Health Care
Pampering Patients at Area Hospitals
The face of health care in Washington is changing as the battle for patients intensifies, forcing many hospitals to rethink how and where they administer medical care. The dilemma for medical facilities throughout the state: how to cut costs in a difficult economy and still meet the growing demands of choosy consumers who prefer a…
2012 Global Health Organization: SightLIfe
SightLife Seattle When founded in 1969, the nonprofit known as the Northwest Lions Eye Bank was one of many sources for corneal tissue sponsored by Lions Clubs across the country. Since 2006, however, President and CEO Monty Montoya has led the regional provider now named SightLife to its status as a global leader in the…
Seattle Business salutes 2012 Leaders in Health Care
Seattle Business magazine honored 21 of Washington states health care innovators, CEOs, hospitals and other organizations at the fourth Leaders in Health Care awards dinner Thursday night at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle. More than 300 people attended the event, which featured a keynote speech by Dr. John Koster, CEO of Providence…
Outstanding Wellness Program (Eastern Washington): Baker Boyer Bank
Baker Boyer BankWalla Walla When Baker Boyer Bank CEO Megan Clubb tasked her human resources team with developing a health program, she says the goal was to infect the company with wellness. A startling choice of words, perhaps, but one meant to convey how Clubb wanted a commitment to good health to permeate the Baker…
Outstanding Wellness Program (Western Washington): Group Health Cooperative
Group Health CooperativeSeattle While a key ambition of Group Healths Total Health program for employees was to reduce costs, the cooperative soon learned it had to start by spending more. In 2010, Group Health revised its wellness program by shifting to a value-based insurance design that promotes effective use of services rather than broad-based disincentives….
2012 Outstanding Community Outreach: Providence Senior and Community Services
Providence Senior and Community ServicesRenton True to its Catholic roots, the Senior and Community Services programs of Providence Health & Services dont merely provide clinical health care needs. The system forges a connected approach to services that include support for food and housing, as well as hospice, home infusion and health services to people of…
2012 Health Care Professional: Margaret Hall, Northwest Hospital
Margaret Hall took an unconventional track on her journey to her current position as chief of cardiology and medical director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Northwest Hospital in Seattle. When she married at a young age, she was happy to be a wife and mother, but her former husbands diagnosis of cancer, and the…
2012 Innovation in Medical Devices: Physio-Control CEO Brian Webster
Physio-ControlRedmond Time is muscle is the adage in cardiology, and it sums up the importance of Physio-Controls ReadyLink, a portable, data-connected electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor that can be used by basic life support teams on a rural emergency medical services (EMS) unit. When racing the clock, ReadyLink grants first-line providers a much earlier start.Portable ECG monitors…
2012 Innovation in Biopharmaceuticals: Seattle Genetics
it took 13 years for Adcetris to gain initial approval from the Food and Drug Administration, but doctors treating Hodgkins lymphoma have been waiting more than 30 years for a new drug therapy. Trials of the new pharmaceutical from Seattle Genetics suggest it can benefit those for whom established therapies have failed. Hodgkins lymphoma (HL)…
2012 Lifetime Achievement Award: Rick Linneweh, CEO, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
Rick LinnewehPresident and CEOYakima Valley Memorial Hospital Rick Linneweh has learned in the past 40 years that one can do a lot of transitioning in the same location. He began working at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital as assistant administrator. Since becoming CEO in 1977, he has overseen a tripling of the size of the organization….
Leaders in Health Care 2012
Health care can be a lightning-rod topic. But when you strip away the politics, one thing is certain: We all want the best. And we want it to be affordable, accessible and accountable. This quest for the best has informed Seattle Business magazines Leaders in Health Care Awards program since its inception in 2009. Each…
UW Medicine is Preparing to Become an Accountable Care Organization
UW Medicine CEO Paul Ramsey reports in his regular online news message that the large health care system is preparing to become an Accountable Care Organization. Dr. Ramsey writes: With the assistance of the Chartis Group and under Johnese Spissos excellent leadership, a large team is preparing UW Medicine as an Accountable Care Organization, with…
UWs Institute for Health Metrics goes local
The world spends trillions of dollars each year on health care. Yet there is little information available on how that money is spent and how effectively it is used, making it difficult for policy makers to determine how scarce resources might be better deployed. There simply has been a dearth of comprehensive, concrete data. The…