2018 Leaders in Health Care
Video Recap: 2018 Leaders in Health Care Awards
Congratulations to all of this year's winners!
The 2018 Leaders in Health Care Awards celebrated more than 20 honorees in Washingtons health sector. We honored them for their compassion, their expertise and their and efforts in advancing our states health care. Watch the video below from the event, held at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center. See our photo gallery from the…
The Winners: 2018 Leaders in Health Care Awards
Heres to the professionals who treat us, comfort us and heal us.
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. As is the case every year, the nominees for Seattle Business magazines 2018 Leaders in Health Care Awards constitute a hall of heroes. We honor them for their compassion, their expertise and their sheer genius in recognizing that health…
2018 Leaders in Health Care, Achievement in Community Outreach: North Valley Hospital District, EvergreenHealth
The Tonasket and Kirkland hospitals are being honored as Leaders in Health Care
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. GOLD AWARD North Valley Hospital DistrictTonasket | nvhospital.org North Valley Hospital District operates a critical access hospital and extended care facility serving a population of 11,000 living across 1,200 square miles in rural north-central Washington. To assist with recruiting…
2018 Leaders in Health Care, Patient Experience Award
EvergreenHealth, Astria Health Center, Familycare of Kent and Sequim Medical Associates scored better than average in every category in the Washington Health Alliance survey.
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Research indicates that when health care providers do a better job listening to, empathizing with and explaining to patients, the patients are more likely to trust the providers and follow their advice. That trusting relationship leads to better health…
2018 Leaders in Health Care, Innovation in Health Care Delivery: Vera Whole Health
The Seattle company is being honored as a Leader in Health Care
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. GOLD AWARD Vera Whole HealthSeattle verawholehealth.com Vera Whole Health has taken primary health care focused on preventive care rather than sick care out of its traditional setting and placed it in the workplace. The company has on-site clinics in…
2018 Leaders in Health Care, Achievement in Medical Technology: InDemand Interpreting
The Tukwila company is being honored as Leaders in Health Care.
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. GOLD AWARD Indemand InterpretingTukwila, indemandinterpreting.com The genesis of InDemand Interpreting occurred when a husband-and-wife team in Wenatchee one a health care interpreter, the other a technology expert felt there had to be a better way to help non-English-speaking patients…
2018 Leaders in Health Care, Achievement in Medical Research: Philip Greenberg, Mike Jensen
The researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research are Leaders in Health Care.
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. GOLD AWARD Philip Greenberg, M.D.Member & Head, Program in Immunology, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle | fredhutch.org Dr. Phil Greenberg has twice received the National Institutes of Health MERIT Award and his peers have elected…
2018 Leaders in Health Care, Outstanding Medical Director or Chief Medical Officer: Stephen Tarnoff, F. Marc Stewart
The president and CEO of Washington Permanente Medical Group, and the medical director at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance are Leaders in Health Care.
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. GOLD AWARD Stephen Tarnoff, M.D.President and CEO, Washington Permanente Medical Group, Seattle wa.kaiserpermanente.org In the first 25 years of his career, Dr. Stephen Tarnoff was a family physician. Im a little bit old school in that some folks come…
2018 Leaders in Health Care, Outstanding Medical Center/Hospital Executive, Outside Puget Sound: Peter Rutherford, Eric Lewis
The CEO of Confluence Health in Wenatchee and the CEO of Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles are Leaders in Health Care
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. GOLD AWARD Peter Rutherford, M.D.CEO, Confluence Health, Wenatchee confluencehealth.org Dr. Peter Rutherford grew up in Wenatchee and returned home to work at Wenatchee Valley Hospital as a general internist in 1990. He still goes to clinic at least a…
2018 Leaders in Health Care, Outstanding Medical Center/Hospital Executive, Puget Sound Region: Darren Redick
The VP of support services at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett is a Leader in Health Care.
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. SILVER AWARD Colleagues say Darren Redick is laser-focused on creating a culture that fosters and supports innovative thinking and leadership. At the core of this culture lies a need for cross-functional transparency and collaboration. To that end, Redick built…
2018 Leaders in Health Care, Outstanding Medical Center/Hospital Executive, Puget Sound Region: J. Michael Marsh
The president and CEO of Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue is a Leader in Health Care.
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. SILVER AWARD Under the direction of J. Michael Marsh, Overlake Medical Center joined EvergreenHealth in Kirkland to form the Eastside Health Alliance/Eastside Health Network, with a mission to provide accessible, coordinated, high-quality care to Eastside residents at lower cost….