If you talk to any health care professional or any health care company, you will hear a common reprise of looking to the future of health care. There's no doubt that everyone in the industry is looking toward revolutionary technologies and systems that
Spokane-based St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute has begun providing athletic training services to North Central, Rogers, and Shadle Park high schools.
Jan Collins, who manages the athletic trainer program for St. Luke's, says it's able to expand
Last month, MultiCare's Valley Hospital announced it had earned the Joint Commission's gold seal of approval for advanced certification for total hip and total knee replacement, an evaluation that requires impartial evidence of the quality of care, tr
In the future, people struggling with insomnia might get health tips for a better night's rest from a bedside sleep-monitoring device. Such technology will be tested in both Spokane and Seattle.
To be launched today, March 1, a three-year study will in
Operators of a startup company here that uses technology to treat depression plan to open more clinics in Spokane-and in other parts of the country where what's known as transcranial magnetic stimulation is seldom used.
The young company, TMS Solutio
Providence Health Care, the Inland Northwest's largest provider network, has transitioned effectively with its Renton, Wash.-based parent, Providence Health & Services, which merged with Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health in 2016, says Elaine Coutur
While most Inland Northwest seniors probably see retirement as a well-earned break from years of hard labor, some retirees find themselves re-entering the rat race.
Some return to work out of necessity, while others choose to work simply to stay active
Retirement communities hope to enrich seniors' quality of life
February 15, 2018
Exercise trainer Jessica Clark takes a seat at the front of the fitness room and prepares to get her class ready. A group of residents at Rockwood Retirement Communities South Hill are sitting in chairs as well as they prepare for their morning workout.
An estimated 75 million baby boomers born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 are winding down their careers and heading into the next phase of their lives.
In Washington state alone, there are about 1.6 million people over the age of 60, and nearly 200,00
Market capitalization for nine public companies totals $11.5 billion at year's end
February 1, 2018
The composite value of the nine Inland Northwest-based publicly traded companies dropped to $11.5 billion in the recently completed fourth quarter of 2017, a decrease of $700 million, or 5.7 percent, from the previous quarter, according to a quarterly rep