The health care industry here expects to remain in a state of transition in the coming year as it continues to adapt to broad implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act.

PULLMAN, Wash.-Pullman Re-gional Hospital, a level IV trauma center, says it has installed copper components throughout its facility as another way of reducing hospital-acquired infections and keeping patients safe.

Community Health Association of Spokane, a Spokane-based nonprofit health services provider, has bought a multitenant building in Spokane Valley and plans to open its second Valley clinic in a portion of it, says Kelley Halverson, a CHAS spokeswoman. Hal

A Washington state appellate court panel here has upheld a challenged judge's ruling that was made in a medical malpractice trial stemming from the 2010 post-surgery death of prominent Spokane architect and developer Glen Cloninger.

Washington Healthplanfinder has launched a statewide outreach campaign to encourage Washington residents to sign up or renew their health insurance plan at the organization's website, wahealthplanfinder.org.

Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based national reference laboratory, has launched an at-home blood collection kit as part of its consumer-based product line called Cinch, which it rolled out earlier this year, says Shawn Whitcom