Kootenai Health, of Coeur d'Alene, has purchased a brain-monitoring machine that tracks the brain's electrical activity in critically ill, sometimes comatose patients, warning caregivers of neurological deterioration before it becomes new device is

"I can't believe I waited this long." That's what I tell friends who ask about my recent knee replacement surgery. Having dealt with joint pain most of my adult life, it's simply remarkable how much of an impact it has made to have that constant go

A four-year-old Spokane company that helps hospitals, pharmacies, and long-term care facilities meet state and federal pharmacy regulations and improve pharmacy procedures has now begun offering what's called "telepharmacy" services to rural that a

After operating in the Northpointe area for 14 years, Providence Holy Family Hospital's adult rehabilitation services unit has moved back next to the hospital campus, with hopes of beefing up its patient volume at its larger leased quarters have to

The well-publicized nursing shortage of recent years essentially has been curbed by the recession, though those in the field say that once the economy improves, demand for nurses once again will outstrip supply.In the meantime, hiring of nurses