Washington State Flex Program
What is one Core Competency your state Flex Program is working on developing through Flex activities?
Core Competency: Addressing Community Needs
The Washington State Flex Program is in its seventh year of promoting population health assessment and improvement through our population health proposal funding program. At this time we have awarded 58 population health improvement proposals to our CAHs. These projects require community collaboration outside of the hospital and promote improving the social determinants of health.
What is one activity your state is funding through SHIP?
The Washington State Flex program leverages both Flex and SHIP funding to provide access to the University of Washington Center for Stewardship in Medicine Antibiotic Stewardship Program and Intensive Stewardship Cohort. Through this program, 35 of our 39 CAHs participate in improving stewardship practices and measures. The leveraging of SHIP dollars assisted in maintaining our high level of participation due to the rising costs of fees.
| Type of Organization |
State Government |
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| Staffing (FTE) |
2.25 |
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| Number of CAHs |
39 |
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