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-Katie Ross

Doctors launching virtual dermatology service here

Patients can get diagnoses via the practice's website
February 12, 2015
Katie Ross
Three doctors have teamed up to form a teledermatology company here, called Virtual Dermatologic LLC, in an effort to give patients easier and faster access to dermatologists, says Monte Zarlingo, a board-certified radiologist and co-owner of Virtual Derm
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—Mike McLean

Kootenai Health's goal to become a regional center

Cd'A-based care network expanding, adding services
February 12, 2015
Mike McLean
Kootenai Health is much more than the community hospital it was just a few years ago, before it began implementing its current strategic plan, says Jeremy Evans, the Coeur d'Alene-based health system's vice president of operations.
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Placing a sharper focus on four key areas in 2015

Insurers, providers adapt to new era in health care
February 12, 2015
Bill Akers
Despite being five years into the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care industry is still faced with immense change and uncertainty. While insurers and health care providers continue to learn and adapt, individuals and employers also are adjusting to
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—Judith Spitzer

Providence Health Care begins to reap ACA benefits

Big provider network keeps focus on cost containment
February 12, 2015
Judith Spitzer
Amid the turbulent ongoing statewide and national debates over health care policy and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act last year, Elaine Couture, CEO of Providence Health Care, remains optimistic that the complex law will push health care pro
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—Linn Parish

Shift away from fee-for-service payments gears up

Medicare sets course for a major migration
February 12, 2015
Linn Parish
Medicare's recent announcement of new goals to pay health care providers for the quality of care provided rather than the quantity of services rendered marks a clear change in direction for the industry's future, health executives say, but it's a pa
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Patient-centered care leads industry improvements

Doctors, others work as teams more than in past
February 12, 2015
Rich Umbdenstock
I'm a pretty healthy guy, but I have spent much of my life in and around hospitals. My mother volunteered for one local hospital, and my father served on another's board.
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Benefits of lower oil prices outweigh any negatives

GDP-driving consumers have the most to gain
January 29, 2015
Michael Maehl
Reasonable people can disagree. I've learned that this truism is what, ultimately, drives markets. Otherwise, why would we have sellers and buyers? If they all thought one price was good for everything, I'd say my job would be right up there with wat
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—Kirk Hirota

New high tech trading room aids collegiate investors

Whitworth student analysts' investments net good profit
January 29, 2015
Judith Spitzer
Every Thursday morning at 6:15 a.m., Whitworth University senior Ashley Sievers can be found on campus in a high tech trading room, discussing stock pitches and portfolio allocations with other members of the Whitworth Student Investment Group. The H.H.
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—Mike McLean

North Idaho community bank regains momentum

22-year-old Idaho Independent Bank outlasts several rivals
January 29, 2015
Mike McLean
Idaho Independent Bank has maintained solid footing in a constantly changing banking landscape since it opened its first branch in Hayden in 1993, says Jack Gustavel, IIB's chairman, CEO, and founding member. He also claims that while many of the bankï
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County begins work on North Side decant facility

Project is similar to facility built by the city last year
January 15, 2015
Katie Ross
Spokane County has begun construction on its $1.4 million Northside Decant Facility, the first such facility being built by the county, at 15 E. Farwell Road, says Wendy Iris, project manager for the county.
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