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Bad brownies: Why Washington has fallen behind Colorado on marijuana
Yesterday the Governor announced that the future of edible marijuana products is up in the air in Washington state. Today, Magical Butter announced it will be opening its marijuana-infused food truck...
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Insurance chief to health insurers: Transgender people should have same...
Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler warned insurance companies not to discriminate against transgender people in health plans. Kreidler fired off a letter Wednesday morning to all...
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UW fundraising team poaches Swedish Foundation’s senior leadership
The president of the Swedish Medical Center Foundation is resigning – and taking two top people with him – to join the fundraising team at the UW Medicine. July 25 will be the last day for Don...
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After criticism for lack of 2015 budget, health exchange officials start...
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange staff presented a $53 million budget proposal to its board on Thursday. The budget proposal was released after board members raised concerns at the last exchange...
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Providence exec explains why the deal with Boeing is the way of the future
Providence Health and Services/Swedish recently scored one of two major contracts to provide health care for many Boeing employees. But the health system’s plan going forward is to capture even more...
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Why the immune system approach to fighting cancer brings in big bucks
Researchers at UW Medicine and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are on to something big — and donors are buying in at a rapid pace. Researchers are finding new ways to use the body’s own...
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UW sanguine as medical residents' union looms
As doctors-in-training move forward with efforts to organize, officials at UW Medicine say they’re not opposed to these medical residents forming a union — they just don’t think it’s necessary....
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Help is on the way: Feds grant Washington $6.3M for new medical residents
Washington is receiving $6.3 million to expand the state’s pipeline of new primary care doctors. It’s part of a national $83.4 million initiative announced Monday by Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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In marijuana-friendly Seattle, why is only one pot shop opening July 8?
Cannabis City in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood will be the only recreational marijuana store in Seattle open on the first day of legal pot sales in Washington state. So why does Seattle – home to...
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Think you’re keeping your employees happy? Think again (and think health...
Washington state employers have a disconnect with their employees on how critical employee benefits are for recruitment, retention and loyalty to the company, according to a new report by Aflac. The...
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Could a Band-Aid-sized smart chip save your life? $7M in fundraising says ‘yes’
Cardiac Insight, a University of Washington spinoff biotech company, has raised $7 million, according to its latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Seattle company based in the...
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Green rush, gold rush: Even City Attorney Holmes bought legal pot today
Hundreds of people lined up on Fourth Avenue in Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, clamoring for a chance to buy the first legal recreational pot available in the city. City Attorney Pete...
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Federal money adds 24 new medical residencies in Washington state’s most...
As of this year, 24 new primary care residency spots will have been created in Washington through a five-year federal program dedicated to getting doctors to regions that need it most. The latest...
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This woman didn’t open her pot store on the first day – and that's OK
As people lined up on July 8 at brand new retail marijuana stores in Seattle, Yakima, and elsewhere in Washington, the doors to Jessica Jordan’s Everett pot shop remained firmly closed. And that’s OK....
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Cover Story: In Seattle, giving patients hope and an immune boost
The patient told Dr. Stanley Riddell and other doctors that it felt like his tumors were melting away like ice cubes. He could actually feel them getting smaller. It turned out he was right. Just two...
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The swan song of the independent physician?
Independent medical practices aren’t the job creators they once were for new doctors. According to a new report by Merritt Hawkins, the country’s biggest physician search and consulting firm, hospitals...
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Will retail pot be able to compete with cheaper black-market weed?
The first week of legal marijuana sales in Washington has been met with enthusiasm – and plenty of customers. But will customers continue to pay the higher (often doubled) prices once the novelty wears...
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Washington biotechs hot on the trail of cancer cures
For this week’s cover story of the Puget Sound Business Journal, we asked the question: Could cancer be cured in the Northwest? The answer we discovered was, yes – quite possibly. And not everything is...
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Puget Sound area providers are keeping up with new demand under the ACA
So far, hospitals and doctors have been able to respond to the increase in demand created by the Affordable Care Act in the Puget Sound Region over the past seven months, The Seattle Times reports....
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Valley commissioners will ask state's top court to consider UW-Valley deal
Commissioners of Renton-based Valley Medical Center will ask the Washington State Supreme Court to take up their case opposing the hospital’s partnership with UW Medicine. Last month, the state Court...
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