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Costs for trauma care are highest in West, study finds

Higher prices, however, don't translate to fewer deaths, research shows
News Wise
A large-scale review of national patient records shows that although survival rates are the same, the cost of treating trauma patients in the western United States is 33 percent higher than the bill for treating similarly injured patients in the in
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WSU launches doctor of nursing practice degree here

Program part of national movement driven partly by health care reform
Alli Benjamin
The Washington State University College of Nursing is preparing to welcome its first group of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students here in the fall semester.The action is part of a national movement supported by several accrediting bodies a
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—Photo courtesy of Inland Imaging

Inland Imaging looks to cut out unnecessary radiation

New program, education for medical community key to decreasing doses
Jessica Valencia
Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, plans to start slowly rolling out a methodology to decrease unnecessary radiation use, particularly with computed tomography, or CT, scans. Through radiologists' efforts, the big imaging services provider in some
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—Staff photo by Kim Crompton

Holy Family completes patient-room privatization

$8.4 million, multiyear renovation reflects trend toward single-bed units
Kim Crompton
Providence Holy Family Hospital says it is wrapping up work that began more than eight years ago on an $8.4 million multiphase renovation of patient floors in the six-floor main building on its North Side campus.The project has included a large
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Cancer-patient assistance nonprofit appoints director

Halverson has worked as development director at CPC for 2 1/2 years
Kim Crompton
Cancer Patient Care, a longtime nonprofit here that provides nonmedical assistance to cancer patients, says it has appointed Melissa Halverson as its new executive director.Halverson succeeds Adam Nebeker, who left to pursue a master's has been
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—Staff photo by Linn Parish

Low vision rehab specialist calls for more collaboration

Population of sufferers said to be growing, but simple steps can help
Linn Parish
Years ago, Holly Galow's first client with low vision was a fiercely patriotic World War II veteran who became dispirited after an election ballot he had mailed in was rejected for having an illegitimate signature. Galow, an occupational who in
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—Rendering courtesy of Eixenberger Architect

Kootenai Health involved in $9 million in new projects

About $9 million in new construction, remodeling under way or planned in Cd'A hospital district
Mike McLean
Kootenai Health, the Coeur d'Alene-based hospital district that operates Kootenai Medical Center, says it's involved in a number of construction projects with a combined estimated value exceeding $9 million and ranging in size from kitchen upgrades
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Taking fresh look at old structure

Editor's Notebook
It would be a predictable post-mortem for us to blast historic preservation advocates for killing Campus Advantage's plans for a job-generating $25 million student housing project on the University District site where the 102-year-old former after
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