Health Care

Federal rules update pregnancy-discrimination safeguards

Guidance lifts awareness here of worker protections

July 31, 2014

Recent enforcement guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission signals that the federal agency is targeting pregnancy-related discrimination as an area of emphasis, say knowledgeable observers, who add that Washington state also has rob

Sacred Heart plans $19.2 million expansion, remodel

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July 22, 2014

Staff Report

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital announced this afternoon plans for a $19.2 million expansion and remodel of its adult cardiac intensive care unit. Construction is scheduled to start July 28 and to be completed in spring o

Longtime health care executive Gerard Fischer joins Group Health Cooperative

Fischer had been with Providence for 16 years

July 17, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Gerard Fischer, who served for 16 years on Spokane's Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital and Providence Holy Family Hospital's senior leadership team, joined the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle as vice president of clini

Spokane Valley cancer center joins West Side-based network

Alliance gives patients access to clinical trials

July 17, 2014

Mike McLean

Spokane Valley Cancer Center has joined the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Network, giving patients here expanded treatment options, says Dr. Arvind Chaudhry, a medical oncologist and director of the center. The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance also provides S

Prosthetics clinic plans move to lower South Hill

Hanger says new location will be closer to hospitals

July 3, 2014

Mike McLean

Hanger Inc., a national provider of prosthetic and orthotic products and related patient services, plans to move its Spokane clinic to the medical district on Spokane's lower South Hill, says Don Meng, the clinic's manager. The Austin, Texas-based co

PAML hires new scientist to prepare Cinch product line

At-home testing products to debut later this summer

July 3, 2014

Katie Ross

Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories, the Spokane-based national reference laboratory, has hired a new senior scientist, Dr. Heather Colburn, to head up Cinch, its consumer-based product line, says Dr. Francisco VelÃ¡zquez, president and CEO of PAML.

Providence contributions topped $133 million in '13

Total included $30 million in free, discounted care

July 3, 2014

Kim Crompton

Providence Health Care, the Spokane-based nonprofit network of hospitals, physician clinics, and other health care organizations and programs, says it contributed more than $133 million last year to provide services to thousands of needy residents through

WSU students awarded research support grants

Scholars' studies target cancer, heart endurance

July 3, 2014

Katie Ross

Two Washington State University doctoral students here have been granted three years of support from the National Science Foundation to advance their respective research projects involving heart enlargement and cancer-related immune system responses, and,

Providence-Group Health joint venture advances

Partners announce name, brand for care organization

July 3, 2014

Kim Crompton

Group Health Cooperative and Providence Health Care say they have established a name-CareUnity-and a brand for an 'accountable care organizationâ€ they founded jointly in 2012, and already are starting to see some care delivery improvements as a re

Deaconess reconfirms its pick for hospital's new CEO

Oregon executive Cate slated to start in August

July 3, 2014

Staff Report

Maurine Cate has been named the new CEO of Deaconess Hospital, effective Aug. 4, after having earlier put on hold her initial acceptance of the job. Cate has served as CEO of 113-bed McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, in Springfield, Ore., since 2007.