Health Care
Past Experience: Most Happy Fellers
Lewis County | 1920
At least thats the presumption, since these four loggers with the West Fork Logging Company in Lewis County were among the earliest beneficiaries of health insurance in Washington state. Three years prior, a group of loggers pooled earnings to create a fund to help each other and their families with medical needs arising from injury…
The 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Judges’ Award
Honoree: Paul Ramsey, M.D.
Paul Ramsey, M.D. CEO, UW Medicine, Seattle Dr. Paul Ramsey begins most weekday mornings by rowing on Lake Union. On weekends, hes likely to do bike rides of 50 or 100 miles. These rituals daily journeys, if you will have helped prepare him for a 40-year-plus career in medicine and administration. I quickly learned that…
The 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Achievement in Medical Research
Gold: Oliver Press; Silver: Jane Buckner
Gold AwardOliver Press, M.D., Ph.D.Acting Director, Clinical Research Division, and Acting SVP, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle For Fred Hutch researcher Dr. Oliver Press, academic medical research is all about sharing and collaborating. If enough people work together on a problem, he asserts, we can conquer it. Press is among the many Fred Hutch…
The 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Innovation in Health Care Delivery
Gold: Navos; Silver: Genoa
Gold AwardNavosSeattle/Burien Through a range of treatment programs and support services, Navos Mental Health Solutions transforms the quality of life of people vulnerable to mental illness and substance use disorders. Navos patients are asked, Whats happened to you? instead of, Whats wrong with you? Often, it provides the last hope for people vulnerable to mental…
The 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Achievement in Medical Technology
Gold: Seattle Genetics
Gold AwardSeattle GeneticsBothell Through innovative and empowered antibody-based therapies, Seattle Genetics, the largest biotechnology company in the Pacific Northwest, is improving the lives of people with cancer. The global, publicly traded biotech focuses on developing and commercializing a new generation of targeted, antibody-based therapies designed to change the foundation of treatment for cancer patients. It…
The 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Achievement in Community Outreach
Gold: Pacific Medical Centers
Gold AwardPacific Medical CentersSeattle Quality and respect. These are the words Pacific Medical Centers (PacMed) employees live and work by. The group is a private, not-for-profit, primary and integrated multispecialty health care network with 11 outpatient clinics across the Puget Sound region and more than 150 primary and specialty care providers. Affiliated with the Providence…
The 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Outstanding Medical Director/Chief Medical Officer
Gold: Jeffrey Tomlin, M.D.
Gold AwardJeffrey Tomlin, M.D., SVP & Chief Medical and Quality OfficerEvergreenHealth, Kirkland Former Seattle Seahawks football coach Chuck Knox once said: Nothing speaks so loudly as your actions. Dr. Jeff Tomlin refers to that quotation when describing his leadership position at EvergreenHealth. People look to see what you do, how you behave and that the…
The 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Outstanding Medical Director/Chief Medical Officer
Gold: Jeffrey Tomlin, M.D.
Gold AwardPeter McGough, M.D., Medical DirectorUW Neighborhood Clinics, Seattle Growing up in a family of surfers chasing the perfect wave on the California coast wouldnt seem a likely path into health care. But for Dr. Pete McGough, that perfect wave has been a lifelong commitment to medicine and patient wellness. As a physician leader, he…
The 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Outstanding Medical Center Executive Outside Seattle
Gold: Preston Simmons; Silver: Bryce Helgerson
Gold AwardPreston Simmons, Chief Operating and Administrative OfficerWestern Washington Market, Providence Health & Services, Everett As the new chief operating and administrative officer for Providence Health & Services Western Washington market, Preston Simmons is driven by the complexity and challenges of todays health care system. Health care is rapidly changing and going through a current…
The 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards: Outstanding Medical Center Executive Seattle
Gold: Norm Hubbard; Silver: Cynthia J. Hecker
Gold AwardNorm Hubbard, Executive Vice PresidentSeattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle Norm Hubbards passion to eliminate cancer in his lifetime is a constant motivator in his stewardship of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. As EVP, he is responsible for overall strategic leadership and operational management of SCCA, one of the nations top 10 cancer centers. Until…
The 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards: The List
A summary of this year's honorees.
Whether its fighting cancer, treating the mentally ill, lowering health care costs, improving patient experiences or keeping up with technological advances, practicing medicine today has transformed from individual-led volume care to a team effort doctors, nurses, researchers, executives and even patients focusing on deriving the greatest value from the health care experience. The nominees for…
Bright Idea: Rock Stars
UW researchers take a whack at kidney stone disease.
Kidney stones can be extremely painful. Larger stones can get stuck, potentially leading to loss of the kidney, sepsis and even death. So in 700,000 procedures a year, kidney stones are shattered with sound waves or laser beams into smaller pieces that can naturally be flushed from the system. But pieces left behind often grow…
Seattle Business Magazine to Honor 18 Outstanding Leaders in Health Care
Honorees to be celebrated on March 2.
Seattle Business magazine has announced finalists for its 2017 Leaders in Health Care Awards. Chosen by a panel of judges, the finalists are individuals and institutions leading the effort to improve Washington’s health care sector. This year’s finalists are: 1. Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason 2. Al Fisk, MD, The Everett Clinic 3. Genoa…