New County Health Rankings Show Health Status Varies in Puget Sound Region (February 2010)
Puget Sound Health Alliance Hires Media Specialist as Director of Communications (February 2010)
Puget Sound Health Alliance Adds Health Plans to Community Checkup Report (October 2009)
Generic drugs mean value - effective treatment and lower cost at The Everett Clinic (October 2009)
Doctors and Hospitals Receive Funding to Adopt Technology to Improve Patient Care (September 2009)
Puget Sound Health Alliance announces local hospitals selected to participate in national quality improvement collaborative to improve access to language services (August 2009)
Puget Sound Health Alliance Updates and Expands Community Checkup to compare even more medical groups and hospitals: Health care reform happening here, now (July 2009)
Puget Sound Health Alliance Compares Care on Medicaid vs. Other Tyes of Coverage; Lessons from Top-Performing Medical Groups Can Help Reduce Disparies; $50K Grant to Alliance for Communication on Disparities. (May 2009)
Puget Sound Health Alliance Part of Public-Private Coalition Working to Ensure Reform Improves Health Care Affordability and Quality. (March 2009)
Puget Sound Health Alliance announces the selection of two local hospitals to participate in national quality improvement collaborative. (March 2009)
Puget Sound Health Alliance lauds hospitals for using the SCOAP standard checklist for safer surgery and for publicly sharing surgery data. Other hospitals in Washington state urged to do the same. (January 2009)
Community Checkup Report on Local Patient Care Goes Online. Individuals Can Now Search and Sort Results Based on Location, Nearby Clinics or Hospitals, or Specific Health Topic. (September 2008)
Alliance to expand Community Checkup report to include about three times more medical groups; Local medical groups now reviewing draft results for the second Community Checkup report on health care performance in the region. (August 2008)
Puget Sound Health Alliance hires Karen Onstad, an expert with more than 15 years experience in quality assessment, to serve as the Alliance’s Director of Health Information. (June 2008)
Puget Sound Health Alliance Hires Seasoned Leader as New Executive Director. Mary O. McWillimans, with over 20 years experience in health care and business leadership in the Northwest, starts as Executive Director in June. (May 2008)
Puget Sound Health Alliance to get Medicare data, HHS Secretary Leavitt announces: Information from Medicare key to expanding use of health care performance reports to promote quality (March 2008)
Puget Sound Health Alliance unveils the first Community Checkup report, which finds clinics, hospitals, insurers, employers, unions and patients must each do their part to improve health care quality and affordability (January 2008)
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Past Media Releases
The Puget Sound Health Alliance today announced it has received an unsolicited donation of $15,000 from the Health Care Purchasers Association in support of the Alliance mission and progress to improve health care (July 2007)
Coalitions from Across the Country Converge in Seattle to Share Strategies for Improving Health Care Quality: Puget Sound Health Alliance Hosts Participants in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality Program (June 2007)
Puget Sound Health Alliance Joins with Federal Government in Value-Driven Health Care Roundtable: U.S. health care sector moves rapidly to provide consumer information on value initiative led by HHS Secretary Leavitt (May 2007)
National Report Compares Seattle's Health Care Market to Others, More Improvement Needed in Quality of Care: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides snapshot of 14 communities (April 2007)
Dr. Michelle Seelig, an experienced clinical research executive and board-certified physician, appointed as Alliance Director of Health Information (April 2007)
Puget Sound Health Alliance’s First Regional Report on Health Care Performance to be Based on Data For About Two Million People: Initial data to come from fifteen health plans, employers and unions (March 2007)
National Network of Community-Based Programs to Improve Health Care Quality Expands: Ten New Communities Join The Puget Sound Health Alliance and Others in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality Program to Improve Care for People With Chronic Conditions (February 2007)
Federal Government Selects Puget Sound Health Alliance As Nation's First Community Leader for Value-driven Health Care: Local business and health care leaders back Secretary Leavitt's call for 'value-driven' health care system in America (January 2007)
Alliance Announces Support of Information Sharing on Health Care Quality: Applauds Priorities in Presidential Executive Order (August 2006)
Alliance Awarded Multi-Year Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Expands ability to engage physicians and patients to improve care quality and affordability (July 2006)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards Grant to Puget Sound Health Alliance (July 2006)
Alliance Catches National Eye: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt Meets with Alliance Leaders in Seattle (July 2006)
Alliance Recommends that Physicians and Hospitals Put Effective, Affordable Care Ahead of Drug Company Influence: Alter Open-Door Policies for Drug Sales Reps (May 2006)
Century Mark Reached by Puget Sound Health Alliance: Region's Employers Show Strong Interest in Health Care Quality and Cost Improvement (May 2006)
Survey Says... Puget Sound Residents Want Help Finding the Best Local Doctors: Useful Reports Needed, Residents tell Puget Sound Health Alliance (May 2006)
Update: Alliance Gathering Consumer Opinions; Grows to Over 90 Organization Participants; Hires Director of Quality Improvement (March 2006)
Update: Alliance appoints Consumer Advisory Group; Forms Clinical Improvement Teams for Rx, Back Pain & Depression; Adopts Institute of Medicine Quality Measures (January 2006)
Update: Alliance Grows to Over 75 Organization Participants (December 2005)
Nationally-recognized leader hired as Puget Sound Health Alliance Executive Director
(May 16, 2005)
Visiting Nurse Services of the Northwest, Fisher Communications, American Cancer Society and Free and Clear join Puget Sound Health Alliance (April 28, 2005)
Puget Sound Health Alliance inaugural board of directors convened yesterday (April 26, 2005)
Three new members join Puget Sound Health Alliance — Washington State Hospital Association, Free Standing Ambulatory Surgery Center Association of Washington State and Uniprise join (April 5, 2005)
First Choice Health, Woodinville Pediatrics and Dr. John Verilli are latest members to join Puget Sound Health Alliance (February 28, 2005)
The Everett Clinic, City of Everett and Washington State Pharmacy Association join Puget Sound Health Alliance (February 16, 2005)
Six new members join Puget Sound Health Alliance (February 11, 2005)
Puget Sound Health Alliance unveiled - Consortium to improve the quality and cost of health care (January 28, 2005)
Puget Sound Health Alliance to unveil collaborative approach to improving health care quality, reducing costs (January 27, 2005)
