As part of Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital, Providence Medical Research Center is dedicated to promoting and enhancing quality clinical research activities in the Pacific Northwest. Sacred Heart is a 623-bed state-of-the-art tertiary treatment facility located in Spokane, Washington. To view the array of clinical services provided by the Medical Center, please click here.

Providence Research has engaged in original research projects and provided research assistance to the medical industry for more than 15 years. Our clinical staff is known for attention to detail, clinical insight and interaction with patients. We excel at meeting recruitment goals and high quality data management. Sponsors seeking quality sites to conduct clinical trials of drugs or devices are encouraged to contact our office.

Providence Medical Research Center:

• Phone: (509) 474-4345
• Toll Free: (800) 377-0458
• Email: ResearchInfo@providence.org
• Address: 104 W 5th Ave., Suite 350E  |  Spokane, WA 99204

Facilities

• On-site exam rooms
• Cell lab
• Catheterization labs
• Specimen processing and shipment
• -70 degree freezer storage

Staff  

• Certified clinical research coordinators (CCRC)
• Baccalaureate level and masters-prepared RNs
• Pharmacist
• Statistician
• Dietitians
• Phlebotomist

Services Provided to Sponsors

• Coordination and management of multi-centered and single-centered site studies
• Develop or provide assistance with development of studies and protocols
• Maintenance of a research support network for more than 600 Sacred Heart physicians
• Evaluate appropriateness for the conducting of proposed research studies at SHMC
• Provision of study coordination (patient recruitment and consent, data collection, sponsor coordination)
• Coordination of diagnostic and treatment facilities (laboratory, radiology, special procedures lab, OR, ER and others in a state of the art tertiary treatment center)
• Preparation and negotiation of study budget and contracts
• Preparation of Institutional Review Board applications and regulatory documents
• Provision of investigational drug services
• Assure NIH required training of physicians and staff in human participant protections education for research
• Training clinical staff involved in research trials
• Budgetary management (including billing) for approved studies
• Electronic CRF completion and submission

  Areas of Research

• Basic Sciences; cell biology
• Cardiology
• Diabetes
• Endocrinology
• Humanitarian Use Devices
• Interventional Radiology
• Nephrology & Hypertension
• Neurology
• Nutrition
• Pediatric
• Perinatology
• Pulmonary
• Transplant
• Vascular