Health Care

Helping caregivers understand dementia

Business offers services for families, pros

April 26, 2018

Rick Bennett, administrator of the Bennett House adult day care center in Coeur d'Alene, says he's about to start up a new business to help caregivers of people with cognitive loss. The new venture, to be called The Dementia Coach, is designed to hel

Nursing to be most in-demand profession in Spokane, forecast says

Managers, accountants are runners-up in county

April 12, 2018

Samantha Peone

An annual occupational forecast from the Washington state Employment Security Department suggests that registered nurse will be the most in-demand occupation in Spokane County for jobs that requires at least a bachelor's degree, says D. Patrick Jones, w

Courtney Law nurtures young UW-GU health partnership

Director aims to grow community resource

April 12, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Although she is already more than two years into her position as the director of the University of Washington School of Medicine-Gonzaga University Regional Health Partnership, Courtney Law says she's really just getting started. 'I've always enj

Riverstone sees commercial, residential infill

Two medical office buildings rising in urban village

March 29, 2018

Samantha Peone

2018 will be another active year for construction in the Riverstone mixed-use development northwest of Coeur d'Alene's downtown area. At 1812 N. Lakewood Drive, a $2.8 million commercial building is rising, says Tyler Baxter, clinic director and phys

Behavioral Health hospital takes shape

$34 million project to be completed this summer

March 29, 2018

Linn Parish

A new $34 million behavioral health hospital is taking form at the base of Spokane's South Hill and is scheduled to be completed this summer. The three-story, 67,000-square-foot building, which will house 100 patient rooms, is being built at 104 W. Fif

Kootenai Health launches master plan's third phase

$45 million second phase to be completed in summer

March 29, 2018

Mike McLean

Coeur d'Alene-based health network Kootenai Health has started work on the $12 million third phase of construction and expects to complete its $45 million second phase this summer at its main hospital campus, at 2003 Kootenai Health Way, near the northw

Inland Imaging to merge with Tri-Cities practice

Practice to have nearly 90 radiologists

March 27, 2018

Mike McLean

Longtime Spokane-based radiology practice Inland Imaging PS and Tri-Cities, Wash.-based Columbia Basin Imaging PC, have agreed to merge practices, says Inland Imaging CEO Steve Duvoisin. The merger will be effective next fall, and the larger practice t

LabCorp to lay off nearly 200 employees here

Downsizing will occur over next several months

March 8, 2018

LabCorp, the Burlington, N.C.-based S&P 500 company that acquired Spokane-based Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories last year, confirmed Thursday it will lay off close to 200 employees here in the coming months. "We've tried to be upfront as much

Population health aims to improve overall well-being

Current curriculum helps future physicians view health care more broadly

March 1, 2018

Dr. Darryl Potyk

The concept of population health that the University of Washington School of Medicine is implementing throughout its curriculum aims to help physicians become proactive toward improving the health of groups of people, rather than only reacting to disease

Innovative medical education key to health care's future

Doctors trained to guide patients to better outcomes

March 1, 2018

Dr. John Tomkowiak

If you talk to any health care professional or any health care company, you will hear a common reprise of looking to the future of health care. There's no doubt that everyone in the industry is looking toward revolutionary technologies and systems that