A new clinical simulation lab that has opened on the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital campus will enable medical staff and students to experience lifelike medical situations through the use of robotic mannequins. The lab, de

Crews are updating Gonzaga University's Schoenberg Center to host 100 medical students starting studies Aug. 22, and that attendance includes the largest first-year class in Spokane undergoing University of Washington School of Medicine training. Augus

Spokane-based Rockwood Health System has begun a new interventional stroke program at Deaconess Hospital. Located on the 11th floor of the hospital, at 800 W. Fifth, program employees treat patients who have or have experienced strokes, vascular malforma

Some Spokane-area employers recently have started taking advantage of federal grant money made available to help them set up wellness programs for their workers. Spokane's share of the grant will amount to $1 million over the course of four years, from

A proposed merger between Providence Health & Services, the Renton, Wash.-based parent of Spokane-based Providence Health Care, and smaller Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health has been cleared to move ahead, albeit with a host of conditions. The Calif

Senate Bill 5052, the Washington measure to close all medical cannabis dispensaries not licensed with the state's Liquor and Cannabis Board, will take effect this Friday, July 1. Signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee this past April, the bill, now titled