This month, we’re excited to welcome eviCore and Collective Medical as the newest members of the Alliance. About eviCore Healthcare eviCore is a company committed to advancing healthcare management
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New Survey Shows Variation Among Primary Care Practices on Patient Experience, a Key Element of Health Care Quality
Patients consider provider communication more important than other elements of patient experience 35% of males and 21% of females reported binge drinking at least some of the time Nearly three-quarters
New Study Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Washington Patients Receive Unnecessary Tests, Procedures, and Treatments
In one year, an estimated $282 million was spent on “wasteful” health care for 622,000 Washington patients Washington becomes just the third state in the nation to use a new
New Community Checkup report, All-Alliance Meeting webinar now available
We’re excited to announce that the 2017 Community Checkup report is now available! The report was released at our All-Alliance meeting yesterday and the results are now live at www.wacommunitycheckup.org.
Washington Health Alliance’s Community Checkup Report Finds Thousands of People in State Fail to Receive Recommended Health Care
Third version of Washington State Common Measure Set shows quality of care varies dramatically across state SEATTLE, December 7, 2017. Washington State has a long way to go if it
Upcoming All-Alliance Meeting: Community Checkup Release
Thursday, December 7, 2017 Networking: 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm Program: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Cambia Grove, 1800 9th Ave, Seattle, suite 250 The meeting is open to the
Washington Health Alliance Selected to Continue Work for National Project to Measure and Compare Healthcare Costs Across U.S. Regions
Grant allows Alliance to expand on Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement’s pioneering price transparency project Seattle, November 28, 2017— The Washington Health Alliance (Alliance) announced today that it has been
Castlight Health Strengthens Health Navigation Platform with Washington Health Alliance Partnership
Improves care guidance for Castlight’s Washington state customers including Boeing, Esterline Technologies, Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health San Francisco and Seattle – November 8, 2017 – Today, Castlight Health,
Takeaways from the National Affordability Summit
Last month I shared that the Alliance received a scholarship through the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement’s Getting to Affordability initiative, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, for registration
Upcoming All-Alliance Meeting: How Data Informs Action
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Networking: 9:30 am to 10:00 am Program: 10:00 am to 11:30 am Cambia Grove, 1800 9th Ave, Seattle, suite 250 The meeting is open to Alliance
Penn State course using Community Checkup to show consumer choices in health care
When we heard that Jocelyn Vanderbrink, MHA, a faculty member at Penn State, uses the Community Checkup website as part of a course she teaches on consumer choices in health
Own Your Health Featured on New Day Northwest
On Monday, June 26, Dr. Emily Transue of the Washington State Health Care Authority represented Healthier Washington and the Alliance on New Day Northwest for a segment on ensuring quality
Reporting on Pricing a Critical Step in Alliance’s Promotion of Transparency
At the Alliance, we define high-value health care as high quality and good patient experience at a fair price. Over the past eleven years, and with the help and support
New Community Checkup demonstration webinar available
The Alliance’s Director of Communication and Development, John Gallagher, recently hosted a webinar demonstrating some of the many features of the Community Checkup website. Topics covered include how to compare
HPV vaccination rates in Washington remain stubbornly low
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made headlines for finding that more than 20 percent of adults in the U.S. are infected with cancer-causing
Celebrating 5 years of Choosing Wisely
Today we celebrate Choosing Wisely’s 5th anniversary! The Alliance is proud to be a grantee of this exciting and important campaign and to play a part in helping to advance
Partnership accelerates Alliance reporting on quality and cost
We are pleased to announce that the Alliance has been selected by the Washington State Health Care Authority to lead implementation of the Washington State Common Measure Set for Health
Alliance partners with Consumer Reports to disseminate health care quality information
Thanks to a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Alliance will be joining a new initiative to make information about health care quality broadly available to consumers. The
Welcome to the Alliance Blog!
The Washington Health Alliance has cultivated a reputation for its nonpartisan reporting on health care quality and cost in Washington state. For the last decade, our reports have been used
Fred Jarrett joins the Washington Health Alliance board of directors
Fred Jarrett, Deputy King County Executive, was elected to the Washington Health Alliance’s board of directors this month. Mr. Jarrett oversees and directs the work of the King County Executive