Prescribed treatments go unfollowed often, leading to higher costs, study says
August 25, 2011
A team of researchers from three universities claims that physicians can help patients follow prescribed treatments and achieve healthier resultsparticularly in chronic disease managementby using a three-pronged strategy it has Model, a
Thankfully, many of us have dental insurance allowing us to visit the dentist twice a year. Most of us take advantage of this opportunity because it's paid for by our employers. We go because we want our smiles bright and white. We go for the free
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for a public or private developer to build and manage permanent housing for homeless veterans on underused land at its hospital campus in northwest Spokane.Cheryl Wood, chief of engineering at a
Spokane-based Inland Imaging LLC has signed a contract to provide radiology services at Samaritan Hospital, in Moses Lake, Wash.Sarah Russell, chief operations officer at Inland Imaging, says the company started handling the hospital's radiology
Bonner General Hospital, in Sandpoint, says it has bought a 2-acre lot in the heart of the North Idaho city's downtown and plans to expand there.The parcel formerly was owned and occupied by Taylor-Parker Motor Co., now Taylor & Sons Chevrolet.
When Dr. Lisa Bliss, of Spokane, started a solo trek this summer from Death Valley to the top of Mount Whitney, all on foot, she knew failure could be the outcome.For one, she would be pulling or pushing a 200-plus-pound cart filled mostly with
Cancer Care Northwest PS, a prominent Spokane-area cancer-treatment provider, says it plans to expand its Spokane Valley presence with a new 20,000-square-foot center to be built near Valley Hospital & Medical Center.Warren Benincosa, Cancer the
Spokane-area mental health practitioners say they've seen a noticeable increase over the last several years in the number of crisis-level psychiatric patients who are seeking immediate care at hospital emergency rooms and other crisis-response this
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $3.6 million to the Colville Indian Housing Authority, the low-income housing entity of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.Elena Bassett, executive director of the
Huntsville, N.C.-based American Tire Distributors Inc. is scheduled to open a 110,000-square-foot distribution center, illustrated here, by early 2012 in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, in Spokane Valley. Vandervert Construction Inc., of is