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Choosing Wisely
Change Happens at the Speed of Trust
June 2, 2021 by Washington Health Alliance
I’m pleased to share with you some great news. The Washington Health Alliance was recently recognized as a national leader by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation (best... Read more »Alliance Releases the Latest Waste Report
November 4, 2019 by Washington Health Alliance
We’ve gotten a lot of attention from our latest report released last week, using the Milliman MedInsight Health Waste Calculator™ (Calculator) to look at waste in terms of the 47... Read more »The Alliance Takes on the Wall Street Journal
August 1, 2019 by Washington Health Alliance
You may have seen the recent Wall Street Journal article, “Posting Health Prices Online Isn’t Cure-All.” In it, the reporter takes a close look at New Hampshire’s twelve years of... Read more »New Study Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Washington Patients Receive Unnecessary Tests, Procedures, and Treatments
February 1, 2018 by Washington Health Alliance
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... Read more »Celebrating 5 years of Choosing Wisely
April 4, 2017 by Washington Health Alliance
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... Read more »Alliance projects promote health care transparency
July 7, 2016 by Nancy A. Giunto
Despite the beckoning summer sun, the Alliance team has been busier than ever working on projects that will provide value to not only our members, but to all health care... Read more »Choosing Wisely Action Manual: Your guide to reducing low-value care
March 10, 2016 by Susie Dade
This blog post was re-printed with permission of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences. If you work in primary care, you’ve probably heard of Choosing Wisely. Established in 2012 by... Read more »Building a strong future for the Alliance and for our state
July 16, 2015 by Nancy A. Giunto
The Alliance has enjoyed many successes since its start 10 years ago and you have been a vital part of these efforts. Our hard work continues, and here are a... Read more »Choosing Wisely addresses overtreatment
May 21, 2015 by Washington Health Alliance
In a recent New Yorker article, Atul Gawande explores the ongoing crisis of unnecessary care in the United States, discussing the issues with doctors, patients and those who study the... Read more »Letter from the Executive Director: Looking ahead to more Choosing Wisely in Washington state
March 9, 2015 by Washington Health Alliance
In 2013, the Alliance received a grant from ABIM Foundation to advance the goals of the Choosing Wisely® campaign in Washington state. Thanks to strong partnerships with fellow grantee Washington... Read more »