Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital Enhance Community Healthcare TACOMA, Wash., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Sound Inpatient Physicians(TM) (Sound), a leading national hospitalist company, announced two new contracts in Spokane, Wash., with Deaconess Medical Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center.

By John Stucke, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Oct. 1--The 2,700 employees of Deaconess Medical Center and other units of Empire Health Services have received some job assurances as the sale of the hospital system nears.

By Jonel Aleccia, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Jul. 17--Spokane's largest low-income health clinic will stop admitting adult patients to Sacred Heart Medical Center after Aug. 1 under a new arrangement that shifts most inpatient care to the hospital down the block.

By McLean, Mike Just two years after a period of hemorrhaging red ink, job losses, and rumors of its possible demise or sale, Empire Health Services, Spokane's second largest hospital network, is now posting modest profit margins and healthy gains in patient visits, says CEO Jeff A. Nelson.

By Jonel Aleccia, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Feb. 27--Empire Health Services officials fretting about their future were forced to recast their past after admitting they wrongly claimed fame for establishing Spokane's oldest hospital.