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The Indiana Heart Hospital will change its name to Community Heart and Vascular Hospital on Oct. 1 to make sure patients know the hospital is part of the Community Health Network hospital system. “Patients no longer will have the potential to confuse our heart and vascular hospital with our competitors’ facilities, some of which have ‘Indiana’ in their names,” wrote Tom Malasto, president of the heart hospital, in a memo to employees. The St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana is the other heart hospital in the Indianapolis area. Also, the 2011 name change by Clarian Health to Indiana University Health may have proved confusing to patients. The Indiana Heart Hospital, in Castleton, opened in 2003 with 56 beds. It had net patient revenue last year of $130.2 million, producing net income of $36.6 million.
Bloomington-based PartTec Ltd. has signed an agreement to manufacture and market a neutron detector system that may help researchers identify the underlying causes of human diseases. The Neutron-Sensitive Anger Camera (named for inventor Hal Oscar Anger) was developed by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Biologists can use the neutron detector to discover a wider variety of proteins, some of which may be useful in battling such diseases as AIDS or cancer. Previous neutron detectors struggled to identify protein crystals smaller than 2 millimeters, but new cameras made by PartTec can clearly detect 1-millimeter and smaller crystals.
The St. Vincent Health hospital system has negotiated a discounted rate with iSalus Healthcare to help independent physicians around Indiana adopt electronic medical record systems. Indianapolis-based iSalus will make its Web-based OfficeEMR service available, as well as its staff’s support to get a physician practice transitioned to the system within 60 days. iSalus has had a similar discounted agreement with the Indianapolis Medical Society since 2010. Using electronic medical records for e-prescribing and electronic swapping of patient information can earn doctors bonus payments from the federal Medicare program through 2016. Failing to use such records will lead to cuts in Medicare payments, beginning in 2015.
Purdue University and Indiana University Health Arnett in Lafayette announced a new research study on colorectal cancer, focused on broadening participation from patients in more rural parts of the state. Research teams from Purdue and IU Health will use colorectal cancer data to improve statistical and engineering simulation models that predict how to treat and possibly prevent cancer. This research partnership, with a goal to include 100 cancer patients, expands Cancer Care Engineering project, which was launched by Purdue in partnership with the Indiana University Health Simon Cancer Center in 2006 through $5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Walther Cancer Foundation and the Regenstrief Foundation.
Neighborhoods back new ‘north-midtown’ TIF area
The Indianapolis City-County Council will have more than one big tax-increment finance issue to consider at a meeting Monday night. A new TIF district stretching from Fall Creek to White River along College Avenue will be introduced.
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Dr. Wafic ElMasri, a gynecologic oncologist, has been hired by Community Physician Network, a division of Indianapolis-based hospital system Community Health Network. ElMasri, a native of Beirut, Lebanon, did his medical training at the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. He previously held jobs as a professor in the OB/GYN department at Texas Tech University and as a research fellow at the National Cancer Institute. His office is in Castleton.
Dr. Peter Schilt, an ear, nose and throat specialist, also was hired by Community Physician Network. Schilt, a native of Carmel, did his medical training at the Indiana University School of Medicine. His office is in Noblesville.
Fort Wayne-based NoMoreClipboard hired Tom Penno as vice president of channel management, overseeing relationships with the company’s sales and distribution partners. NoMoreClipboard offers Web-based personal health record systems to patients and employers. Penno was most recently chief operating officer at the Indianapolis-based Indiana Health Information Exchange.
Dr. Timothy Shoemaker, an endocrinologist, has established a practice with Franciscan Physician Network Diabetes & Endocrinology Specialists in Indianapolis, which is part of the Franciscan St. Francis Health hospital system. Shoemaker earned his medical degree at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Christine Liedtke, a psychologist, has joined the Carmel office of Aspire Indiana, which provides therapy, recovery and employment services to people with mental health disorders or addictions. She specializes in treating children and families. Liedtke graduated in 2009 from the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University in Washington, D.C.
Bernanke’s speech at Economic Club a coup for city
The chairman of the Federal Reserve is scheduled to speak at the Economic Club of Indiana’s Oct. 1 meeting, an event that should put Indianapolis in the national spotlight given the Fed’s recent and controversial decision to try to stimulate the economy.
Study: Indiana tax code discourages small businesses
A new study of Indiana's business tax structure suggests the state's tax code discourages the small, home-grown businesses often considered the engines of job creation.
GOP spending $650K in tight Indiana Senate race
Senate Republicans will jump into Indiana's pitched Senate battle this week, responding to a Democratic ad-buy with one of their own as they seek control of the Senate in November.
Indianapolis jeweler shot during home break-in
Indianapolis police say jeweler Gary Thrapp of G. Thrapp Jewelers was in stable but serious condition Sunday after being shot when two people broke into his home.
Lawmaker wants review of specialty plate proceeds
More oversight of Indiana’s specialty license plates is needed to ensure that the groups who benefit spend the money appropriately, according to the chairman of a legislative panel reviewing the plates.
Tippecanoe Co. to put crime info at public’s fingertips
Crime activity and information on people taken to jail or being released will soon be available to the public through a new app being developed for the Tippecanoe County sheriff’s office.
Rising gas prices put a crimp in Americans’ spending
The Federal Reserve this week took steps to boost economic growth. But those stimulus measures are also pushing oil prices up. If gas prices follow, consumers will have less money to spend elsewhere.
Analysis: In a crummy economy, why are stocks rising?
Economic growth is pitiful. So why are the major stock indexes just a few percentage points shy of an all-time record? Start with two words: Ben Bernanke.
Update: Swimming with sharks can be painful
Indianapolis entrepreneur Derek Pacqué pitched his business idea to potential investors on national TV and walked away empty handed—by choice.
Dems to pour $516K into Indiana Senate battle
A party official said Friday the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is financing a new ad for Rep. Joe Donnelly that will run statewide.
Higher ed commission OKs IU philanthropy school
The university believes its School of Philanthropy will be the first in the world. The school will offer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.
City names new chief for animal care and control
Daniel T. Shackle, an attorney who served as a program manager in the Indianapolis Department of Code Enforcement, takes over for Amber Myers, who submitted her resignation late last month.
School website hacking traced to Iraq
Authorities say Brownsburg Community Schools’ website was hacked from Iraq, but that the incident poses no threat to the district. Brownsburg police said Thursday that the hacking was a "low-level intrusion" targeting software running the district's website, not the district itself. The district's home page was taken down Wednesday after the hacker replaced it with a message claiming to be from "All Muslims of the World" and that "Coming, soon you will hear voices of our swords."
Cheerleading coach faces trial
A former assistant cheerleading coach facing a felony child-seduction charge has been dealt a legal blow. Former Shelbyville High School coach Megan Crafton was arrested in June and admitted to engaging in sexual activity with a 17-year-old male student in a parking lot when she was 22. Her attorneys filed a motion Thursday to dismiss the charge, but a judge denied the motion. The trial is set to start Sept. 24.
Fishers police capture two after manhunt
Fishers police took two men into custody Friday morning after a two-hour manhunt in a neighborhood near Brooks School Road and Interstate 69. The men were suspected of being involved in a domestic situation in which shots were fired at about 4:30 a.m. One suspect was located trying to flag down a car on a nearby road. The other was found in a nearby home believed to be his own. The woman involved in the incident was not injured.