Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
IncludeHealth strikes partnership with Google, Ohio-based health system for virtual PT
Cincinnati-based IncludeHealth launched a virtual physical therapy program using pose-estimation models developed by Google. It plans to offer this software to healthcare providers, starting with its largest partner to date, ProMedica Health System.
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When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Cleveland Clinic strikes up yet another innovation partnership, this time with Toledo hospitals
Cleveland Clinic is at it again with another commercialization-based collaboration, this time adding Toledo hospital system ProMedica to its Healthcare Innovation Alliance network. The network was formed last year to help institutions develop and commercialize medical innovations, and The University of Notre Dame, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System and MedStar Health have all joined […]
When hospitals dig into Big Data, here’s where they should start
Everyone is telling hospital systems to dig into their data to improve their budgets and their patients. But where should they start? Ken Armstrong, a senior vice president of information technology and informatics at ProMedica, has his own starter guide for hospitals digging into healthcare big data. He was part of a panel discussion at the HIMSS 2012 conference in Las Vegas, and has been spending much of his time crunch data in order to cut costs and improve performance at ProMedica, which has health systems in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Armstrong says healthcare big data for hospitals begins with quality and satisfaction as well as re-admittance rates.
St. Luke’s Hospital joins ProMedica Health System
The Toledo area lost its last independent hospital as St. Luke’s Hospital of Maumee joined ProMedica Health System. Official talks between the two parties stretched for four months, the Toledo Blade reported, and culminated with an agreement for St. Luke’s to join ProMedica sometime this summer, according to a joint statement. St. Luke’s had struggled […]
U of Toledo, ProMedica Health establish academic partnership
The University of Toledo and ProMedica Health System have forged a partnership in which the university will oversee and manage all academic endeavors across the health system. The two organizations will collaborate on research and residency programs, according to a joint statement. The University will also provide administrative assistance in helping facilitate clinical research conducted […]
Night Read (Ohio): Akron, Summit County health departments should merge
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.
Night Read (Ohio): Christ Hospital settles whistle-blower suit
Christ Hospital and the federal government have reached a settlement agreement on a whistle-blower lawsuit that accused the hospital of defrauding federal health-care programs, reported the Business Courier of Cincinnati.
Night Read (Ohio): Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley pursues HIT errors
News and notes from the day in MedCity, Ohio: Watchdog lawmaker U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley sent letters this week to 31 hospitals nationwide — including University Hospitals Case Medical Center, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and Kaiser Permanente in Cleveland – raising concerns that “errors” caused by the information technology systems they have adopted could endanger patients, the […]
University of Cincinnati research confirms new tool shows severe heart attacks — MedCity Evening Read, Jan. 8, 2010
A multi-center trial involving University of Cincinnati research confirms that a new tool -- an 80-lead electrocardiogram -- can show severe heart attacks in more patients, potentially leading to better diagnoses and faster treatment.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.