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Acting Assistant Secretary, Karen Jensen

Chief Administrator, Sam Marshall

Health Systems Quality Assurance works to assure access to safe, appropriate and continuously improving health care through a partnership of consumers, providers, purchasers, payers, and regulators.  The division is comprised of four major areas;

Facilities and Services Licensing

Director, Steve Saxe

Works with medical, health, child and residential care providers, medical test sites, state agency health care institutions, lodging establishments and the state ferry system to assure an acceptable level of safety and health in over 7,000 facilities and services throughout Washington State.

Health Professions Quality Assurance

Director, Bonnie King

Health Professions Quality Assurance manages professional licensing programs to promote access to high quality, cost-effective health services.

Customer Service Center, (360) 236-4700

Office of Community and Rural Health

Director, Kristina Sparks

Office of Community and Rural Health provides assistance to community-based initiatives to strengthen health care delivery systems in rural and underserved urban communities. The assistance is focused on activities necessary to recruit and retain health care personnel, support health care delivery system infrastructure, and assure access to health care.

Main Number, (360) 236-2800

Office of Emergency Medical and Trauma System

Director, Janet Kastl

Office of Emergency Medical and Trauma Prevention is responsible for developing systems that assure accessible and timely treatment for victims of acute illness or trauma.

Main Number, (360) 236-2828

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