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Health IT firm providing disease-management software to long-term care facilities raises $21M

Health IT firm providing disease-management software to long-term care facilities raises $21M

June 18, 2013 4:54 pm by | 0 Comments

A health IT company that makes care management software for skilled nursing facilities will expand its sales and advance new projects thanks to a new $21 million investment.Cleveland-based Clinical Outcomes ... Read more
With new CEO, funding and FDA clearance, dental implant startup will soft launch in July

With new CEO, funding and FDA clearance, dental implant startup will soft launch in July

June 13, 2013 9:54 am by | 0 Comments

A new $250,000 investment from economic development group JumpStart is part of an ongoing Series A that dental device startup Zuga Medical is raising to support an initial roll out ... Read more
Venture firms bet $41M more on P&G spinout developing oral anemia drug

Venture firms bet $41M more on P&G spinout developing oral anemia drug

June 4, 2013 2:41 pm by | 0 Comments

Akebia Therapeutics might be a bit behind in the race to develop a safer, oral drug for anemia, but it’s just gotten a big vote of confidence from investors in ... Read more
Ohio State University data analytics spinoff nabs $5M from health system investors

Ohio State University data analytics spinoff nabs $5M from health system investors

May 31, 2013 10:23 am by | 0 Comments

A business intelligence and healthcare analytics company spun out of Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center by its former CIO has raised $5 million from health system investors.Health Care DataWorks ... Read more
NDI Medical launches spinoff to optimize deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease

NDI Medical launches spinoff to optimize deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease

May 28, 2013 3:53 pm by | 0 Comments

In the decade since the FDA cleared the first deep brain stimulation device to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (Medtronic’s Activa), it’s become established a safe, effective option along the ... Read more
Ohio hospitals working with Learning Group to address social factors that affect health

Ohio hospitals working with Learning Group to address social factors that affect health

May 25, 2013 8:01 am by | 0 Comments

Ohio health systems are working with other hospitals nationwide to find cures for health problems in their communities.Summa Health System is among about 40 nonprofit hospital systems participating in a ... Read more
Cleveland Clinic and Doximity join up to make earning CME credits more social, flexible

Cleveland Clinic and Doximity join up to make earning CME credits more social, flexible

May 21, 2013 7:33 am by | 0 Comments

Digital health startup Doximity and the Cleveland Clinic are collaborating on a new digital platform that would give physicians a more flexible and social way to earn continuing medical education ... Read more
Link-age Ventures raising money for a new fund aimed at tech for seniors

Link-age Ventures raising money for a new fund aimed at tech for seniors

May 20, 2013 3:58 pm by | 0 Comments

Ohio-based private equity firm Link-age Ventures is raising a $20 million to $35 million technology fund this year.The team involved says the fund will invest in everything from early stage ... Read more
Repurposed cancer drug to enter Phase I trials for Alzheimer’s disease this year

Repurposed cancer drug to enter Phase I trials for Alzheimer’s disease this year

May 14, 2013 8:10 am by | 0 Comments

In the world of Alzheimer’s disease drugs, the past year has been marked by disappointing Phase 3 clinical trial results for a handful of much-anticipated antibody drugs.But the failure of ... Read more
Better stent surgery stats needed: heart doctors

Better stent surgery stats needed: heart doctors

May 10, 2013 4:15 pm by | 1 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Publicly reported statistics about how patients fare after a common heart procedure often are inaccurate, says a new study that suggests publishing the poor quality ... Read more
HealthSpot partnership adds behavioral health service to telemedicine kiosk

HealthSpot partnership adds behavioral health service to telemedicine kiosk

May 6, 2013 2:03 pm by | 0 Comments

Telemedicine company Health Spot, has partnered with Netsmart to add behavioral health support for its interactive kiosks to improve healthcare access for patients. It also added Nationwide Children’s Hospital as ... Read more
Cleveland Clinic research spurs a device that could predict arrhythmia after cardiac surgery

Cleveland Clinic research spurs a device that could predict arrhythmia after cardiac surgery

April 30, 2013 9:03 am by | 0 Comments

The latest startup commercializing intellectual property developed by heart doctors at the Cleveland Clinic is hoping to give doctors a way to tell which patients might develop arrhythmia after cardiac ... Read more
Ohio leaders put Medicaid expansion in limbo for next two years

Ohio leaders put Medicaid expansion in limbo for next two years

April 28, 2013 7:21 am by | 0 Comments

The only certainty about Medicaid expansion in Ohio at this point is that it will not be in the two-year budget bill now under discussion. Keith Faber, the Senate president, ... Read more
Cardinal Health renews big contract

Cardinal Health renews big contract

April 25, 2013 1:42 pm by | 0 Comments

Cardinal Health announced the renewal of its contract with CVS Caremark Corp. this morning, a deal expected to be worth about $23 billion a year for the Dublin-based drug distributor ... Read more
Cleveland Clinic Innovations: IT commercialization manager will be interim director after Coburn’s exit

Cleveland Clinic Innovations: IT commercialization manager will be interim director after Coburn’s exit

April 24, 2013 1:18 pm by | 0 Comments

Cleveland Clinic’s corporate venture arm is turning to its general manager of IT commercialization to fill the role of departing Executive Director Chris Coburn–at least temporarily.The Clinic said today that ... Read more