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The jump in COVID-19 hospitalization rates in Idaho presages a grimmer forecast: a jump in intensive care unit occupancy just seven days later. The Idaho Business Review dove into the official statistics on the pandemic in Idaho, looking for a ...

Governor Brad Little issued a call up of the Idaho National Guard to help with the staffing response at Idaho’s hospitals due to growing COVID-19 cases admitted to medical facilities. He also rolled back the state to a hybrid-version of Stage Two of ...

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little pledged Tuesday to explain the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine to Idaho residents once it becomes available. The Republican governor made the promise during an hour-long call-in program put on ...

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PacificSource Health Plans has promoted Julie Triepke to account manager. She most recently served as a client service representative and has held several additional positions during her seven years with PacificSource. In her new role, she will work out of ...

The incoming Biden administration is promising a cohesive national strategy to combat the worsening coronavirus outbreak, something many public health officials and Democratic governors say they welcome after months of mixed messaging under the Trump administration. Consistency about the need ...

Far from the idylls of Idaho, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the main agency managing the CARES Act healthcare provider relief funds to the nation’s caregivers. Among those that received funds are Idaho’s 43 critical access ...

West Valley Medical Center has promoted Holly Barr to patient access director. Barr began her career in health care management 25 years ago and has been a patient access manager with HCA Healthcare, West Valley’s parent company, since 2016. She ...

America’s veterans have gone to war for centuries to protect us from enemies overseas. They have endured loss of friends, loss of limbs, and loss of mental and emotional security to protect us. Now our veterans need us. They need ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A state panel of medical experts are asking Idaho’s governor for a statewide mask mandate, hospitals are running out of space for COVID-19 patients and last week was marked with record numbers of new cases and ...

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Idaho health care organizations are starting to make contingency plans for ‘crisis standards of care’ — that is, how to determine which patients get priority in a crisis situation — but say they have not yet reached that point. The ...

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