On-site sleeping rooms and family counseling are available. Many simple concepts like family meal times are encouraged. A new mobile buffet cart, recently donated by Ahmes Court of the Ladies Oriental Shrine, enables patients and their families to select meals off the cart and sit together at family-size tables in the care unit. That's important to a family away from home. Regular outreach clinics in outlying communities are a priority for the Spokane Hospital.
Children receive ongoing treatment and follow-up care from the staff in a professional setting.
In the past year, outreach clinics have been increased to accommodate the farthest corners of the hospital's service region. Appointments for each clinic have increased by 50-90 patients per clinic, optimizing the time spent by staff away from the hospital. There are currently 12 outreach clinics planned each year, but we are also exploring with Canadian officials to begin clinics across the border. As a result, a family's journey for care can then be cut dramatically, from 12-14 hours each way to less than one day for travel and clinic time combined. The outreach clinics offer many advantages for the families, the hospital and the Shrine Temples .