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Health Care

The Learning Project Network delivers maternal health awareness

Expanded programs, events slated this year
January 19, 2023
Erica Bullock
Stephaine Courtney founded The Learning Project in 2015 to provide affordable in-person and online training for educators that interact with children from nontraditional families or who have behavior issues. The business has evolved in the last eight
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DEI Best Practices: Principles belong in all business operations

Buy-in by leaders said vital for lasting success of diversity initiatives
January 19, 2023
Virginia Thomas
Businesses and nonprofits that implement diversity, equity, and inclusion practices should take steps to ensure that such principles are present throughout operations, some experts here say. Blending DEI into every facet of an organization ensures that
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The Journal's Most Read Stories of 2022

Restaurant, retail news dominates list this year
December 28, 2022
Linn Parish
Three of the top 10 Most Read Stories of 2022 involve news about new restaurants, and a fourth involves a new entertainment venue that's expected to open next year.
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Inland Northwest health care systems look to stabilize

Spokane providers are operating with financial losses, increased costs
December 15, 2022
Karina Elias
Moving into 2023, major health care systems in Spokane are projecting continued financial losses while working to stabilize margins after struggling through two years of COVID-19 surges, ongoing shortages of medical personnel, and rising costs.
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Sacred Heart Children's Hospital commits to improvements

Providence administrators to build on five-year plan
December 1, 2022
Erica Bullock
Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital opened as its own entity on Spokane's South Hill in 2003, and in almost two decades, the facility connected to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center has grown its footprint and expanded its programs and
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—Karina Elias

Focus on well-being emerges as employee benefit

Some Inland Northwest employers emphasize whole-person approach
December 1, 2022
Karina Elias
The concept of employee health benefits is expanding beyond conventional medical, vision, and dental coverage to include a whole-person approach to worker health and wellness, some Inland Northwest observers say.
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—Virginia Thomas

Spokane Urology expands with demand

Valley office opening is imminent; East Spokane surgicial suite eyed
December 1, 2022
Virginia Thomas
A private-practice urology clinic in Spokane is establishing a Spokane Valley location and is building an outpatient surgery center at its main office in the Iron Bridge Corporate Campus, in East Spokane.
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CHAS, Union Gospel Mission plan expansions into Lewiston

Behavioral health, shelter services needed in region
November 17, 2022
Erica Bullock
Two Spokane-based nonprofits have announced plans to expand services to Lewiston, Idaho. Union Gospel Mission Inland Northwest is planning for a new shelter there for men, women, and children who need help exiting homelessness permanently, says developm
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—Karina Elias

Health care insurance rates soar in Spokane

Small businesses hit with double-digit hikes in some instances
November 17, 2022
Karina Elias
Small employers in Washington state face double-digit increases in health-care insurance rates for 2023, in some cases.
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Meet & Greet with Skyler Oberst, of Embrace Washington

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November 3, 2022
Karina Elias
Skyler Oberst has been hired as executive director of Embrace Washington, the Spokane-based nonprofit with a mission to provide support and care to children in foster care. Oberst was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in Vancouver, Washington.
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