Health Care

Cancer Care Northwest to expand North Side clinic

Practice will add machine with 4-D imaging capability

July 20, 2017

Spokane-based Cancer Care Northwest, a physician-owned oncology practice, wants to expand its clinic space at the Northpointe Office Plaza, at 605 E. Holland, in North Spokane, says a permit application submitted to the city of Spokane. Dr. Jason Call, t

Hospice of North Idaho erects support building

$2.8 million project will add meeting space, staff offices

July 20, 2017

Mike McLean

Hospice of North Idaho is expanding its campus in Coeur d'Alene with a $2.8 million community building. The two-story, 15,200-square-foot structure will be located just south of the Schneidmiller Hospice House building at 2290 W. Prairie, in northwest

Dermatology clinic prepares for move to new location

Surgery center to offer outpatient procedures

July 20, 2017

Dermatology Specialists PLLC of Spokane is moving from the Providence Medical Center Building at 820 S. McClellan to 510 S. Cowley on Spokane's lower South Hill. Dermatology Specialists has been at its current location since 1987, says Charlie Reed, th

New alliance between Providence, Kootenai Health focuses on expanding access to care

Hospital systems partner to formalize joint efforts

July 6, 2017

Elaine Couture and Jon Ness

The Kootenai Providence Health Alliance, a nonprofit organization formed between Kootenai Health and Providence Health Care, will place pediatric specialists from Spokane in a Post Falls clinic operated by the Coeur d'Alene-based health system, says the

MultiCare transition begins

Network to add technology, build local partnerships

July 6, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

This past weekend marked the start of a new future for Rockwood Health System, as the network officially transitioned to new ownership under Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System. Now with most aspects of the acquisition behind it, officials from both Ro

Taking 3-D printing to heart

Pediatric cardiologists use patient models to test procedures

July 6, 2017

Mike McLean

Dr. Carl Garabedian and other Spokane pediatric heart physicians are pioneering the use of 3-D printed models to plan and practice complex heart procedures. The physicians, who work at the Providence Center for Congenital Heart Disease clinic at Sacred H

Hotstart heats up again after dip in sales

Natural-gas market rebound leads to ramp up in hiring

July 6, 2017

Linn Parish

After two years of declining sales, activity is heating up in a big way at Hotstart Inc. The Spokane Valley-based maker of engine heating equipment is seeing a 30 percent increase in revenue so far this year and is hiring more employees to handle the add

Political parties should find middle ground on reproduction

Curbing teen, unwanted pregnancy a shared goal

June 8, 2017

Robin Pickering

Whether it be on the congressional floor or around grandma's Thanksgiving dinner table, mention topics like governmental funding of birth control or reproductive rights of women in a room full of conservatives and progressives, and one is likely to rece

Deaconess seeks to soften labor, delivery experience

Nitrous oxide gas, 'gentle' C-section among options

June 8, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

While managing the experience of labor and delivery can be a difficult task for any woman, Spokane obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Lori Smetana says hospitals here and across the nation are working to make things just a little bit easier. 'Women tod

New breast cancer nonprofit emerges in Spokane

Advocates here opt to end affiliation as Susan G. Komen chapter

June 8, 2017

Deb Barnes, president and CEO of Every Woman Can, says the newly created nonprofit dedicated to breast cancer awareness soon will start seeking to move the topic of the disease more pointedly into the discussion of health care in general. The new nonpro