Three doctors have teamed up to form a teledermatology company here, called Virtual Dermatologic LLC, in an effort to give patients easier and faster access to dermatologists, says Monte Zarlingo, a board-certified radiologist and co-owner of Virtual Derm

Kootenai Health is much more than the community hospital it was just a few years ago, before it began implementing its current strategic plan, says Jeremy Evans, the Coeur d'Alene-based health system's vice president of operations.

Amid the turbulent ongoing statewide and national debates over health care policy and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act last year, Elaine Couture, CEO of Providence Health Care, remains optimistic that the complex law will push health care pro

Medicare's recent announcement of new goals to pay health care providers for the quality of care provided rather than the quantity of services rendered marks a clear change in direction for the industry's future, health executives say, but it's a pa

Washington State University Spokane plans to break ground in the spring for the planned $15 million Spokane Teaching Health Center's University District Health Clinic, says WSU spokeswoman Terren Roloff. The university last month approved schematic des