Health Care

Providence cardiac program accredited for treatment of congenital heart disease

Group is one of 16 in U.S. to secure designation

December 7, 2017

The Providence Adult & Teen Congenital Heart Program, at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital, is among the first heart programs in the U.S. to receive accreditation from Adult Congenital Heart Association. The program here is o

Inland Imaging's sharper image

New scanning technology said to aid accuracy, treatment

December 7, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, has begun using new dual scanning technology called a SPECT-CT scan, which radiologists here say enables them to diagnose and treat patients with certain conditions more accurately. Inland's nuclear medicine manager Davi

On The JoB podcast: Health care apprenticeships and Spokane's job market

Journal of Business Editor Linn Parish and Health Care Reporter Kevin Blocker discuss Providence Medical Group's medical assistant program and the overall labor market.

November 22, 2017

Staff Report

On The JoB podcast: Holiday shopping trends in Spokane

Journal of Business Editor Linn Parish sits down with Finance Reporter LeAnn Bjerken to talk about retail sales and consumer habits.

November 22, 2017

Staff Report

Kootenai Health begins $4.3 million in renovation work

Expansion is part of hospital's master plan

November 22, 2017

Samantha Peone

Kootenai Health has started interior renovations valued at $4.3 million this month for three departments in its main hospital building, at 2003 Kootenai Health Way in Coeur d'Alene. The upgrades involve improvements to existing and recently expanded s

State's voter-approved sick, safe leave is looming

Employers must be compliant by Jan. 1

November 22, 2017

Amy Mensik and William Symmes

In November 2016, Washington voters approved Initiative 1433, raising the state's minimum wage over the next four years starting Jan. 1, 2017. Initiative 1433's other major component requires employers statewide to provide employees paid sick and saf

Advanced Dermatology to move its North Side office

Tenant improvements start at Mayfair office

November 22, 2017

Samantha Peone

Spokane Valley-based Advanced Dermatology Skin & Surgery Center plans to move its north Spokane practice into 5,900 square feet of space in the Mayfair Professional Building, at 5905 N. Mayfair, says Wendy Stoehr, clinic administrator. The north office

Providence starts its own medical assistant apprenticeship program

Health care system looks to address worker shortage, reduce turnover

November 22, 2017

Like a Major League Baseball franchise, the Spokane-based Providence Medical Group within the last year has developed its own farm system of sorts in an effort to meet the increasing need for medical assistants at the organization's regional hospitals a

Inspire Physical Therapy opens in Coeur d'Alene

Sister company operates three Spokane-area clinics

November 9, 2017

Sean Sipe, owner of Spokane Occupational & Hand Therapy, has partnered with another physical therapist to open a clinic in Coeur d'Alene. Sipe and Cara Clinton acquired some of the assets, including equipment, of the former Competitive Fitness & Physic

Dingus Zarecor finds niche among health care nonprofits

DZA's annual revenues typically rise by 15 percent

October 26, 2017

Samantha Peone

Tom Dingus, co-owner and managing partner at Spokane Valley-based Dingus, Zarecor & Associates PLLC, says the accounting firm caters to a narrow niche of customers. That focus has led to substantial business growth for the firm over its 14 years in opera