Health Care

—Mike McLean

$15 million health clinic envisioned in Spokane's U-District

Consortium of major players hopes to open facility in '16
Linn Parish
A community consortium that includes some of Spokane's largest players in the health care field are planning a $15 million primary-care clinic in Spokane's University District that would serve as a training ground for new physicians and other emerging
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—Katie Ross

Helping children with autism find their voice

Graduate students assist pre-K autistic children with verbalization skills
Katie Ross
Washington State University Spokane has partnered with Northwest Autism Center, of Spokane, to launch an interdisciplinary program for speech and hearing sciences graduate students to gain hands-on experience while helping children with autism spectrum di
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Sacred Heart Children's Hospital attains top designation

Facility is second in state to be tabbed
Lucas Thayer
The neonatal intensive care unit at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital has received the American Academy of Pediatrics' level IV designation, which the AAP describes as the highest level of care for premature and critically ill newborns. Sacred Heart s
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Rockwood Clinic to open new south Valley office

Location to house primary care and family medicine
Katie Ross
Rockwood Clinic PS, of Spokane, has started renovating a 4,800-square-foot space in a strip mall in Spokane Valley and plans to open a primary care clinic there, Rockwood Chief Operating Officer Greg Repetti says. The total cost to renovate the space, lo
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Startup aims at reducing waste of medical products

Website is marketplace for users to buy, sell, trade
Katie Ross
Spokane startup e-business H-Source LLC, which is promoting its website at www.h-source.com as a marketplace for hospitals and medical providers to buy, sell, and trade medicines and equipment, is pursuing funding to help it to expand the website and attr
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Many employers hanging tough with dental coverage

But third of state residents lack oral-health insurance
Staff Report
The beginning of the New Year brought a lot of change in our health care system. Business owners and employees had many decisions to make. The changes in medical coverage from the Affordable Care Act and the challenges with enrollment were overwhelming-
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Next-generation pathology is close to being reality

Digital review, genomic medicine among changes
David C. Hoak
When I was young, my father would take me to the lab on weekends. He would look at smears of blood under the microscope, place samples on circular blood plates to allow bacteria to grow, and type out biopsy and pap test reports by himself on a typewriter
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Small-employer health insurance to evolve in '14

Cost, affordability to remain top of mind
Bill Akers
The last few months of news have not been kind to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Implementation of the Exchange has been smooth in Washington state compared with the badly flawed rollout of healthcare.gov nationally. But, regardless of
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Noninvasive prenatal testing shows potential

Simple blood test can ID risk factors in pregnancy
Matt Tschirgi
There is a new blood test that is taking the world of prenatal diagnosis by storm: noninvasive prenatal testing. It can be performed on a pregnant woman as early as 10 weeks gestation, perhaps even before she has announced to family and friends that
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