Safer care takes skilled people, strong teamwork and a daily commitment to getting better. During Healthcare Quality Week, we celebrate the professionals who turn that commitment into action.
Patients may never meet the quality leaders, infection preventionists, patient safety specialists and data analysts working behind the scenes. But their work, alongside clinicians and colleagues across the hospital, shapes the care every patient receives.
This week, we spotlighted four WSHA members putting quality improvement into practice:
- Valley Medical Center & Clinics is connecting social needs screening with age-friendly care.
- MultiCare Deaconess Hospital is leading efforts to reduce opioid harm.
- Skagit Regional Health is making better birth care a daily habit.
- Kelsey Johnson at PeaceHealth St. Joseph is bringing teams together to build a better care pathway using WSHA’s DELTA model.
Behind each improvement is an ongoing commitment to learning, collaboration and accountability. As healthcare continues to evolve, hospitals remain focused on building systems that are safer, more efficient and more responsive to the needs of their communities.
WSHA helps hospitals move this work forward through quality improvement collaboratives, data and analytics, education, peer learning and advocacy. We see firsthand the creativity and persistence hospital teams bring to solving problems and improving care.
Healthcare Quality Week puts a spotlight on work that matters all year. To Washington’s healthcare quality and safety professionals, thank you for making care safer, helping teams get better and earning the trust of patients and families every day.