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May 19, 2010

May 16 / Avista seeks rate hikesAvista Corp. of Spokane, said it filed a request with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission to increase electric and natural gas rates for Washingtoncustomers. If approved as requested, electric by

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May 19, 2010

Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Incorporated will hold a networking event, Business After Hours, on Thursday, May 19, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Spokane Convention Center Riverside Exhibit Hall, 200 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., downtown. The event is a

2011 Market Fact Book released

Journal's annual publication offers comprehensive picture of Spokane area

May 19, 2010

Each year, the Journal of Business news team gathers hundreds of pertinent statistics about living and working in the Inland Northwest. The team then compiles these facts and figures in the Market Fact Book, a valuable tool for business owners, and

Using complete genome to gauge disease risk, treatments

Stanford team claims to be the first to develop such an analytical tool

May 6, 2010

For the first time, researchers claim to have used a healthy person's complete genome sequence to predict his or her risk for dozens of diseases and how that person will respond to several common medications.The risk analysis, from the Stanford

Finding ways to minimize preventable hospital deaths

Researcher says changing how errors are reported could have major impact

May 6, 2010

News Wise

People go to hospitals to be treated for an illness or for corrective surgery with the expectation they will return home in much better health than when they entered the medical facility.The reality, though, is that many may never recover or A a

Cholesterol, diabetes prescriptions lead drug spending for the elderly

May 6, 2010

News Wise

Purchases of cholesterol and diabetes prescription drugs by elderly Medicare beneficiaries reached nearly $19 billion in 2007, equating to about one-fourth of the approximately $82 billion spent for medications for the elderly, says the federal for

Predicting which patients will suffer adverse drug reactions

Researchers cite progress in identifying those who might be arrhythmia risks

May 6, 2010

News Wise

In a new study, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City, claim to have taken a major step toward gaining the ability to predict adverse drug reactions, by using genetic, cellular, and clinical information to learn why some

Providence Health to open epilepsy, stroke clinics here

Combined clinics will offer care, follow-up for neurology patients

May 6, 2010

Jeanne Gustafson

Providence Physicians Services, a doctors group that's part of the Providence Health Care network here, is opening clinics specializing in epilepsy and stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in a combined space in the Sacred Heart Doctors A TIA

Newport Hospital consolidates facility functions

May 6, 2010

Mike McLean

Infrastructure upgrades are under way at Newport Community Hospital, in Newport, Wash., to free up space to consolidate some of the hospital's functions and eventually open an outpatient clinic there, says the architect on the project.The Don of

Health networks here to get part of $12.8 million grant

Stimulus funding to help small medical providers set up electronic records

May 6, 2010

Mike McLean

A consortium of Spokane-based Inland Northwest Health Services, the North Idaho Health Network Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, and four other nonprofit groups has been awarded a $12.8 million federal stimulus grant intended to boost adoption of electronic