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Sacred Heart converts surgery suite for 'hybrid' procedures

$3.4 million project enables doctors to do CT imaging during invasive surgery
October 29, 2009
Jeanne Gustafson
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital has spent $3.4 million to convert one of its surgical suites to accommodate an innovative combination of imaging equipment and an operating table, enabling surgeons to perform what are of
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Profs' software helps diagnose autism

Whitworth duo combines knowledge in special education, computer science in tracking tools
October 29, 2009
Jeanne Gustafson
Two Whitworth University professors say they're developing software they hope will help improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients with autism-related disorders.The professors, Susan Mabry and Betty Fry Williams, have teamed up to combine of
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Health reform changes must be sustainable

Quantity-driven systems must be transformed into cost-accountable systems
October 29, 2009
Dr. J. Courtney Clyde
Nearly everyone is for health-care reform until it affects them, and now that details about the reform proposals in Congress finally are emerging, hackles are raised. Despite all this vitriol, I hope the country can have a meaningful dialogue to of
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Heartburn's SERIOUS SIDE

Rockwood begins offering esophageal ablation procedure to prevent cancer
October 29, 2009
David Cole
Rockwood Clinic PS, of Spokane, has begun offering what it says is a more desirable treatment for a potentially dangerous problem in the esophagus that results from frequent and long-occurring acid reflux.Acid reflux, which is the leakage of the
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Small Business Watch: October 29, 2009

October 29, 2009
Magner Sanborn wins Amtrak PR contract Magner Sanborn, a Spokane-based advertising, brand design, and marketing communications firm, says it has won a contract to provide creative services and media planning for the Amtrak Cascades and
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Real Estate Roundup

October 29, 2009
Mike McLean
Totally Polished, a custom welding and fabrication operation, has leased 1,250 square feet of space in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, at 3012 N. Sullivan, and plans to move there from Santa Barbara, Calif. Chase Breckner, of Crown West the
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HUD awards Cd'A Tribe $2 million housing grant

Work on 10 affordable homes to start next year on outskirts of Plummer
October 29, 2009
Mike McLean
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe has received a $2 million federal stimulus grant to build 10 homes at the site of the old tribal headquarters on the southwest outskirts of Plummer, Idaho.The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the a
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Vandervert lands $4 million Sandpoint supermarket job

Store will be 11th outlet for Spokane-based chain Manito Super 1 Foods
October 29, 2009
Mike McLean
Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, says it has won a $4 million contract to build a supermarket in Sandpoint, Idaho, for Spokane-based Manito Super 1 Foods Inc.Tim Stulc, Vandervert's vice president, says he expects construction will in a
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Wellness store owners plan to sell franchises

Mall-based Health Tech offers high-tech services
October 29, 2009
Jeanne Gustafson
The owners of Health Tech U.S.A. LLC, a Spokane business that offers high-tech health and wellness services, say they plan to begin selling franchises at the beginning of the year.The owners, Joseph and Sheri Shields, opened Health Tech first
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Grant awards funds for bike, walking path on Iron Bridge

Renovation work expected to be completed next year
October 29, 2009
Mike McLean
The city of Spokane says it has accepted a $493,000 state grant that will cover roughly half the cost of the $985,000 renovation project at the former railroad bridge known as the Iron Bridge, which is to be part of a pedestrian and bike path the a
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