October 2025
We successfully met with a majority of regional DMCCs, resulting in an approved plan and readiness to move forward building out the toolkit supporting their work. Another outcome was the recommendation for regional DMCCs to formally document their commitments, historical documentation of key learnings and milestones, and outlining critical work, all in support of succession planning and to substantiate potential future grant opportunities.
We’re keeping the momentum going and will have more to share in November Update.
Similar to the NDMS work, our efforts are advancing, and we look forward to sharing a comprehensive update in November.
We welcomed 322 participants from 15 states, as part of the Network’s Annual Fall Respiratory Refresher. Made possible by sponsorship from Columbia Bank, the training offered nursing CE credits and focused on curriculum to help providers strengthen their ability to evaluate and treat pediatric respiratory illness. Feedback shared by participants included the value in strengthening their respiratory assessments, asthma treatment and predictors for return to the Emergency Department, and an overall desire to see continuation of these trainings.
As a workgroup, our team continues to monitor transfer data to help ensure that our state’s rural and critical access patients can access the care they need in a timely manner. We’re currently engaging with a third of Washington’s rural and critical access facilities, spanning Pacific to Spokane counties, and continue to make progress encouraging collaboration and data sharing amongst additional care facilities. Adult patients currently comprise most transfers.
The previously scheduled ChemPREP Community Preparedness Seminars hosted by NWHRN and Homeland Security were delayed from their scheduled dates of October 21 (Spokane), 22 (Yakima), 22 and 23 (Tacoma-Pierce County), but we will seek to reschedule the training in the future. Registration links and information will be provided as available.
I want to express my gratitude broadly to each of you who remain focused and resilient through a very dynamic period. Pressures impact each of our communities differently – staffing, budget, localized crises — yet our work continues and the needs for healthcare crisis and emergency response are ongoing. Your professionalism and commitment to your work and communities make us collectively stronger and our work products ever more valuable. Thank you.