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Confluence Hospital in Wenatchee, which serves patients in Grant County, was recognized last month by the Washington State Hospital Association for quality rural health care. Among the criteria for the award were fall prevention, sepsis prevention and perinatal work.

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Basin hospitals honored by state association
July 14, 2026 3:15 a.m.

Basin hospitals honored by state association

MOSES LAKE — Four local hospitals were awarded the Achievement of Quality Excellence by the Washington State Hospital Association at the WSHA Rural Hospital Leadership Conference in Chelan on June 28. “For this year's award, the measures that we looked at related to quality, and those are: working on climate change; working on health equity; our safe deliveries road map, which is related to perinatal work, quality work in the delivering babies arena; fall prevention; opioid harm prevention; sepsis; and workplace violence,” said WSHA Director of Clinical Excellence, Rural Programs Megan Herman. Confluence Hospital in Wenatchee, which serves Moses Lake, Royal City and Ephrata through branch clinics, was a gold honoree, according to an announcement from Confluence Health. Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake and Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee also received gold awards, according to the WSHA, and Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata received the silver award.