Health Care

Home health care's future in Spokane looks positive

Industry positioned well in environment of change

March 2, 2017

Health care is entering an uncertain time, especially given the election of a new president who proposed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. No one can predict exactly what that outcome will be. What we do know is that any health care reform

Improving hip, knee replacement technology

WSU researchers received six patents in last two years

March 2, 2017

Writer Guest

For almost two decades, Washington State University researchers Amit Bandyopadhyay and Susmita Bose have worked diligently to improve the materials used in hip and knee replacements that up to a million people in the U.S. receive each year. In the 1990

Integrating rural mental health, primary care in Newport

Coordination efforts moving ahead in Pend Oreille County

March 2, 2017

Writer Guest

Newport Hospital & Health Services and Pend Oreille County Counseling Services started working collaboratively in 2009 to support crisis mental health intervention better within our community. Recognizing that shared community need, we realized our orga

UW puts focus on new physician training model

Revised curriculum unfolds here in partnership with GU

March 2, 2017

Writer Guest

Two issues that dominate today's health care landscape across the country also affect Eastern Washington: a rapidly changing health care environment, and an increasing demand for more primary-care physicians, especially in rural and underserved communit

More construction anticipated on WSU Spokane campus

University also preps for first medical school class

March 2, 2017

Mike McLean

Washington State University Spokane will be humming with new activity this year, both in construction and in medical education, on its health sciences-focused campus in the University District east of downtown. On the construction side, Garco Constructio

Group Health moves into future under Kaiser name

Officials look to enhance facilities, add members

March 2, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Changes are once again coming for Seattle-based health carrier Group Health Cooperative, following its acquisition by Oakland-based health insurer Kaiser Permanente, which was completed in early February. While officials here say the acquisition won't

Virtual care options expand in Spokane as demand grows

Patient satisfaction scores reportedly high for services

March 2, 2017

Treva Lind

While resting in her Cheney home, Robin Allen turned to her smartphone for a face-to-face video chat with a nurse practitioner to discuss a recent infection. Within a 10-minute virtual exam, Allen received a diagnosis of pink eye. She didn't feel well

Two big behavioral health projects get rolling in Spokane

Facilities slated to expand area's psychiatric services

March 2, 2017

Behavioral health providers have started work on two new facilities that, when up and running, are expected to expand psychiatric services here dramatically. Providence Health & Services has started clearing a site on the lower South Hill for a $34 milli

LabCorp to acquire PAML

Transaction expected to be completed next year

February 23, 2017

Staff Report

Laboratory Corp. of America Holding, a Burlington, N.C.-based company that does business as LabCorp, announced this afternoon that it has agreed to acquire Spokane-based Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories, as well as PAML's interest in a number o

PAML test volume grows by 3 percent

Employee count here crested 800 in 2016

February 16, 2017

Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based national reference laboratory, had requisition volume growth of 3 percent in 2016, says Patty Sipes, PAML's vice president of sales, marketing, and business development. Though that's s