Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, says it has expanded the reach of its digital X-ray database into rural and metropolitan areas around the region, including Seattle and Portland, and as far away as Phoenix.The imaging company has been building a
An affiliate of regional health-care insurer Premera Blue Cross has launched a subsidiary that will offer services to employers aimed at improving the health of their employees and reducing health-care costsand has named a Spokane doctor to a
Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists PS, of Spokane, says it has formed what it calls the Spokane Hand Center to help it market the services it offers to patients who suffer ailments and injuries to the hands, wrists, and elbows.The center offers a
Surgeons placed devices without putting patients on heart-lung machines
June 18, 2009
Three patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center were among the first in the U.S. to be implanted with a next-generation artificial heart pump called the DuraHeart Left-Ventricular Assist System.The surgeries a
Stanford researchers launch broader study to gather more data
June 18, 2009
For Tara Campbell, the onset of her fibromyalgia began slowly with repeated sore throats, fevers, and fatigue. By the time she was diagnosed, a year later, she had become so debilitated by flulike symptoms and exhaustion that she often couldn't get
Rockwood Clinic PS, of Spokane, says it plans to launch a multidisciplinary program in July to coordinate thyroid cancer care for patients.The program will be based at Rockwood's Cancer Treatment Center, in Spokane Valley, which has been open a
Providence Medical Research Center plans to begin enrolling patients next month for a clinical study to determine whether an experimental drug improves the kidney function of patients who suffer severe diabetic kidney disease.Dr. Katherine lead
Spokane-based FirstCare Urgent Care Centers LLC says it will move its Liberty Lake clinic closer to the Liberty Lake-Interstate 90 interchange in August and will begin operating the clinic seven days a week.The new location will be at 1431 N. in
Unicep Packaging Inc., a Sandpoint-based, U.S. Food & Drug Administration-approved packager of gels, liquids, and creams, says that the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has awarded it a three-year contract to package a line of personal care the
Last March, Mead resident Cindy Roth was in pain a year after an automobile accidentlong after her tweaked back muscles should have healed, she says.A treatment called intramuscular stimulation (IMS), which Roth underwent as an outpatient