Experienced orthotists and prosthetists Dan Daley and Stephen Blas have acquired Kootenai Prosthetics & Orthotics from its long-time owner Robert Miller, who recently retired from clinical practice. Daley and Blas decline to disclose the terms

MultiCare Health System has partnered with Kootenai Health to expand behavioral health services in the Inland Northwest. The partnership builds on the health care organizations' shared mission to provide comprehensive health care services, says Tim Hol

A cardiologist at MultiCare Health System's Pulse Heart Institute, in Spokane, says a new combination of existing technologies allows patients and doctors to monitor cardiac activity in real time. Dr. David Cleary says Bluetooth-enabled implantable

Zeke Smith, age 47, came to lead Empire Health Foundation in October. Smith says he grew up in poverty alongside several half-siblings in Northern California and began working in nonprofits while attending Lewis & Clark College, in Portland, Oregon.

A Spokane Valley-based startup founded by two Washington State University professors is looking to develop an in-home testing kit for heart failure and blood platelet contaminations.

COVID-19 vaccines are being administered throughout retirement communities here, and administrators say the process is going smoothly. According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, more than 63,000 doses of the vaccine had been

Following a sharp decrease in demand as the pandemic swept through Washington state in March, in-home care companies now are starting to see an uptick in demand for their services, as isolation and exhaustion lead more seniors to seek outside care