How a business helps shape its public imageranging from printed materials and online presence down to an employee answering the phonereally narrows to one focal point, marketing and public relations leaders here say.It's all about an
The future of disease diagnosis might lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.New research published online earlier this month in the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism a simple by
Regardless of outcomes, employers likely to need help with complexities
February 16, 2012
We asked employee-benefits consultants this question: What do you expect the competitive landscape for employee benefits providers to look like 10 years from now?Mark Newbold, principal and employee-benefits adviser, Moloney O'Neill that
During the past two years, we've heard a lot of rhetoric about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Regardless of the political battle, one thing is clear: Health care is reforming, with or without the bill Congress passed in March has a
Health insurance is a major topic of conversation right nowand for good reason. There is uncertainty and confusion surrounding health care reform, mandates, cost, and the Supreme Court decision that will be rendered by the end of the year. It
Three Providence Health Care hospitals in Spokane have consolidated their respective foundations into a new nonprofit organization that they expect will streamline their fundraising and granting activities in the years to come.Called Providence
In 2007, Spokane neurological surgeon Dr. Dean Martz approached Jon Copeland, CEO of Inland Imaging Business Associates LLC, and asked if Inland Imaging could find a way to send MRIs and other medical images to his iPhone.Copeland's response: is
Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based diagnostics laboratory, is positioned to raise its standing among national leaders in sophisticated medical testing, says Francisco Velazquez, its new CEO.Velazquez says PAML, is
The fundamental problem with the health care system in this country is its ever-rising cost. We spend 17 percent of our gross domestic product, or nearly $2.5 trillion, on health care each year. Most policy proposals attempt to control these by and
Spokane-area employers that provide medical insurance benefits say they've seen cost increases and made plan adjustments this year as in past years, yet with some significant differences amid the shifting landscape caused by national health care of