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Special Report

Big rural health gathering to be held here in March

Dual events likely to draw attendees from five states
February 12, 2015
Staff Report
What's touted to be the Northwest's largest gathering on rural health will take place here March 17-19 during two conferences that are expected to draw health professionals from Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Idaho and Washington, organizers say.
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—d’Zign Group LLC

North Idaho group starts work on medical campus

$2.1 million building to be first of three in complex
February 12, 2015
Mike McLean
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
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Quality health care at lower cost isn't an oxymoron

Year-old nonprofit here leads collaborative push
February 12, 2015
Jac Davies
Jumbo shrimp. Routine emergency. We've all seen examples of oxymora - seemingly contradictory terms in juxtaposition. Some might say that 'higher quality, lower cost” is an oxymoron when it comes to health care.
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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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