Washington State University's College of Nursing, now based in Spokane, is working to educate future medical professionals on the importance of reducing the extraordinarily high volume of waste generated by the health care industry.

The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, in Washington, D.C., has granted full accreditation to Gonzaga University's Doctor of Nursing Practice Program for the next five years. It's the first accreditation granted to the two-year old program.

Brenda Covert started working in the health care field as a registered nurse 30-some years ago and worked her way up in the ranks to implementation manager of Providence Health & Services' massive conversion to the Epic electronic medical records system

During an era in which neighborhood pharmacies are being displaced by big chain drug stores, Erik Nelson has struck up a plan that's making the Sixth Avenue Medical Pharmacy a strong independent.

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center is underway on the second phase of a $19.2 million redesign and expansion of its cardiac intensive care unit.

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