Newport Hospital & Health Services and Pend Oreille County Counseling Services started working collaboratively in 2009 to support crisis mental health intervention better within our community.
Recognizing that shared community need, we realized our orga
Two issues that dominate today's health care landscape across the country also affect Eastern Washington: a rapidly changing health care environment, and an increasing demand for more primary-care physicians, especially in rural and underserved communit
Washington State University Spokane will be humming with new activity this year, both in construction and in medical education, on its health sciences-focused campus in the University District east of downtown.
On the construction side, Garco Constructio
Changes are once again coming for Seattle-based health carrier Group Health Cooperative, following its acquisition by Oakland-based health insurer Kaiser Permanente, which was completed in early February.
While officials here say the acquisition won't
While resting in her Cheney home, Robin Allen turned to her smartphone for a face-to-face video chat with a nurse practitioner to discuss a recent infection. Within a 10-minute virtual exam, Allen received a diagnosis of pink eye.
She didn't feel well
Facilities slated to expand area's psychiatric services
March 2, 2017
Behavioral health providers have started work on two new facilities that, when up and running, are expected to expand psychiatric services here dramatically.
Providence Health & Services has started clearing a site on the lower South Hill for a $34 milli
North Star Retirement & Assisted Living Community, in Coeur d'Alene, has been full for the last year, and a planned new addition is almost completely reserved, says Becky Georgius, a family adviser and marketing specialist at North Star.
The growing
Cascadia Development LLC, a rapidly growing Yakima-based developer and operator of senior residential facilities, plans to construct and operate a $9 million memory-care center on the South Hill, says Justin Younker, a founding principal with the company.
Year-long trial run before retirement can help those nearing big transition
February 16, 2017
Spokane-based financial adviser Paul Viren says one of the strategies he employs with clients approaching retirement is to have them do a 'mock retirement†starting six months to a year before their planned retirement date.
'Living every month unti
Lynn St. Louis, founding partner of Elder Law Group PLLC, says her Spokane-based law firm is poised to pick up additional clients in the coming years, as the need for estate planning and elder law services continues to increase.
'Elder law is definite