Health Care

Aspen Dental-branded clinic planned in Valley

Chain says it now includes 500 practices in 31 states

August 27, 2015

Aspen Dental Management Inc., a Syracuse, N.Y.-based chain that provides nonclinical, administrative and business support services to independently owned and operated dental practices, says it plans to open a clinic in Spokane Valley this fall. A yet-to-

Developer eyes hotel near Sacred Heart

Environmental application submitted for Hampton Inn

August 27, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane Valley-based commercial real estate investor James Mulloy plans to develop a 109-room Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel in the medical district on the lower South Hill, a proposal under environmental review by the city of Spokane shows. Mulloy heads up

Rockwood Health owner set to spin off 38 hospitals

CHS facilities here aren't among those in transaction

August 13, 2015

LeAnn Bjerken

Community Health Systems, the Tennessee-based medical facilities operator that owns Rockwood Health System in Spokane, plans to spin off 38 small-market hospitals into a separate company. According to a recent press release, the new company will include

Providence Health eyes large merger

Partnership's potential impact here isn't clear

August 13, 2015

Kim Crompton

Providence Health & Services, the five-state health system that includes Spokane-based Providence Health Care, is in talks with another Catholic health system, St. Joseph Health, to combine into a single network that would reach from Anchorage, Alaska, to

Spokane-area parks departments foresee jump in ACA costs

City of Spokane reports larger surge than county

July 30, 2015

The city of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department estimates it faces a $60,000 per month increase in costs due to the Affordable Care Act. The ACA requires employers with more than 200 employees to enroll their employees automatically into the organiza

Chiropractic care comes home

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July 30, 2015

Treva Lind

Andrew Glanville has added wheels to his chiropractor toolbox. Make that the tires on the car he drives to his clients' doorsteps. As a doctor of chiropractic services, Glanville launched a mobile practice last April to treat patients in homes and offi

Tackling the complexities of multiple health problems

Spokane woman returns home to fight brain tumor

July 30, 2015

Treva Lind

Hayley Olson spent much of her 20s living life around health care issues, but she thought she'd turned a corner nearly two years ago.

Adapting first aid, CPR training to be used on infants

Providence instructor finds strong demand for classes

July 30, 2015

Kim Crompton

Providence Health Care class instructor Clair Bennett says an infant/child first aid and CPR class she proposed and then launched about a year and a half ago with the Spokane-based health care system's blessing is attracting the strong interest that she

In wake of Senator's inquiry, hospitals here say aid to sexual assault victims is good

Broad review sought over treatment inconsistencies

July 30, 2015

Spokane-area hospital officials say they have the appropriate trained staff and forensic rape kit tests to treat sexual assault victims properly.

Mammograms go 3-D at Inland Imaging

Radiology practice hopes for better results, fewer false positives

July 30, 2015

Linn Parish

Inland Imaging LLC is going 3-D in its mammography imaging units, installing new breast tomosynthesis machines that it hopes will find cancer earlier and reduce false positives.