Health Care

PAML inks agreement with Seattle blood center

Lab also starts screening here for measles immunity

May 7, 2015

Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC and Bloodworks Northwest, of Seattle, say they've reached an agreement to explore ways to collaborate in hopes of improving patient care. PAML President and CEO Dr. Francisco Velazquez says PAML and Bloodw

Inslee signs law to clear hurdle for WSU medical school

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April 1, 2015

Staff Report

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee this morning signed into law a bill that clears the way for Washington State University's proposal to create an independent medical school in Spokane. Specifically, the new law amends a 98-year-old statute that gave t

Northwest Specialty Hospital targets medical tourism market

Specialty center bundles procedures with resort stay

March 26, 2015

Mike McLean

Northwest Specialty Hospital, in Post Falls, is looking to capitalize on Canada's growing medical tourist market by bundling some of its surgical procedures with a stay at the Coeur d'Alene Resort.

Empire Health Foundation sets down roots

Nonprofit's partners grow, seek measurable success

March 12, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Empire Health Foundation now operates out of the recently remodeled former Civic Building, although staffers as of last week were still unpacking boxes after moving from temporary quarters across Riverside Avenue.

PAML achieves record volume

Lab's requisitions grew 8.6 percent last year

March 12, 2015

Katie Ross

Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based national reference laboratory, says it has recorded its highest number of annual tests to date, with requisition volume year-over-year total growth of 8.6 percent in 2014. Patty Sipes, seni

Direct primary care is popular with doctors, not yet with patients

Physicians' model allows more time with each person

February 12, 2015

Staff Report

While data would indicate patient interest in direct primary health care hasn't grown locally, it could be a trend on a national level, and Hayden, Idaho-based doctor Richard R. Samuel is taking part in that trend.

Work-site clinic operator targets big Spokane-area employers

AnovaWorks aims to grow presence in region

February 12, 2015

Kim Crompton

AnovaWorks PLLC, a Wenatchee-based company that works with larger employers to provide health care services on or near their premises to help them reduce costs, says it's expanding its services into the Spokane area and North Idaho.

Big rural health gathering to be held here in March

Dual events likely to draw attendees from five states

February 12, 2015

Staff Report

What's touted to be the Northwest's largest gathering on rural health will take place here March 17-19 during two conferences that are expected to draw health professionals from Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Idaho and Washington, organizers say.

North Idaho group starts work on medical campus

$2.1 million building to be first of three in complex

February 12, 2015

Mike McLean

A group of medical professionals affiliated with Northwest Specialty Hospital, in Post Falls, is developing another complex near the hospital that's to be called Syringa Medical Campus, says Darron Rock, a spokesman for the group, North Idaho Surgical H

Quality health care at lower cost isn't an oxymoron

Year-old nonprofit here leads collaborative push

February 12, 2015

Jac Davies

Jumbo shrimp. Routine emergency. We've all seen examples of oxymora - seemingly contradictory terms in juxtaposition. Some might say that 'higher quality, lower costâ€ is an oxymoron when it comes to health care.