Health Care

Population health aims to improve overall well-being

Current curriculum helps future physicians view health care more broadly

March 1, 2018

The concept of population health that the University of Washington School of Medicine is implementing throughout its curriculum aims to help physicians become proactive toward improving the health of groups of people, rather than only reacting to disease

Innovative medical education key to health care's future

Doctors trained to guide patients to better outcomes

March 1, 2018

Dr. John Tomkowiak

If you talk to any health care professional or any health care company, you will hear a common reprise of looking to the future of health care. There's no doubt that everyone in the industry is looking toward revolutionary technologies and systems that

Apple Valley Dental office to be built along North Division

New office is expected to be company's third in the Spokane area

March 1, 2018

Samantha Peone

Yakima, Wash.-based Apple Valley Dental & Braces plans to erect a new medical office building at 2121 N. Division, which is slated to be its third Spokane-area location, says Jolene Babka, operations officer with the company. Zach Bull, project manager w

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St. Luke's starts working in high school athletics

Rehab institute contracts with Rogers, Shadle, NC

March 1, 2018

Mike McLean

Spokane-based St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute has begun providing athletic training services to North Central, Rogers, and Shadle Park high schools. Jan Collins, who manages the athletic trainer program for St. Luke's, says it's able to expand

Hip, knee replacements refined at Valley Hospital

Facility receives advanced certification for joint program

March 1, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Last month, MultiCare's Valley Hospital announced it had earned the Joint Commission's gold seal of approval for advanced certification for total hip and total knee replacement, an evaluation that requires impartial evidence of the quality of care, tr

WSU, UW collaborate on test for enhancing sleep

Sensor to identify insomnia patterns, suggest changes

March 1, 2018

Treva Lind

In the future, people struggling with insomnia might get health tips for a better night's rest from a bedside sleep-monitoring device. Such technology will be tested in both Spokane and Seattle. To be launched today, March 1, a three-year study will in

Offering magnetic stimulation to treat depression

Startup TMS Solutions expands office, plans more

March 1, 2018

Operators of a startup company here that uses technology to treat depression plan to open more clinics in Spokane-and in other parts of the country where what's known as transcranial magnetic stimulation is seldom used. The young company, TMS Solutio

Q&A with Elaine Couture: Consumer-friendly system is a priority

Providence exec talks about needed changes

March 1, 2018

Providence Health Care, the Inland Northwest's largest provider network, has transitioned effectively with its Renton, Wash.-based parent, Providence Health & Services, which merged with Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health in 2016, says Elaine Coutur

Focus on fitness

Retirement communities hope to enrich seniors' quality of life

February 15, 2018

Exercise trainer Jessica Clark takes a seat at the front of the fitness room and prepares to get her class ready. A group of residents at Rockwood Retirement Communities South Hill are sitting in chairs as well as they prepare for their morning workout.

TMS Solutions opens its first Spokane office

Colorado-based company offers depression treatment

February 1, 2018

The CEO and co-founder of a company that specializes in using magnetic therapy to treat depression says the company will begin transitioning gradually its corporate headquarters to Spokane from its current location of Grand Junction, Colo. CEO Christophe