Health Care

Sacred Heart tabbed as regional treatment center

Hospital here one of nine nationally to garner grants

July 2, 2015

The Washington state Department of Health says a five-year federal grant announced last month will help prepare Spokane's Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital to better manage patients with Ebola and other severe, highly infect

WSU researchers hope to track preemie pain

New grant enables work after old award expired

July 2, 2015

Samantha Peone

Washington State University researchers are developing a device that can detect pain in premature infants and might be used in the future to help prevent disabilities, says assistant professor Martin Schiavenato, WSU College of Nursing.

Promoting teeth-implant process as denture alternative

Deer Park dentist melds new method, 3-D imaging

July 2, 2015

Kim Crompton

Targeting people with missing or failing teeth who are eager to end tooth-related pain and to regain a healthy smile, a Deer Park dentist is touting the benefits of an alternative to dentures and 'partialsâ€-called All-On-4-that involves restoring

Holy Family hospitalist receives national award

Weitzman one of three physicians recognized

July 2, 2015

Spokane physician Dr. Peter Weitzman won't take individual credit for being selected as one of three doctors nationwide to be named as 2014 Acute Care Hospitalist of the Year by Los Angeles-based IPC Healthcare Inc. from among hospitalists it employs na

Undisclosed prices at root of rising health care costs

Industry should be seen from retail perspective

July 2, 2015

Marcee Chmait

Employer and employee health care costs have more than doubled in the last 10 years, according to the Milliman Medical Index.

Rockwood launches neurosciences institute

Multispecialty effort pulls together 25 providers

July 2, 2015

Treva Lind

A new multispecialty neurology care center in Spokane now joins 25 providers under one umbrella as the Rockwood Neurosciences Institute.

Health eXpress provides guidance via the Web

On-demand video service combines convenience, broad access

July 2, 2015

Mike McLean

Through a recently expanded online program, Eastern Washington residents can obtain minor medical treatments and services without leaving their home or office.

Quest Aircraft certified for safety in Russia, African nation

New credentials enhance foreign sales prospects

July 2, 2015

Mike McLean

Quest Aircraft Co., the Sandpoint-based maker of the rugged Kodiak light airplane, says it has been awarded type certification from the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee and the Civil Aviation Authority of Namibia, Africa. A type certificate is a saf

WSU offers joint degree in business, pharmacy

New program target medical entrepreneurs

June 4, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Washington State University students will be able to earn both a doctor of pharmacy degree and a master of business administration degree simultaneously starting this summer, says Linda Garrelts MacLean, associate dean of the WSU College of Pharmacy. M

SRM winds down work on big Google project

Spokane-based company busy on Kirkland campus

June 4, 2015

Kim Crompton

Spokane-based SRM Development LLC. says it's winding down construction of a huge expansion for Google, the big Mountain View, Calif.-based technology company, at that company's Kirkland, Wash., engineering campus. 'It's gone beautifully. It's