Officials warn that hospitals in the state have lost millions in the first quarter of 2022. If the balance sheets don't start to add up, it means some hospitals could be cutting beds and services or could even close their doors.
Hospitals throughout Washington state face financial insecurity as several factors, including low Medicaid reimbursement and labor shortages, are contributing to their economic challenges.
It was 299 days ago that they found the virus at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland.
They followed a doctor s hunch, ordered a test they thought was a long shot, and in doing so identified the first outbreak in the nation of the mysterious disease that would become known as COVID-19, setting off a cascade of events none could have predicted.
Schools closed. Businesses shuttered. The governor ordered people to stay home. The coronavirus would upend American life. A whirlwind, said Dr. Francis Riedo, medical director of infectious disease at EvergreenHealth, who helped identify the outbreak.
And on Wednesday, the hospital that became the early face of the fight against COVID-19 marked a milestone, beginning inoculations from a supply of 3,000 doses of Moderna s vaccine.
KIRKLAND â It was 299 days ago that they found the virus at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland.
They followed a doctorâs hunch, ordered a test they thought was a long shot and in doing so identified the first outbreak in the nation of the mysterious disease that would become known as COVID-19, setting off a cascade of events none could have predicted.
Schools closed. Businesses shuttered. The governor ordered people to stay home. The coronavirus would upend American life.
âA whirlwind,â said Dr. Francis Riedo, medical director of infectious disease at EvergreenHealth, who helped identify the outbreak.
And on Wednesday, the hospital that became the early face of the fight against COVID-19 marked a milestone, beginning inoculations from a supply of 3,000 doses of Modernaâs vaccine.