Premier Health Partners, the largest health system in southwest Ohio, announced that its chief executive will be stepping down at the end of the year. Thomas Breitenbach, 63, has led the health system since it was formed in 1995 with the merger of Miami Valley and Good Samaritan hospitals. Breitenbach will be succeeded by James […]
Wright State University in Dayton plans to build a $22 million state-of-the-art center to make the university a national leader in neuroscience research, and Premier Health Partners plans to provide $4.3 million over five years to create a department of neurology at Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine, according to the Dayton Daily News.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University dental researcher Ge Jin has found a protein switch that turns on the spread of cancer -- the process that often leads to fatal breast, ovarian, pancreatic and colon-rectal cancers.
The agreement means that people who hold insurance from Medical Mutual of Ohio, the state's largest insurer, will be able to continue obtaining service at Premier-owned health centers.
Leaders from six Ohio hospitals told state House subcommittee members earlier this week that significant job, income tax and medical service cuts are likely to result from Gov. Ted Strickland's two-year budget proposal. A new franchise tax could cost the hospitals $598 million over the two-year budget period.