VIRGINIA MASON FRANCISCAN HEALTH
The newly formed Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is keeping CHI Franciscan’s mission control room, which is made up of a team of doctors and nurses reviewing real-time data on patients and making calls to front-line providers.
The team at Seattle s Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is embarking on something of an experiment cherry-picking quality-improvement tools from their two merging organizations. The goal is to bring quality levels up across all the hospitals now under the new brand.
The deal merging Virginia Mason and CHI Franciscan is a little over 100 days old, and healthcare players in Washington state and elsewhere are cautiously watching how they integrate operations.
2021/05/04 13:50 Baltimore Orioles Freddy Galvis follows through on a two-run home run during the eigth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Monday. Baltimore Orioles Freddy Galvis follows through on a two-run home run during the eigth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Monday, May 3, 2021, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Seattle Mariners pitcher Anthony Misiewicz reacts in the dugout after he was pulled during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore . Seattle Mariners pitcher Anthony Misiewicz reacts in the dugout after he was pulled during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Monday, May 3, 2021, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
May 2, 202110:56PM PDT
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A 3-0 victory on Sunday evening vaulted Seattle Sounders FC (2-0-1, 7 points) to the top of the MLS Western Conference, as a brace from Raúl Ruidíaz and another goal from Brad Smith secured all three points over the LA Galaxy (2-1-0, 6 points). With the win, Seattle remains unbeaten in 2021, and the Rave Green have not lost to the Galaxy in their last five MLS matches against the Southern California side.
Ruidíaz’s first goal and Smith’s strike came within three minutes of each other, cementing a 2-0 scoreline for the home side by the 23
Men lag behind women on COVID vaccination in Washington By Evan Bush, The Seattle Times
Published: April 30, 2021, 7:33am
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Men in Washington who represent 53% of deaths from the coronavirus are at the same time receiving far less than their share of life-protecting vaccines.
It’s a trend vexing researchers studying COVID-19, physicians treating it and public health officials leading the charge against the disease.
Of those fully vaccinated as of April 19, 57.1% were women. Men, meanwhile, were at 42.2%, with gender going unreported or reported as “other” in the remainder of data shared by the Washington Department of Health. Washington’s vaccine gender gap mirrors the nationwide trend.