http://www.modernhealthcare.com In the News for the West en-us 144 21 http://www.modernhealthcare.com http://www.modernhealthcare.com/graphics/icons/rss.gif Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:59:00 EST SPOKANE, Wash. -- Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., signed a nonbinding letter of intent to form an integrated healthcare delivery system in Spokane with Rockwood Clinic, a 133-physician multispecialty clinic based in Spokane, the... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:59:00 EST DOWNEY, Calif. -- Downey Regional Medical Center debt was downgraded to C from CCC by Standard & Poor's and the ratings agency suspended the hospital's rating after the facility filed for bankruptcy last month and failed to... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:59:00 EST TORRINGTON, Wyo. -- Banner Health said it admitted residents this summer to the Alzheimer's care unit at its Goshen Care Center in Torrington. Proposed about five years ago, the new $4.3 million wing can accommodate up to 28 patients with... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:59:00 EST SAN FRANCISCO -- San Franciscans participating in the city's unique health access program report high levels of satisfaction, though a quarter said they delayed or skipped care because of cost or coverage issues, according to a Kaiser... Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:59:00 EST SAN FRANCISCO -- A new campus of UCSF Medical Center is getting a helipad, the city board of supervisors has agreed unanimously. UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, scheduled to open in 2014, will be a state-of-the-art 289-bed,... Mon, 18 May 2009 05:59:00 EST LOS ANGELES—Prospect Medical Holdings said last month that it increased its stake in 399-bed Brotman Medical Center, Culver City, Calif., to 72% as part of the hospital’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection. Brotman, which used to be... Mon, 2 Mar 2009 05:59:00 EST MOLOKAI, Hawaii—The only hospital on the tiny Hawaiian island of Molokai, Molokai General Hospital, has undergone an extensive makeover. The $16.5 million renovation and expansion project, completed in January, will allow the island’s 7,000... Mon, 2 Feb 2009 05:59:00 EST OAKLAND, Calif.—As many as half of California hospital buildings at risk of earthquake damage or collapse won’t meet state construction mandates because of changing economic conditions and other factors, according to a new policy brief from...