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Health Care

Job-loss lawsuit reinstated on appeal

Judges say clinic didn't accommodate worker
September 24, 2015
The Washington state Court of Appeals has overturned a prior ruling and reinstated a discrimination lawsuit filed by a woman fired from her job as a health care worker because the employer feared she herself was a potential health risk. A Spokane County
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—Washington State University

WSU pursues sustainability in nursing school curriculum

Two professors helping to push for sustainability
September 10, 2015
Washington State University's College of Nursing, now based in Spokane, is working to educate future medical professionals on the importance of reducing the extraordinarily high volume of waste generated by the health care industry.
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—Kevin Blocker

Young Gonzaga nursing program attains full accreditation

More than 130 health professionals enrolled
September 10, 2015
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, in Washington, D.C., has granted full accreditation to Gonzaga University's Doctor of Nursing Practice Program for the next five years. It's the first accreditation granted to the two-year old program.
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—Chris Street

Migrating from front-line nursing to online records at Providence

Providence's Covert sees big shifts in industry, career
September 10, 2015
Chris Street
Brenda Covert started working in the health care field as a registered nurse 30-some years ago and worked her way up in the ranks to implementation manager of Providence Health & Services' massive conversion to the Epic electronic medical records system
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—Mike McLean

Prescribing independence

Sixth Avenue Medical Pharmacy grows with compounding, packaging
September 10, 2015
Mike McLean
During an era in which neighborhood pharmacies are being displaced by big chain drug stores, Erik Nelson has struck up a plan that's making the Sixth Avenue Medical Pharmacy a strong independent.
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—LeAnn Bjerken

Cardiac care expansion at Sacred Heart

$19.2 million project set to wrap up next February
September 10, 2015
LeAnn Bjerken
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center is underway on the second phase of a $19.2 million redesign and expansion of its cardiac intensive care unit.
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Chiropractor acquires South Hill practice

Bell also now certified in craniocervical work
September 10, 2015
Samantha Peone
CR Clearview LLC, a company owned by Spokane chiropractor Rachae Bell, has bought the assets of the Clear Chiropractic Spokane office, located at 2503 E. 27th on Spokane's South Hill. The practice will continue to do business under the Clear Chiropract
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Aspen Dental-branded clinic planned in Valley

Chain says it now includes 500 practices in 31 states
August 27, 2015
LeAnn Bjerken
Aspen Dental Management Inc., a Syracuse, N.Y.-based chain that provides nonclinical, administrative and business support services to independently owned and operated dental practices, says it plans to open a clinic in Spokane Valley this fall. A yet-to-
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Developer eyes hotel near Sacred Heart

Environmental application submitted for Hampton Inn
August 27, 2015
Mike McLean
Spokane Valley-based commercial real estate investor James Mulloy plans to develop a 109-room Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel in the medical district on the lower South Hill, a proposal under environmental review by the city of Spokane shows. Mulloy heads up
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Rockwood Health owner set to spin off 38 hospitals

CHS facilities here aren't among those in transaction
August 13, 2015
LeAnn Bjerken
Community Health Systems, the Tennessee-based medical facilities operator that owns Rockwood Health System in Spokane, plans to spin off 38 small-market hospitals into a separate company. According to a recent press release, the new company will include
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