Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Providence caps heart studies after cardiologist reprimanded by FDA

  March 6, 2013 in Business, Health on Page A5 A federal reprimand of a Spokane cardiologist for not properly managing a heart-valve clinical study has led Providence Health Care to stop accepting patients in about three dozen cardiology research … 9

• In brief: Anesthesiologist groups combine with Providence

  February 7, 2013 in Business on Page A7 Providence Medical Group has assimilated two private anesthesiologist groups that provided services at two Spokane hospitals. Providence said the arrangement is not a purchase. The deal changes the status of … 1

• Spokane hospitals require flu-fighting steps by staff

  November 10, 2010 in City on Page A8 Most hospitals in Washington state – including all six in Spokane – are requiring staff to get immunized against the flu or take other hospital-approved measures to protect patients against … 1

• Hospitals look for options as more use ER as instant appointment

  June 14, 2010 in City on Page A1 Emergency rooms in Spokane are busier than ever as annual visits to the four main hospitals have topped 230,000. What’s driving the numbers? Though the swell of uninsured and poor … 15

• Car crash kills driver on slushy U.S. 395

  April 7, 2010 in City on Page A5 A Deer Park woman died of injuries in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 395 about 10 miles north of Spokane on Tuesday. Laura E. Koppe, 20, was driving a …