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UW Medicine is unveiling what it calls a new era for behavioral health care. Inpatient treatment begins in June.

A Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center cyberattack that breached part of its network last month continues to cause concern and anxiety among patients — many of whom started hearing directly from …

On Nov. 28, Dr. Tim Dellit was named CEO of UW Medicine, executive vice president for medical affairs, and Paul G. Ramsey Endowed Dean of the UW School of Medicine,

Mountlake Terrace and Seattle, Wash., June 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Premera Blue Cross and UW Medicine announced today, June 9, a new multi-year...

The WSHA is presenting the results of a survey aimed at finding out how many health care workers will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in time for state mandate.

It's a move to expand vaccine distribution that Washington state will follow Thursday.

Hospitalization rates rising in Washington as COVID vaccination effort lags April 13, 2021 at 11:35 am Jodie Prescott, a nurse, works in the trauma surgery ICU at Harborview Medical Center on Nov. 26, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) Washington’s vaccine providers say supply is not keeping up with demand, which means younger people will continue to come down with COVID-19 at higher rates. A local doctor says there have been more young people...

Washington state surpasses 5,000 COVID-19 deaths March 3, 2021 6:06 PM The Associated Press Elaine Thompson Dr. Thuan Ong, center, reaches out to UW Medicine Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tim Dellit after Ong spoke with deep emotion about his patients before he received a COVID-19 vaccination at the hospital Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Seattle. Ongs medical team was the first to treat coronavirus patients at long-term care facilities in the area and he said he was thinking a...

The COVID-19 pandemic is not the only crisis facing the health-care system right now. Vaccines have begun to offer hope that the pandemic will eventually wane, but another potentially devastating issue looms: By 2030, the World Health Organization projects a worldwide workforce shortfall of about 18 million health-care workers, with deadly consequences for patients, economies and our communities. We must focus on those who deliver care if we have any chance of tackling this shortfall. I recentl...

Washington state coronavirus case data: A county-by-county breakdown By Alex Halverson, SeattlePI © Elaine Thompson, AP Dr. Thuan Ong, center, reaches out to UW Medicine Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tim Dellit after Ong spoke with deep emotion about his patients before he received a COVID-19 vaccination at the hospital Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Seattle. The first U.S. case of the novel coronavirus was confirmed by the Washington State Department of Health on Jan. 21 in Snohomish...