The number of retailers in Washington illegally selling tobacco to minors is high for the second year in a row. An annual report that tracks illegal sales shows about 15 percent of tobacco retailers sold tobacco to minors in 2013, which is about the same
In a step that the city of Spokane believes will make Spokane safer, the Spokane Fire Department has switched a digital patient records system.
The Patient Care Reporting (ePCR) system, it says, allows for electronic collection of patient information a
Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest, a freestanding, acute-rehabilitation facility in Post Falls, is offering Kootenai County's only inpatient treatment for rehabilitating patients, something it says residents previously had to travel longer for.
Inland Imaging LLC, the Spokane-based provider of medical imaging services, has purchased and installed three new low-radiation computed tomography (CT) machines, says Angela Steinbach, manager of CT services for the company.
It installed the first ma
Echo Springs Transition Study Center, which operates transition living facilities in Coeur d'Alene and Bonners Ferry for students who are having trouble with college or are struggling with other life problems, has new owners as of the end of March.
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Kootenai Health, the Coeur d'Alene-based health-care system that operates the largest hospital in North Idaho, recently was designated a Level III trauma center, meaning it's recognized as highly qualified to treat patients with critical single-system
The Emily Program, a Minnesota-based treatment center for eating disorders with a facility in Seattle, opened a facility on Spokane's South Hill last June and is using psychological, nutritional, medical, and psychiatric interventions to help patients o
Even though the Washington Health Benefit Exchange surpassed the state's health insurance enrollment goals, a lot more work can be done to improve the system, sources familiar with the exchange say.
In all, the exchange enrolled more than 1 million p
Spokane Teachers Credit Union, the Spokane area's largest credit union, has modified its home mortgage interest rate lock policy for conventional loans to make it more borrower-friendly, says Jeff Mularksi, STCU's real estate manager for origination a
By the time this piece is published, it shall have been about a month since Michael Lewis went on 60 Minutes to flog his latest Wall Street-oriented book. This one is called 'Flash Boys.†The boys, in this case, are those who oversee and administer th