Current Press Releases

Here’s the most recent news from The Regence Foundation.


   
11-15-2011 Doctors see uninformed patients, lack of resources as barriers to palliative care
   
10-30-2011 Dr. Sarah J. Goodlin, Sojourns Award winner, for leadership and innovation in advancing palliative care in Utah.
   
10-26-2011 Dr. Anthony Back, Sojourns Award winner, for leadership and innovation in advancing palliative care in Washington State.
   
10-18-2011 Sacred Art of Living Center, Sojourns Award winner, for organization’s leadership in palliative care in Oregon.
   
10-18-2011 Hospice of North Idaho, Sojourns Award winner, for organization’s advancement of palliative care in Idaho.
   
10-06-2011 Grant to establish the Autism Resource Partnership
   
09-30-2011 Regence Foundation awards $34,500 grant to Project ACCESS
   
09-20-2011 Mental health services coming to children in Benton, Linn County schools
   
07-06-2011 A survey of Washingtonians and Oregonians shows they are still unsure how to access palliative care
   
06-01-2011 Oregon Patient Safety Commission awarded $20,000 to fund error notification program
   
05-01-2011 Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence receives $20,000 award
   
05-01-2011 Salt Lake Community Action Program Head Start receives $20,000 award
   
05-01-2011 Feet First gets $20,000 award to expand neighborhood walkability programs
   
05-01-2011 Children with chronic conditions to benefit from $20,000 award
   
03-08-2011 Americans Choose Quality Over Quantity at the End of Life
   
03-02-2011 Free clinic in Clark County starts Transitional Diabetic Care Project for low income patients
   
02-28-2011 Regence Foundation awards $250,000 to Salem Hospital to implement hospital-based palliative care program
   
02-28-2011 Regence Foundation donates $1.5 million to hospitals to improve access to palliative care
   
02-27-2011 Palliative care helps ease pain and suffering for patients with life-threatening illnesses
   
02-27-2011 Grant to expand clinic’s dental care and dental education program
   
02-27-2011 Lewis-Clark State College dental hygiene students provide low cost dental care to uninsured community members
   
02-27-2011 Regence Foundation awards $150,000 to Overlake to implement hospital-based palliative care program
   
02-27-2011 Grant to promote palliative care and community collaboration
   
02-27-2011 Regence Foundation awards $238,000 to St. John Medical Center to implement hospital-based palliative care plan
   
02-27-2011 Utah Partners for Health expanding mobile services to offer dental and eye care
   
02-01-2011 National Journal LIVE, in partnership with The Regence Foundation, is launching a three-part polling and policy summit series
   
08-24-2010 $77,700 awarded Familias en Acción to increase breast cancer screening rates among Latinas   en Español
   
08-19-2010 $220,400 in grants to Northwest nonprofits
   
08-19-2010 Grant to fund palliative care for terminally ill people lacking primary care
   
08-19-2010 Mobile music carts are the right prescription for sick kids in Portland
   
08-19-2010 Grant to help new collaborative improve health in Morrow County
   
06-08-2010 Regence Foundation honors Dr. Sharon M. Weinstein of Uath
   
06-08-2010 Regence Foundation Honors Palliative Care Leaders
   
06-08-2010 Outside In awarded $45,000 to integrate mental health care into services it provides to homeless youth
   
05-26-2010 The Native Project in Spokane to expand holistic wellness programs
   
05-25-2010 African American Health Coalition awarded grant to expand healthy eating program
   
05-17-2010 Regence Foundation honors Dr. James Shaw of Washington
   
05-13-2010 Regence Foundation honors Dr. Tanya Stewart of Oregon
   
05-13-2010 Idaho End-of-Life Coalition honored for its leadership in advancing palliative care
   
05-13-2010 Regence Foundation honors Dr. Mimi Pattison of Washington
   
05-11-2010 Longview free clinic awarded $20,000 to expand clinic hours
   
05-11-2010 Oregon Office of Rural Health awarded $41,000 to improve provider recruitment
   
05-10-2010 Midtown Community Health Center awarded $20,000 to increase prescription fill rate for patients
   
05-07-2010 The Humphreys Diabetes Center is awarded a $20,000 to install a new communication system
   
