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• Life Flight expands service

  January 21, 2012 in City on Page A5 Competition among medical helicopter companies continues to sharpen across the Inland Northwest as Life Flight Network opens its second northern Idaho base in two years – a region that for … 2

• Hospital system’s CEO takes new role

  June 3, 2011 in City on Page A1 A management shake-up at Providence Health Care sends Dr. Andrew Agwunobi to a new corporate role as vice president of special projects and brings former Sacred Heart Medical Center chief …

• Providence shuffles Spokane leadership

  June 2, 2011 in City Dr. Andrew Agwunobi is leaving his leadership post overseeing two of Spokane’s largest hospitals, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital, while former Sacred Heart president Mike Wilson … 34

• Group Health to acquire clinics

  April 16, 2011 in City on Page A1 Group Health Cooperative plans to buy one of Spokane’s largest family medicine practices. Columbia Medical Associates, which includes 30 primary care physicians who work in at least 12 clinics scattered … 7

• Group Health to buy Columbia Medical

  April 15, 2011 in City Group Health Cooperative plans to buy one of Spokane’s largest family medicine practices. Columbia Medical Associates, which includes 30 primary care physicians who work in 14 clinics scattered across the …

• Hospital layoffs hit nurse aides

  October 18, 2010 in City Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital announced another 46 layoffs Monday, as the two Providence hospitals continue to adjust budgets to deal with a tough economy, fewer patients …

• Hospitals dropping birth notices

  March 31, 2009 in City on Page A5 Hospitals in Spokane are quitting their practice of submitting birth notices to media outlets, including The Spokesman-Review, amid fears that such information could be used to abduct babies. “It comes …