Health Care

100-bed Inland Northwest Behavioral Hospital prepares to open

Facility will be able to accommodate 24 patients in one unit in beginning

September 13, 2018

Spokane soon will have another resource for those in need of behavioral health care. An Oct. 1 soft opening is planned for the $34 million, 100-bed Inland Northwest Behavioral Hospital, says director of business development Lonna Smith. Those interested

Advanced demand for nurse practitioners

WSU program graduated its largest class to date

September 13, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Health care educators here say the demand for advanced practice nurses continues to grow, as physician shortages loom and rural residents face declining access to care. Anne Mason is the director of Washington State University's doctor of nursing

Mann-Grandstaff to pilot VA health record system

Medical center here to be first to adopt new program

August 30, 2018

Virginia Thomas

The Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, in Spokane, will be the first of more than 1,200 VA medical facilities throughout the nation to adopt a new electronic health record system. According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Nurses poised to improve environmental health

WSU professor is leader in new awareness efforts

August 30, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

As evidenced by this summer's wildfire season, the health of the environment is often closely connected to human health. Beth Schenk, adjunct faculty member at WSU's College of Nursing and leader of nursing research for Providence St. Joseph Health

Excelsior receives $2 million state health facilities grant

Nonprofit says funds to be used to increase size of planned new structure

August 16, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane nonprofit Excelsior Youth Center has been awarded a $2 million Behavioral Health Facilities grant. Andrew Hill, president at Excelsior, located at 3754 W. Indian Trail Road, says the youth center plans to use the funding to double projected

Evergreen Fountains addition complete

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August 2, 2018

Staff Report

Weather forecaster buys barre studio

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August 2, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Leslie Lowe, Spokane TV weather forecaster and co-anchor of KHQ's Wakeup Show, now owns the Pure Barre studio at 13910 E. Indiana, in Spokane Valley. Pure Barre is a workout method in which participants perform small isometric movements using a ballet

BeYoutiful's second shop opens on Third

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August 2, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Jessie Veselka, the owner of BeYoutiful Bath Bombs & More, says she has opened a second location, called BeYoutiful Too, in the newly remodeled Third & Washington building, at 327 W. Third. Veselka opened the original BeYoutiful shop last year on the

Pathology lab consolidates Tri-Cities-area operations

Valley-based Incyte to have 38 employees in Richland

August 2, 2018

Kristina Lord

Prospects of faster patient test results and streamlined corporate operations have prompted a Spokane Valley-based pathology services provider to open a laboratory in Richland, Wash. Incyte Diagnostics has been working on a $1.6 million renovation of a

Spokane practice to join MultiCare

Partnership expected to expand access, coordination of care

August 2, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Internal Medicine will join the MultiCare Rockwood Clinic in November. Founded in 1979 by three physicians, Spokane Internal Medicine is a primary care clinic that offers both internal medicine and adult primary care services to the communities