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
Spokane Valley laboratory Incyte Diagnostics, which operates under the entity Incyte Pathology PS, has acquired Yakima, Wash.-based pathology group Medical Center Laboratory (MCL).
Kim Hagerty, spokeswoman for Incyte, says the acquisition closed on May
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
A community consortium that includes some of Spokane's largest players in the health care field are planning a $15 million primary-care clinic in Spokane's University District that would serve as a training ground for new physicians and other emerging
Washington State University Spokane has partnered with Northwest Autism Center, of Spokane, to launch an interdisciplinary program for speech and hearing sciences graduate students to gain hands-on experience while helping children with autism spectrum di