MultiCare Health System buys Deaconess Hospital, Valley Hospital

MultiCare Health System is purchasing Deaconess Hospital in Spokane and Valley Hospital in Spokane Valley, as well as Rockwood clinics, which is a network of primary, specialty and urgent care clinics in the inland Northwest. All the facilities are currently owned by Tennessee-based Community Health Systems. The purchase is expected to be completed next spring. Click here to read more. (Tim Pfarr)