In order for retirement home residents to avoid falls, retirement communities have developed programs, activities, and assessments to help seniors to get and remain active throughout the year. Jeff Thaxton, PrimeFit instructor at Fairwinds Spokane

Spokane Valley-based Cancer Care Northwest has started offering a scanning technology new to the Spokane area that better detects recurring prostate cancer, says Amy Simmons, the Spokane-based imaging manager for the oncology practice. Simmons claims Ca

Providence St. Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center has established its first cohort of a new physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program. Dr. Kenneth Isaacs, regional medical director of health science at Providence, says six residents joined

With her father being a physician, it's probably not a stretch to think that Dr. Jessica Lundgren, of Providence Health Care, ultimately would go on to the same profession. But the 35-year-old internal medicine physician says she sometimes still finds

Stephen Bone, the CEO and cofounder of Crimson Medical Solutions Inc. uses the word 'stoked” to describe his excitement for the company's simple but practical advance in intravenous safety equipment, called the IV Manager. 'I'm so excited about

Kevin O'Connor has announced his pending retirement from the position of president and CEO at organ and tissue procurement organization LifeCenter Northwest, which is based in Bellevue and has an office in Spokane. O'Connor, age 66, spent most of his

In the face of COVID-19, Eastern State Hospital, in Medical Lake, has been recognized by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for setting up separate wards for quarantined patients and COVID-positive patients, despite a temporary funding cutback.

With a longstanding desire to help people with neurological conditions experience an improved quality of life, entrepreneur David Hojah has found in Spokane a place where he wants to accomplish his goal.