Health

A nearly $800,000 Lilly Endowment grant is propelling a new Damar Services initiative to combat the shortage of medical professionals who care for children with autism. ... Read More

A computer science major at Indiana University created an AI-based therapy and personal growth app last year and has already found a buyer. Matt Gacek, now a junior at IU, began development of Theia last July and sold the technology by the end of the year.... Read More

The move comes as the federal government and private insurers are trying to shorten the timeline for approving medical care for millions of Americans for a wide range of procedures, from surgeries and specialty care to CT scans and physical therapy.... Read More

High tech hospital deliveries at two hospitals are changing the game for patients and nurses alike. IU Health North Hospital in Carmel and IU Health Tipton Hospital are pilot testing a robot that can make deliveries throughout their various units.... Read More

Marathon Health has opened a new health center in an agreement with the city of Richmond, Virginia to provide services to its more than 3,300 employees.... Read More

Amy Fry will serve as the next dean of the College of Nursing at Purdue University Northwest, the university announced this month. She has served as the interim dean since July 2023 and was selected as the permanent choice after a national search. ... Read More

Warsaw-based OrthoPediatrics Corp. has acquired a Massachusetts-based company it says will expand the company's recently launched specialty bracing division. The deal for Boston Orthotics & Prosthetics is valued at $22 million.... Read More

The Indianapolis-based Jane Pauley Community Health Center (JPCHC) is nearly doubling the number of practices in its portfolio with the addition of seven practices previously operated by Community Health Network, the two groups announced Thursday.... Read More

The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute and Roche Diagnostics have announced NĒRx BioSciences as the first Quantum Leap Award winner. The award was announced last year with the goal of helping startups bring their innovations closer to commercialization.... Read More

A bill to require earlier interventions for students struggling with literacy is top-of-list for Indiana Senate Republicans, who unveiled the 2024 agenda Thursday morning.... Read More

A Fishers startup that has developed a device to safely ship vaccines, food or other perishable items and keep them cold for nearly a month without need of batteries or electricity aims to bring the product to market this year.... Read More

In the interim, longtime employee Emily Davenport will serve as president. ... Read More

With the new clinic, the university said more senior psychology faculty will be added and the number of clinical psychology graduate students will triple. ... Read More

In December, U.S. News & World Report named The Women’s Hospital in Newburgh one of the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care. Chief Nursing Officer Allie Ingler spoke with Inside INdiana Business about the evolution of the facility and the state of maternity care.... Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given approval to Switzerland-based Novartis to begin commercial manufacturing of a drug developed in Indiana at its new, $100 million plant on the west side of Indianapolis, the company said Friday.... Read More

Eighty-six county health departments, representing about 96% of Hoosiers, have received a piece of a $75 million public health investment meant to improve residents' health outcomes. The funding stems from the Health First Indiana initiative.... Read More

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. said Thursday that it has launched LillyDirect, an online service that will offer direct home delivery of Lilly’s obesity, migraine and diabetes medications. Lilly said the service will also provide...... Read More

A Nevada-based biotech company is suing Eli Lilly and Co., saying the Indianapolis-based drugmaker is refusing to pay royalties on patented technology it claims is used in Lilly’s pending new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.... Read More

Sen. Ed Charbonneau, the architect of numerous expansive pieces of health care legislation, admitted he was surprised when his health-focused interim committee was tasked with finding solutions to the lack of available and affordable child care.... Read More

Eight out of 10 people who caused the death of a child by abuse or neglect in Indiana in 2022 were the child’s parents, according to an annual report. The Indiana Department of Child Services investigated 308 child deaths and determined that 61 were...... Read More