Trios Health and Lourdes Health both invested significantly in the Tri-Cities community in 2022, according to new community benefit reports released in May.
The report for the Kennewick-based Trios Health says the system:
Jackie TylerJackie Tyler knew in high school that she wanted to help cure diseases.But she also knew she didn’t want to be a doctor.To reach her goal meant taking lots of science classes at Richland’s Hanford High and then studying biomedical engineering in college. In summer, she’d return home to...
When you receive a serious diagnosis, you may feel like you have an impossible decision to make. Do I seek treatment and deal with the symptoms that will make me miserable, or do I choose to leave this life and my loved ones with dignity through hospice care?Thankfully, there is...
Pacific Clinic, the sprawling fitness and health facility formerly known as the Tri-City Court Club, has a new owner and big plans to evolve as it continues its evolution from fitness center to holistic health campus in the coming year.The BRAE LLC, owned by Stephen White, a former professional athlete,...
Columbia Basin Health Association is coming to Pasco.The small health system, which operates clinics in Othello, Connell and Mattawa, bought an 18-acre site at the northeast corner of North Road 68 and Three Rivers Drive and plans to build a 27,000-square-foot facility on six of the acres.CBHA had originally hoped...
Overdose prevention could be viewed as the new CPR: the Benton-Franklin Health District wants everyone to be prepared and know how to help anyone at any time.The BFHD is actively marketing its “Carry a Second Chance” campaign in the hope people will equip themselves with naloxone, an emergency medication that...
In prior years, this column’s annual look at health care in the greater Tri-Cities has treated the sector as a business.On the basis of a key indicator in Benton-Franklin Trends that tracks employment by sector, we’ve pointed out that health care and social assistance in the two counties is now...
Claude HafezPersonal trainer Claude Hafez believes most everyone can move and she won’t take “no” for an answer.“Regardless of age or injuries or limitations, everyone can move. You think you don’t want to move anymore, and you feel like the chair is calling you to just sit down, but I...
Prosser Memorial Health plans to break ground this spring on a $78 million hospital complex on 33 acres north of Interstate 82 and to begin seeing patients there in 2024.Its aging hospital at 723 Memorial St. in Prosser will close when the new one opens and eventually will be demolished.A...
Since the start of the pandemic, Malley’s Compounding Pharmacy has weathered a prescription-filling rush, a shutdown, a slowdown and then a shift to steady business with more customers focused on prioritizing health and wellness, including adding more supplements to their routine.“We’ve seen an increase in business with people just wanting...
