WSM-ERF Foundation News

October 2007

WSMA and Premera Collaborate to Launch Statewide Patient Quality Improvement Program

Premera Blue Cross and the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) announce their collaboration with the WSMA's Education and Research Foundation's (WSMERF) Quality Improvement Program (Quip) -- the first statewide quality program designed to further elevate the quality of care Washington patients currently receive.

Read the press release, issued October 2, 2007. [pdf]

September, 2007

Washington state doctors lead their own quality appraisal

AMNews article, published Sept. 24, 2007 (subscription required)

August, 2007

As quality reports multiply, docs add their own

Puget Sound Business Journal article, published August 24, 2007 (subscription required)

October, 2006

Quality initiative will help physicians improve care

Puget Sound Business Journal Guest Column by WSM-ERF President Thomas Curry, published October 6, 2006 (subscription required)

July, 2006

To improve quality, thousands of physicians to receive patient specific reports

WSMA Reports cover story, published July, 2006 [pdf]