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 into effect in as soon as three months, while others will take until 2019 to be fully implemented.While many of the [...]

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 Children’s in 2008 as a vice president, responsible for financial reporting and other related matters, according to a statement from the hospital.A certified public accountant, [...]

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 retailer went shopping, choosing the Cleveland Clinic. Could this practice become a model for health care reform?

Tim Moran still remembers hearing his prematurely born daughter scream when an adult-sized cannula was inserted in her mouth and taped to her face to deliver oxygen. Several years later, Moran has started PediaWorks, a not-for-profit organization that will work with medical professionals to develop pediatric medical devices, spinning off for-profit companies to commercialize those devices.

A merger feasibility study committee unanimously approved a report that recommends merging the Akron Health Department and the Summit County Health District, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.

MetroHealth System is considering closing the Asia Plaza Health Center’s doors by August, moving the services elsewhere, and forcing more than 2,300 patients to change where they see their doctors, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Laser vision correction procedure volume by LCA-Vision Inc. in Cincinnati continued to declined in the fourth quarter of 2009, the company reported Tuesday.

Live Web chats are part of an interactive media tool set that is getting out the message of Akron Children’s Hospital, boosting its profile as a pediatric expert and leading to more specialized surgeries for patients who come from as far away as California.

Akron Children’s Hospital provided nearly $60 million in benefits to its communities in 2008 — a 23 percent increase from 2007.

Akron Children’s Hospital Medical Center is talking about expanding its main campus… again. But the children’s hospital is expanding with more than bricks and mortar. Its board of trustees wants the hospital to expand its complex businesses — often subspecialists’ services that earn higher reimbursements from public and private insurers.