The Group Health Foundation supports Group Health in providing the best care for its members and creating better health in our communities.
Donors Improve Immunization Rates
Washington state currently ranks near the bottom for childhood vaccinations, and the opt-out rates for students entering kindergarten is shockingly the highest in the country. Recognizing that this trend could potentially lead to serious consequences for the health of our communities, Foundation donors responded.
Using a multi-faceted approach, the Foundation's initiative to increase immunization rates works to improve access by bringing clinics to the schools, equipping providers with tool kits to engage in conversation with patients, and addressing parental hesitancy via grassroots campaigns. Progress is being made in many areas. READ MORE
Thanks to Our Donors
Children are protected. In the last three years, the Childhood Immunization Initiative has provided more than 32,000 immunizations to 17,000 children in need of vaccinations.
Hope is shared. In 2011, more than $1 million was invested to enhance medical centers, encourage childhood reading, educate nurses, provide emergency transportation for patients, and so much more.
Innovation happens. This past year, over $660,000 in Partnership for Innovation grants were awarded to help our clinicians test ideas to make the patient experience better and care less expensive.
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Gift of Health Report
Reading aloud with young children is the single most effective tool for developing language and literacy skills that translate to academic performance, professional success, social ease, and general well-being. That's why our clinicians emphasize reading even as they provide vaccinations and set broken bones. Read more
