Special Report

New hope at the HUB Sports Center

Liberty Lake facility on stronger financial footing thanks largely to big donor

March 15, 2018

After more than a decade with an uncertain future, the 67,000-square-foot Liberty Lake-based HUB Sports Center is on stronger financial footing than it's ever been, contends Phil Champlin, the sport venue's executive director. The Inland Northwest C

Tax law changes expected to reduce charitable giving

New strategies emerging to maximize deductions

March 15, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

As the end of tax season looms, financial experts both here and nationally are predicting provisions in the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could change how taxpayers plan to contribute to charity this year. Most agree the changes are likely to alter taxpayer

The good, bad, ugly about donating under new rules

Larger standard deduction complicates write-offs

March 15, 2018

Rob Blume

The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act takes effect this year, and Americans are hard at work deciphering what the changes mean. One goal of the new tax law was to simplify filing for more taxpayers. Consequently, the standard deduction has nearly doubled, elimina

Population health aims to improve overall well-being

Current curriculum helps future physicians view health care more broadly

March 1, 2018

Dr. Darryl Potyk

The concept of population health that the University of Washington School of Medicine is implementing throughout its curriculum aims to help physicians become proactive toward improving the health of groups of people, rather than only reacting to disease

Innovative medical education key to health care's future

Doctors trained to guide patients to better outcomes

March 1, 2018

Dr. John Tomkowiak

If you talk to any health care professional or any health care company, you will hear a common reprise of looking to the future of health care. There's no doubt that everyone in the industry is looking toward revolutionary technologies and systems that

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St. Luke's starts working in high school athletics

Rehab institute contracts with Rogers, Shadle, NC

March 1, 2018

Mike McLean

Spokane-based St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute has begun providing athletic training services to North Central, Rogers, and Shadle Park high schools. Jan Collins, who manages the athletic trainer program for St. Luke's, says it's able to expand

Hip, knee replacements refined at Valley Hospital

Facility receives advanced certification for joint program

March 1, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Last month, MultiCare's Valley Hospital announced it had earned the Joint Commission's gold seal of approval for advanced certification for total hip and total knee replacement, an evaluation that requires impartial evidence of the quality of care, tr

WSU, UW collaborate on test for enhancing sleep

Sensor to identify insomnia patterns, suggest changes

March 1, 2018

Treva Lind

In the future, people struggling with insomnia might get health tips for a better night's rest from a bedside sleep-monitoring device. Such technology will be tested in both Spokane and Seattle. To be launched today, March 1, a three-year study will in

Offering magnetic stimulation to treat depression

Startup TMS Solutions expands office, plans more

March 1, 2018

Operators of a startup company here that uses technology to treat depression plan to open more clinics in Spokane-and in other parts of the country where what's known as transcranial magnetic stimulation is seldom used. The young company, TMS Solutio

Q&A with Elaine Couture: Consumer-friendly system is a priority

Providence exec talks about needed changes

March 1, 2018

Providence Health Care, the Inland Northwest's largest provider network, has transitioned effectively with its Renton, Wash.-based parent, Providence Health & Services, which merged with Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health in 2016, says Elaine Coutur