John Stearns, Author at 425 Business

Solving Senior Living’s Staffing Challenge

Finding clinical staff is especially challenging in senior-living communities these days, but WSU and others are working to train future leaders and other workers in the vital industry

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Springing Into Action

Bellevue’s Spring District will reach a pivotal point midyear, when major employers open offices there; hundreds of apartments are occupied; and, in at least one business, beer starts flowing.

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Microsoft Announces Plan for Carbon Reduction, Elimination

Microsoft is committing to become carbon negative by 2030, not just across its direct emissions, but also across its supply chain. By 2050, the company pledges to remove from the environment all the emissions the company has emitted since opening.

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EvergreenHealth Names Chief Operating Officer

EvergreenHealth announced that Christopher Bredeson has been named its chief operating officer, a position that had been vacant since May 2017.

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Bellevue’s Acumatica Forms Strategic Collaboration with BDO

Bellevue-based Acumatica, which digitizes and integrates companies’ accounting and other business segments in the cloud for easy access, has announced a strategic collaboration with global accounting and advisory firm BDO USA.

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Legal Review: Understand New Labor Laws and More

From new employment laws to old-fashioned due diligence, lawyers offer some heads-up advice to those in the business world

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Report: UW Bothell Economic Impact About $342M Annually

The University of Washington Bothell generated a total impact on the state’s economy of more than $341.8 million in fiscal year 2018, according to a study conducted by a consulting firm specializing in economic impact analysis.

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Bellevue College Lands Pair of Federal Grants

Bellevue College has announced receipt of two federal grants: One, a nearly $2.1 million award to improve retention, completion, and transfer rates of students; and another of nearly $2 million to help improve students’ work-ready skills.

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Overlake Medical Center Tops off New Hospital Tower

Overlake Medical Center & Clinics on Monday placed the final beam atop its new five-story hospital tower under construction in Bellevue, a symbolic step toward opening the 240,000-square-foot tower next November.

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Microsoft Health Plan Possible Template for Other Eastside Employers

Microsoft’s effort to improve the healthcare experience for its massive Eastside employee base, and ultimately lower costs, offers a template for local employers to consider, healthcare officials said at the Eastside Healthcare Summit on Nov. 21.

Written by John Stearns

Solving Senior Living’s Staffing Challenge

Springing Into Action

Microsoft Announces Plan for Carbon Reduction, Elimination

EvergreenHealth Names Chief Operating Officer

Bellevue’s Acumatica Forms Strategic Collaboration with BDO

Legal Review: Understand New Labor Laws and More

Report: UW Bothell Economic Impact About $342M Annually

Bellevue College Lands Pair of Federal Grants

Overlake Medical Center Tops off New Hospital Tower

Microsoft Health Plan Possible Template for Other Eastside Employers