Months after Indiana’s attorney general said he’d send about 660 local governments their shares of the state’s $507 million opioid crisis settlement, none have received the money. But state agencies now say the cash will go out within a week.... Read More
New research from the University of Notre Dame shows that the sourcing strategy of electronic medical records chosen by hospitals impacts the quality of patient care... Read More
Richmond-based Reid Health has begun work to convert its current geriatric psychiatric unit into a medical surgical unit.... Read More
Parkview Health in Fort Wayne has completed the renovation of a student lab at its Randallia campus to double the number of students it's training for careers in medical laboratory science. ... Read More
Officials from Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis broke ground Tuesday on a new Brain and Spine Hospital. The facility is part of a $325 million expansion of the 86th Street campus on the city's northwest side announced in May 2021.... Read More
Valparaiso-based community health center HealthLinc has broken ground on a new clinic in Michigan City. CEO Beth Wrobel says the facility is being built in response to a growing need for affordable care from uninsured and underinsured residents.... Read More
The philanthropic arm of Fort Wayne-based Steel Dynamics has pledged $3 million to support the Trine University Fort Wayne campus. The building, set to open in the fall of 2024, will house programs in the university's College of Health Professions.... Read More
Shorthanded veterinary clinics are being slammed by the high number of pets acquired during the pandemic and a worsening shortage of workers. Dr. Phil Borst, a veterinarian of 47 years, said the pandemic has undoubtedly supercharged the workload.... Read More
Students and faculty at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology are working out of a new $29 million space that enhances health and wellness. ... Read More
Three central Indiana companies are included in the 2022 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America list from Healthiest Employers and Indianapolis-based Springbuk. Witham Health Services in Lebanon is the highest-ranked Indiana company on the list.... Read More
Fifty-five Indiana hospitals will get docked more than $8 million in total from the federal government for having too many Medicare patients return for care within a month of discharge. The number is down from 62 hospitals last year. ... Read More
Indiana’s top lawmakers on Monday indicated that Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Public Health recommendations — including additional health care spending of $243 million annually — will face a tough crowd in the General Assembly.... Read More
Around Indiana and the nation, a shortage of pharmacists is causing hospitals, drugstores, grocery stores and mass merchandisers to flood job boards with postings. Many are offering six-figure starting salaries,... Read More
Community Health Network is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that some of their personal and medical information may be part of a data breach. The health network said Friday that information from users of its web site and its My Chart patient...... Read More
Indianapolis-based medtech company GeoH Inc. has closed on a $2 million seed investment round. The round was led by Indianapolis-based VisionTech, with participation from Boomerang Ventures, and First Leaf Capital, as well as individual investors.... Read More
The IU School of Medicine this week named Dr. Huda Zoghbi the winner of the 2023 August M. Watanabe Prize in Translational Research. The prize is awarded to "a senior investigator who has made a significant contribution to the field of translational science."... Read More
What is the long-term prognosis for adolescents and young adults who survive a bout with cancer, but live in medically-underserved areas of Indiana? ... Read More
A Wabash-based nonprofit will cut the ribbon on a newly-renovated house designed to support women recovering from substance use disorder. Waypoint Wabash received the historic home from Indiana Landmarks and says it will be able to house up to 12 women.... Read More
Roche Diagnostics in Indianapolis has launched Pilot, the new brand for its COVID-19 at-home test. The company announced this week the test, which received an Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA late last year, is now available nationwide.... Read More
A Purdue University-affiliated startup has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer grant to develop game-based interventions it says can help identify stress and anxiety in real time.... Read More
