Community Calendar of Events
Browse through WASHAA's community event calendar, updated monthly. It hosts a myriad of different events focusing on the patient, caregiver, family members, and those in the healthcare field.
Browse through WASHAA's community event calendar, updated monthly. It hosts a myriad of different events focusing on the patient, caregiver, family members, and those in the healthcare field.
September 2017
A Conversation About Health Advocacy in Spokane
When: September 28, 2017 4pm-6pm
Where: Location Provided When You Register - Please Register Here
Cost: FREE!
When: September 28, 2017 4pm-6pm
Where: Location Provided When You Register - Please Register Here
Cost: FREE!
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Health Advocacy is the act of supporting people navigating the health system to help them find the best care possible. WASHAA seeks to help people transform from patient to full participant in their care, through awareness, skills training and connection to local resources. We will be gathering people who are interested in Health Advocacy for our first meeting in Spokane, WA. This meeting is free and we hope to include medical providers, patients, patient safety organizations, insurance representatives, educators and health advocates.
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Why Attend?
- Increase community support for patients and families navigating health care
- Learn about what Independent Health Advocates do
- Who is doing this work in the state
- Who is hiring Health Advocates
- What is happening nationally to support health advocates
- Discuss opportunities to leverage people in the community to empower patients
Safe & Sound in the Hospital: A Short Course on Patient Safety
When: September 19, 2017 | 2:30pm - 4:30pm (PST)
Where: Skyline at 725 9th Ave. Seattle, WA 98104
Cost: FREE!
When: September 19, 2017 | 2:30pm - 4:30pm (PST)
Where: Skyline at 725 9th Ave. Seattle, WA 98104
Cost: FREE!
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Medical errors in the hospital are the third leading cause of death in our country. A successful hospital experience includes knowing what actions patients and their families should take. Learn about some of the opportunities and challenges that hospital face and what patients and their families can do to help. Bring a notebook and a pen to write down specific tips and tools that you can use when you or a loved one is in the hospital.
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This free presentation is recommended by ALL people who have attended it in the past. To register, please contact Sandra Johanson at sjo@verizon.net.
This content was compiled and is presented with permission by Campaign Zero, a non-profit organization dedicated to zeroing out preventable medical errors. For more information, visit campaignzero.org.
This content was compiled and is presented with permission by Campaign Zero, a non-profit organization dedicated to zeroing out preventable medical errors. For more information, visit campaignzero.org.
APRIL 2017
Finding Health Information You Can Trust
Speaker: Carolyn Martin, MLS, AHIP
Original Air Date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 at 10am (PST) /1pm (EST)
Finding health information that you can trust can be a daunting task given the vast online resources available at our fingertips. Join us for a presentation by Carolyn Martin, the Consumer Health Coordinator for the Pacific NW region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. She will help us figure out how to get the information you want and need from the comprehensive, but often overwhelming, National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health databases. In addition, she will discuss what you should look for when evaluating the quality of health information on general Web sites and the importance of being a “cyberskeptic” if health claims sound too good to be true. She will walk us through reputable resources and provide links to information that librarians rely on.
Speaker: Carolyn Martin, MLS, AHIP
Original Air Date: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 at 10am (PST) /1pm (EST)
Finding health information that you can trust can be a daunting task given the vast online resources available at our fingertips. Join us for a presentation by Carolyn Martin, the Consumer Health Coordinator for the Pacific NW region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. She will help us figure out how to get the information you want and need from the comprehensive, but often overwhelming, National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health databases. In addition, she will discuss what you should look for when evaluating the quality of health information on general Web sites and the importance of being a “cyberskeptic” if health claims sound too good to be true. She will walk us through reputable resources and provide links to information that librarians rely on.
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