An Indianapolis physician whose patients were told at multiple CVS Pharmacy stores that their prescriptions couldn’t be filled because the doctor had been arrested or was suspected of running a "pill mill" won a defamation judgment against the drugstore chain.
Policymakers understandably have concerns about e-cigarettes, including whether vaping will attract new customers who are not current smokers. To date, research both here and in Europe suggests this is exceedingly rare.
Doctors are reporting more burnout because of too many bureaucratic tasks, difficult patients and too many hours at work. But not all specialties are hit equally hard.
One of the bill’s author said it is designed to help parents who are “up against a wall,” and he stressed that it should not be confused as a first step to medical marijuana legalization in the state.
Physicians and nurses, heal thyselves—or in this case, get vaccinations for thyselves. That’s the goal of a bill winding through the Indiana General Assembly, which would allow hospitals to require workers to get vaccinations for the flu and other contagious diseases—or else take a hike. The move comes just a year after a similar bill […]
The number of transplants performed in Indiana last year hit an 11-year high, up about 6 percent from a year before, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
Dr. Tristan Stonger is accused of operating a “pill mill” in Peru, where he saw as many as 100 patients in a single day. He also had offices in Bloomington and Indianapolis.
The Hamilton County-owned health care provider announced Tuesday that the 108,000-square-foot Westfield facility, which is under construction, will be a hospital instead of an outpatient center.
Hill, who won more votes than any other candidate on the November ballot, is assuming a law-and-order stance on one of the most pervasive problems plaguing Hoosier communities from rich or poor, rural or urban, from Lake Michigan to the Ohio River: opioid abuse.
Nagy leads the medical team at one of the nation’s top health care systems. “Education, research and clinical medicine—most hospitals do that to some degree,” Nagy said. “We do it to the max on all fronts.”
For 30 of the commission’s 50 years of existence, David Baker has been a powerful but low-profile force in saving some of the city’s oldest structures from demolition.
Indiana health care consulting executive Seema Verma on Thursday testified before the Senate Finance Committee on her nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS.
An Indiana abortion bill meant to strengthen parental rights would require notifying parents when a daughter under the age of 18 pursues legal action to obtain an abortion without their consent.
Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine will graduate its first class this year, a milestone in Marian’s bold plan, announced in 2010, to open the state’s second school of medicine.
Dr. Michael O. Koch has been pursuing the use of high-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU, for the treatment of prostate cancer since shortly after he arrived at Indiana University to chair its urology department in 1998.
Dr. Gopi Dandamudi has been fascinated with the heart since high school. More than two decades later, he’s helping advance the field with his expertise in “His-bundle” pacing.
