Construction started last week on a $4.7 million expansion and renovation of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites at 111 Betz Road, in Cheney. The hotel's general manager, Dori Byrd, says the planned expansion is desperately needed. 'Last year, we had 9

Community Health Systems Inc., the publicly traded, Franklin, Tenn.-based medical facilities operator that owns Rockwood Health System in Spokane, reported this week that its earnings declined in the third quarter. CHS reported third-quarter net income a

The next step in the accreditation process for the proposed Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University Spokane is for administrators and staff to submit a self-study before the end of 2015 that tackles issues of future funding and s

Orthopaedic Specialty Clinic of Spokane PLLC says it recently hired a new hand and upper extremity surgeon.

Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists PS says it has hired Robert J. Wunar as its new chief executive officer.

A growing primary-care physician shortage combined with an increase in primary-care visits generated by the Affordable Care Act has some physicians here, such as Dr. Cody Ellefsen, looking at an alternative business model, called direct primary care.