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Clinic for serious fetal problems brings specialists together in one parent meeting

Clinic for serious fetal problems brings specialists together in one parent meeting

March 11, 2013 8:22 am by | 0 Comments

When Megan and Mark Postak recently discovered their first child would be born with spina bifida, the Wadsworth couple had plenty of questions.Does the size of the hole in their ... Read more
Akron Children’s Hospital receives $1.6 million grant to help kids deal with traumatic events

Akron Children’s Hospital receives $1.6 million grant to help kids deal with traumatic events

December 23, 2012 3:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Whether a child is touched by a personal tragedy or mass terror like the recent school shootings in Connecticut, Akron Children's Hospital is making sure the community is ready to ... Read more
Akron Children’s to provide specialty care at MetroHealth

Akron Children’s to provide specialty care at MetroHealth

December 16, 2010 12:56 pm by | 0 Comments

Doctors from Akron Children's Hospital will begin providing specialty pediatric care at MetroHealth System's main Cleveland campus in January. Akron Children's specialists will focus on the areas of pediatric cardiology, ... Read more
Akron Children’s Hospital buying nursery at Summa Health

Akron Children’s Hospital buying nursery at Summa Health

October 28, 2010 1:58 pm by | 0 Comments

Akron Children’s Hospital is finalizing a deal to own and operate the special-care nursery at Summa Health System’s Akron City Hospital.The boards from the two hospitals are expected to approve ... Read more
Akron Children’s hires CIO; moves ahead with electronic records

Akron Children’s hires CIO; moves ahead with electronic records

July 23, 2010 12:19 pm by | 0 Comments

Akron Children’s Hospital has hired a chief information officer to oversee information technology for its growing system.Tom Ogg comes to Akron Children’s from Oakwood Healthcare Systems in Dearborn, Michigan where ... Read more
Akron Children’s Hospital acquires Allergy & Asthma Center of Northeast Ohio

Akron Children’s Hospital acquires Allergy & Asthma Center of Northeast Ohio

July 16, 2010 3:25 pm by | 0 Comments

In another move to relieve its itch for expansion, Akron Children’s Hospital has acquired a busy allergy practice.The pediatric hospital this month purchased the Allergy & Asthma Center of Northeast ... Read more
Ohio nurse could help solve problems with feeding tube connectors

Ohio nurse could help solve problems with feeding tube connectors

June 28, 2010 7:05 am by | 0 Comments

The way Carrie Gavriloff sees it, you should never judge a tube by its color.When the education coordinator of nursing products for Akron Children’s Hospital heard about an international effort ... Read more
Akron Children’s Hospital expands outpatient surgery services in eastern Ohio

Akron Children’s Hospital expands outpatient surgery services in eastern Ohio

June 24, 2010 8:11 am by | 0 Comments

Akron Children’s Hospital is investing $7 million to bring outpatient surgery services to the Youngstown-Warren area.The pediatric hospital recently started construction and renovation of a 14,000-square-foot surgery department on the ... Read more
Akron Children’s promotes new chief nursing officer

Akron Children’s promotes new chief nursing officer

June 3, 2010 3:28 pm by | 0 Comments

Akron Children’s Hospital has appointed a former nursing director to chief nursing officer.Lisa Aurilio, who’s worked at Akron Children’s since 2004, will take over the chief nursing officer role from ... Read more
Akron Children’s Hospital appoints ex-nurse as COO

Akron Children’s Hospital appoints ex-nurse as COO

May 24, 2010 11:42 am by | 0 Comments

Akron Children’s Hospital has appointed a longtime employee and former nurse as its new chief operating officer.Grace Wakulchik, who started her career with Akron Children’s in 1992 and had been ... Read more
Austen BioInnovation Institute lands three medical innovators

Austen BioInnovation Institute lands three medical innovators

April 14, 2010 2:32 pm by | 1 Comments

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron has landed three medical innovators to head its centers for medical device development, integrated health care education and community health improvement.The new vice presidents ... Read more
Akron Children’s Hospital part of diabetes DiaPrevent study

Akron Children’s Hospital part of diabetes DiaPrevent study

March 23, 2010 3:59 pm by | 0 Comments

AKRON — Akron Children’s Hospital is participating in the third phase of the international DiaPrevent study evaluating the effectiveness of a vaccine to prevent further progression of Type 1 diabetes, ... Read more
Ohio medical community reacts to health care reform

Ohio medical community reacts to health care reform

March 22, 2010 9:53 pm by | 0 Comments

Whether they’re for the historic health-reform bill or against it, local health-care and business leaders agree big changes likely are coming as a result.Some portions of the legislation could go ... Read more
Akron Children’s Hospital promotes finance chief

Akron Children’s Hospital promotes finance chief

March 12, 2010 10:57 am by | 0 Comments

Akron Children’s Hospital has promoted its interim chief financial officer to the full-time role.Michael Trainer had served as the hospital’s interim CFO for the previous five months. He joined Akron ... Read more
Night Read (Ohio): Lowe's chooses Cleveland Clinic for heart care. Model?

Night Read (Ohio): Lowe's chooses Cleveland Clinic for heart care. Model?

March 2, 2010 9:43 pm by | 0 Comments

Lowe's Companies Inc. looked at what it was paying for heart treatments across the country and didn't like what it saw, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. So the home-improvement ... Read more