A hundred bucks doesn’t buy much these days. A crisp Ben Franklin can be exchanged for: 50 Big Macs A Broadway show ticket A night in a New York City hotel (just joking) A college textbook (paperback) Your life Your life? Yes, 5 crumpled Andy Jacksons can save your life, as was reported earlier this […]
University Hospitals Case Medical Center has a new chief medical officer. Dr. Michael Anderson, who’s been a member of University Hospitals’ (UH) pediatrics department since 1997, also will assume the CMO role at UH’s Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, according to a statement from Cleveland-based UH. Anderson’s previous title was vice president and associate chief […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
A University Hospitals Case Medical Center spinoff company is hoping to raise seed funding to develop the third-generation prototype of a device that uses near-infrared light to treat psoriasis. Akron, Ohio-based Fluence Therapeutics is developing a drug-device combination that would employ a process known as photodynamic therapy to treat moderate to severe psoriasis, an inflammatory […]
A new type of prostate cancer screening test from AnalizaDx showed promise and a higher sensitivity than the leading method of detecting the disease, according to new research. AnalizaDx’s prostate cancer test could represent “a major advance” in diagnosing the disease according to the lead author of the new study, Dr. Mark Stovsky, a urologist […]
The future of public hospitals throughout the United States is imperiled, and for a preview on the impact of U.S. healthcare reform on hospitals, look no further than Cleveland’s public safety-net hospital, MetroHealth System. Faced with a raft of financial pressures and unfavorable trends, MetroHealth will likely have no choice but to essentially be swallowed […]
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital has received its largest-ever individual gift, $17 million, from a Cleveland-area couple whose daughter died at age 14 from skin cancer. The gift from Char and Chuck Fowler will go toward boosting cancer research, a new outpatient treatment facility, an expanded inpatient unit for pediatric and young adult […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
A little over six months ago Dr. James Levine was University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s prestigious new recruit – a rockstar doctor from Mayo Clinic who helped pioneer the treadmill desk and won international acclaim as a groundbreaking obesity researcher. Now, Levine has gone back to Mayo, leaving in his wake lots of unanswered questions […]
University Hospitals has become Ohio’s latest entrant into the proton beam therapy medical arms race, and has unveiled plans for a $30 million proton center that’s scheduled to open in 2014. The center would be part of University Hospitals’ (UH) 120-bed, $260 million Seidman Cancer Center, which is expected to open next month, according to […]
University Hospitals has a new chairman of the board, Nacco Industries‘ CEO Alfred Rankin Jr. Rankin, who’s served on UH’s board for 25 years, succeeds Monte Ahuja in the chairman role. Ahuja will continue to serve on UH’s board, according to a statement from the health system. Nacco Industries is a Cleveland-area holding company that’s […]
A review of life science current events reported by MedCity News this week: Forget sports. Ohio’s best rivalry is Cleveland Clinic-University Hospitals. In an era of big healthcare, and when economic development is now a bar-stool discussion, hospital rivalries like Cleveland Clinic-University Hospitals are the hottest local feuds going. They have everything sports rivalries do […]
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A while ago I received an email attachment to a children's birthday party. Another parent, a Cleveland Clinic doctor, couldn't open the attachment. I made some adjustments to the file and sent it to her. "How did you do that?" the doctor asked. "I took it to University Hospitals," I chided. The Cleveland Clinic doc didn't miss a beat. She replied: "So the dates and times are wrong?" If you just yelled "Woahhhh!" or let out a snort, then you get it. If you rolled your eyes and wondered "Big deal," then you're still stuck in that time when sports rivalries were the biggest grudge matches around. In an era of big healthcare, and when economic development is now a bar-stool discussion, hospital rivalries like Cleveland Clinic-University Hospitals are the hottest local feuds going. They have everything sports rivalries do -- from a storied history to snippy jokes -- but with the added bonus of the fate of local economies hanging in the balance.
Cleveland's three major hospitals -- Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth System and University Hospitals Case Medical Center -- generated headlines in late 2009 when they announced separately that they would create a total of more than 2,000 new jobs in Northeast Ohio in 2010. So how did they do?
University Hospitals Case Medical Center has received the largest-ever gift in its 145-year history -- $42 million from the founder of a group of car dealerships.
Cleveland is already well-known for its high quality medical care. But its reputation is growing elsewhere. Some of the nation’s best and brightest are flocking to University Circle to be on the cutting edge of the biotech innovation. Channel 3’s Maureen Kyle continues our “Brain Gain” series with a look at how this could be […]
Northeast Ohio's newest full-service hospital will begin treating patients early next year. University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center is the $298 million facility located at Chagrin Highlands in Beachwood that will host a community open house from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 14.