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May 19, 2010
Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Incorporated will hold a networking event, Business After Hours, on Thursday, May 19, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Spokane Convention Center Riverside Exhibit Hall, 200 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., downtown. The event is a
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2011 Market Fact Book released

Journal's annual publication offers comprehensive picture of Spokane area
May 19, 2010
Each year, the Journal of Business news team gathers hundreds of pertinent statistics about living and working in the Inland Northwest. The team then compiles these facts and figures in the Market Fact Book, a valuable tool for business owners, and
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Using complete genome to gauge disease risk, treatments

Stanford team claims to be the first to develop such an analytical tool
May 6, 2010
For the first time, researchers claim to have used a healthy person's complete genome sequence to predict his or her risk for dozens of diseases and how that person will respond to several common medications.The risk analysis, from the Stanford
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Finding ways to minimize preventable hospital deaths

Researcher says changing how errors are reported could have major impact
May 6, 2010
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People go to hospitals to be treated for an illness or for corrective surgery with the expectation they will return home in much better health than when they entered the medical facility.The reality, though, is that many may never recover or A a
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Predicting which patients will suffer adverse drug reactions

Researchers cite progress in identifying those who might be arrhythmia risks
May 6, 2010
News Wise
In a new study, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City, claim to have taken a major step toward gaining the ability to predict adverse drug reactions, by using genetic, cellular, and clinical information to learn why some
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Providence Health to open epilepsy, stroke clinics here

Combined clinics will offer care, follow-up for neurology patients
May 6, 2010
Jeanne Gustafson
Providence Physicians Services, a doctors group that's part of the Providence Health Care network here, is opening clinics specializing in epilepsy and stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in a combined space in the Sacred Heart Doctors A TIA
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Health networks here to get part of $12.8 million grant

Stimulus funding to help small medical providers set up electronic records
May 6, 2010
Mike McLean
A consortium of Spokane-based Inland Northwest Health Services, the North Idaho Health Network Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, and four other nonprofit groups has been awarded a $12.8 million federal stimulus grant intended to boost adoption of electronic
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Job, insurance no guarantee of better health

UW study team finds insured working adults often don't use services
May 6, 2010
News Wise
Having health insurance doesn't mean workers will take advantage of immunizations, cancer screenings, and other preventive health services, a new study finds."Employment and insurance do not guarantee better health outcomes," says lead study M.
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