02-19-2010 Dixie Regional Medical Center awarded $17,200
   
02-19-2010 Central District Health Department in Boise awarded $49,800
   
02-19-2010 Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation awarded nearly $100,000
   
02-17-2010 Ten hospitals in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington awarded combined $302,200 in grants
   
02-17-2010 Jackson County Hospitals awarded $43,900 for palliative care program
   
02-17-2010 Overlake Hospital awarded $11,800 for palliative care program
   
02-17-2010 Providence St. Peter & Providence Centralia Hospitals awarded $83,700 for palliative care programs
   
02-17-2010 St. Charles Medical Center awarded $12,500 for palliative care program
   
02-17-2010 Salem Hospital awarded $17,600 for palliative care program
   
02-17-2010 St. John Medical Center awarded $17,100 for palliative care program
   
01-18-2010 Regence Foundation Donates $50,000 to Aid Haiti Relief Efforts
   
12-07-2009 New Pacific University Interdisciplinary Diabetes Clinic receives $94,000 grant from Regence Foundation
   
12-07-2009 New Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital receives $50,000 grant from Regence Foundation
   
12-07-2009 Northeast Oregon Network receives grants of more than $600,000 to extend health services
   
11-10-2009 Utah nonprofit receives $65,000 grant to combat obesity in Latino community
   
11-10-2009 Utah nonprofit receives $65,000 grant to combat obesity in Latino community
   
11-02-2009 Debut of Sojourns Award for innovation and leadership in palliative care
   
11-02-2009 Healthiest State Campaign receives grant to improve health of college students
   
11-02-2009 Vancouver-based Community Services Northwest receives $30,000 grant
   
11-02-2009 Regence Foundation announces largest set of quarterly grant awards in its history
   
10-08-2009 Regence Foundation launches palliative care grantmaking program
   
08-25-2009 Pilot project to increase time Northwest nurses spend with patients
   
08-25-2009 HealthMatters of Central Oregon receives a $78,500 grant
   
08-25-2009 Grant to improve chronic disease management in rural Eastern Washington
   
08-25-2009 Regence Foundation awards nearly $250,000 in grants to Northwest nonprofits
   
07-24-2009 Announcing signature philanthropic program, Sojourns
   
04-24-2009 Jackson & Josephine counties get $250,000 grant for mental health care
   
04-24-2009 Seattle nonprofit gets $20,000 for online medical cultural competency training
   
04-24-2009 Health West receives $20,000 grant from Regence Foundation
   
04-24-2009 Hospice of Spokane receives Regence Foundation grant for palliative care work
   
04-24-2009 Regence Foundation awards $20,000 to Mountainlands Community Health Center
   
04-24-2009 Regence Foundation grants $390,000 to improve health care safety net
   
04-24-2009 North by Northeast Community Health Center receives $20,000 grant
   
04-24-2009 Suicide claims as many Oregon troops as combat
   
02-10-2009 A grant awarded to help Spokane residents get medical care
   
02-10-2009 Idaho school nurses get help to enroll 27,000 kids in state’s health plan
   
02-10-2009 Grants totaling $380,000 to help strengthen the health care safety net
   
02-10-2009 Grants awarded to help Oregon counties support care, continuity for uninsured
   
02-10-2009 A grant of $55,000 to help make health care consumer-friendly
   
02-10-2009 A grant of $135,500 awarded to help reduce rural nursing shortages
   
11-20-2008 Eight grants awarded to target medical care for uninsured
   
11-20-2008 Grant to help expand free clinic in Garden City
   
11-20-2008 Award of $50,000 to combat rural health disparities in Douglas County
   
11-20-2008 Award of $91,000 to combat area’s health disparities
   
11-20-2008 Award of $50,000 grant to connect uninsured with health coverage
   
11-20-2008 Award of $25,600 grant funds 865 medical visits for uninsured
   
07-28-2008 The Regence Foundation awarded three grants to organizations working to improve health care quality
   
07-28-2008 Grant awarded to Puget Sound Health Alliance
   
07-28-2008 Grant awarded to Partner for Quality Care: Information for a Healthy Oregon
   
07-28-2008 Grant awarded to Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation
   
04-14-2008 Fact Sheet — About The Regence Foundation
   
04-14-2008 Regence Foundation to Help Transform Health Care
   
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