with a pandemic pay bump.
More than 1,300 students in the Mukilteo School District received screenings and referrals at school.
About 30 visitors stopped by the event “Recovery Starts Today!” — and several signed up for treatment for substance use disorder.
Short-staffing is prompting an exodus of nurses. Health care workers in Everett are demanding solutions in Olympia.
The food bank served 14,000 people in 2022, an increase of 36% from the previous year.
A bill in Olympia would increase Medicaid rates, wages to bolster skilled nursing facilities.
Snohomish County health care leaders shared what they’re concerned about when the federal emergency expires May 11.
Doctors and nurse practitioners are worried about providers being shut out from clinical decisions, which hurts patient care.
In places like Gold Bar, people can get their food assistance card immediately from the DSHS mobile office, a truck.
Meanwhile, flu and RSV cases have plummeted, suggesting the “tripledemic” could — emphasis on “could” — be fading.
State agencies, health plans and clinics are urging people to update their contact information.
Nurses say the medical-telemetry unit recently had ratios of one nurse per eight patients — twice as many as they should have.
