Special Report

Lenders adjust to refi decline

Drop in refinancings results in job cuts, refocus for banks

November 7, 2013

A weakening demand for home mortgage refinancing has caused some institutions here and across the country to cut jobs and refocus their attention on other areas of lending, such as home purchases, to fill the gap. Bank of America cut 1,200 jobs

SCC to start classes for caregivers wanting to become nursing aides

In Brief

October 24, 2013

Journal Danals

Spokane Community College plans to start two new courses for certification as a nursing assistant, known as an NAC. Jane Branda, NAC program director at SCC, says the school will offer the medical assistant certified and home care aide certified

Maternity center project progresses

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October 24, 2013

Staff Report

Summer Gilstrap, nurse manager for the Family Maternity Center at Providence Holy Family Hospital, sits in a model maternity suite that's part of a $9.5 million expansion and remodel of the center. The project is scheduled to be completed early

Providence, INBC team up to streamline blood supply

Improvements to include increased communication, hospital vending machines

October 24, 2013

Staff Report

Providence Health Care, the big health-services network here, and Inland Northwest Blood Center say they've entered into a five-year agreement aimed at streamlining blood-management services and improving patient care.The two organizations say a

Obesity places burden on bottom line

Meaningful intervention will require multifaceted effort, workplace support

October 24, 2013

Robin Pickering

It's been said that "health is wealth," and it's becoming more evident to employers that the opposite is also true. According to the Workforce Wellness Index, unhealthy behaviors among the U.S. workforce cost employers annually a total of in

Health cost analysis company forms

Tech entrepreneurs set to launch cloud-based platform to measure efficiency

October 24, 2013

Mike McLean

Two experienced Spokane entrepreneurs are in countdown mode for the launch of Arevo Health, a cloud-based software startup that they hope will revolutionize corporate health care efficiency tracking.Ryan Fix and Jim Schlosser founded the company

St. Luke's new space goes tech driven

Hospital opens new lab, separate model apartment employing assistive devices

October 24, 2013

Treva Lind

Video-conferencing technology in a new lab at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Center has enabled a 15-year-old recovering from a spinal cord injury at the hospital here to interact daily with his algebra class in Genesee, Idaho, about 100 miles south of

Dentists often are first line of detection of oral cancer

Cases attributed to STD said climbing as overall cancer deaths decrease

October 24, 2013

Dr. Ron Inge

When visiting the dentist, there is much more at stake than your pearly whites. Primary care physicians are likely the first to come to mind when it comes to diagnosing illnesses and diseases, but there is an unexpected health care professional

Equine center here offers therapy for disabled, veterans

Program aspires to move and purchase larger site to double rider capacity

October 24, 2013

Katie Ross

Free Rein Therapeutic Riding, a horseback riding facility in southwest Spokane, is helping to expand the lives of people with disabilities and injuries through the healing power of horses. Free Rein is a therapeutic horseback riding program a

Mixed-use structure slated to be built in Perry district

Construction to start this fall on two-story, $1.3 million building

October 10, 2013

Treva Lind

Spokane-based KCLH LLC says it plans to develop a two-story, 13,000-square-foot mixed-use building in the South Perry Business District, on Spokane's South Hill, that currently is envisioned to house a mix of commercial and residential project site