The Village at Orchard Ridge, formerly Coeur d'Alene Senior Living, has taken on a new name as its operators look forward to guiding it into its second century of service.

While data would indicate patient interest in direct primary health care hasn't grown locally, it could be a trend on a national level, and Hayden, Idaho-based doctor Richard R. Samuel is taking part in that trend.

A group of medical professionals affiliated with Northwest Specialty Hospital, in Post Falls, is developing another complex near the hospital that's to be called Syringa Medical Campus, says Darron Rock, a spokesman for the group, North Idaho Surgical H

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

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.

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