It's Clarissa Sorensen's first birthday and she plans to celebrate the best way 1-year-olds know how: by getting as much birthday cake as possible on her face. Squirming in her father's lap, she flashes a huge smile that says, "I'm the center of attention today," and reaches up a tiny hand to touch...

Northwest MedStar, the Spokane-based air ambulance service operated by nonprofit Inland Northwest Health Services, achieved a continuing, gradual climb in patient volume and revenues last year, banking clear of the dark clouds of the recession.It foresees some potentially choppy air ahead, though, ...

Time flies when you’re having a heart attack. With Lincoln Hospital’s Level One Cardiac Care program, that time saved has equated to lives saved. Because of this success, Level One has won the prestigious Qualis Health Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality. “Together with partners Sacred Heart ...

With the Level One Cardiac Care program gaining national acclaim, the Washington State Department of Health has asked Lincoln Hospital, Sacred Heart Medical Center and Northwest MedStar Critical Care Transport to partner up again. This time, to put protocols in place for a stroke program aimed at s...

During a heart attack each minute matters in a race against time. Heart attack patients who are diagnosed and quickly receive treatment to open their blocked arteries have the best results, according to recent research.Looking to improve patient outcomes, Deaconess Medical Center, Sacred Heart Medi...