Health Care

At Idaho's Primary Health Clinics, the crush of patients has forced CEO Dr. David Peterman to close all locations an hour earlier each day - 7 p.m. - and in some cases, close locations during normal business hours.

Premature and critically ill babies need the best care possible. In the Treasure Valley, patients have access to two neonatal intensive care units: Saint Alphonsus has two NICUs, one in Boise and the other in Nampa. The hospital is celebrating 20 years with these units.

One of the only things federal lawmakers can agree on these days is that telehealth should be remain a fixture in the U.S. health care system.

Idaho Matters speaks with leaders of community health system Terry Reilly Health, which started 50 years ago in a living room in Nampa.

For nearly 50 years, Idaho WWAMI has provided accessible medical education through a partnership between the University of Idaho and the University of…

Dr. Ted Epperly, President and CEO of the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, knows quite a bit about the Affordable Care Act. In fact, he was very much a…

The Mountain West is facing a hospitalization crisis, and even states that cracked down early are feeling the effects of those that didn't.In Washington…

The move came without much warning. “We were stunned,” Dr. Christine Hahn, the Idaho State epidemiologist, told the radio show Idaho Matters. The Trump…

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the nation to figure out something it's tried to do for years: increase access to telehealth.That’s true across the…

Over the weekend, folks gathered at the Idaho Statehouse steps to hold a rally in support of Black Lives Matter. But this protest had a very specific…