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In a name change that sounds like a merger of perfidy and profanity, Quadraspec Inc. is now called Perfinity.
Actually, the West Lafayette-based company merged itself into a sister company, Perfinity Biosciences Inc.
That company was created to commercialize a new method of biological sample preparation, developed by Fred Regnier, one of
the founders of Quadraspec. The shareholders of Quadraspec will remain the owners of Perfinity, and they have committed an
extra $2.33 million to the company. Quadraspec, which has raised more than $20 million in outside investment capital, makes
DVD-like discs capable of holding 272 samples that can be analyzed by a reading machine, like a DVD player.

Who knew? The Clarian North Medical Center in Carmel—famous locally for its terrazzo marble interior—is
the 20th most-beautiful hospital in the nation. At least according to health care staffing firm Soliant Health. The Georgia-based
firm built its rankings on votes cast on its Web site. In a press release, Soliant noted that beautiful surroundings help
people heal better. Not mentioned was that pretty hospitals in rich suburbs also tend to attract patients with the money and
private insurance plans to make a hospital profitable.

St. Vincent Health finally won the go-ahead from the Lawrence County Commissioners and County Council to
absorb Bedford’s Dunn Memorial Hospital. St. Vincent now operates 19 hospitals around the state and
has a joint venture with Clarian Health on a rehab hospital in Indianapolis. The Bedford hospital will now be known as St.
Vincent Dunn Hospital. Bedford is one of the places outside of Indianapolis where Clarian and St. Vincent, the state’s
two largest hospitals systems, are competing head-to-head. Clarian owns the cross-town Bedford Regional Medical Center.

AIT Laboratories plans to create as many as 160 jobs by 2014 and move its corporate headquarters to the
northwest side. The Indianapolis-based forensics, clinical and pharmaceutical testing firm plans to invest $74 million to
acquire and equip an existing 90,000-square-foot building in Woodland Corporate Park near West 79th Street and Interstate
465. AIT also plans to build a toxicology lab adjacent to its new headquarters. Its clients range from law-enforcement agencies
to physicians.

Clarian Health promoted Todd Stanley to the role of administrative director of Clarian Radiology. In this
new position, Stanley is responsible for oversight of radiology services for Clarian’s three downtown Indianapolis hospitals
and its beltway locations.

Dr. Debra Larkins, an OB/GYN doctor, recently joined the physicians at County Line Medical Pavilion, a new
Community Physicians of Indiana office. Larkins trained at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. Sherry L.
Harmon, a certified nurse midwife, and Debra Taylor, a nurse practitioner, also have joined the
new practice.

The Indiana Health Care Association has a new president. Scott Tittle, an attorney at the Indianapolis-based
Krieg DeVault law firm, took over from Steve Smith earlier this month. Smith returned to Affiliated Computer
Services, where he had worked previously.

Dr. Gaston Dana has been named medical director of the Wound Healing Center at Johnson Memorial Hospital.

Indiana state troopers say a traffic stop led to the seizure of 600 pounds of marijuana inside a tractor-trailer in Putnam
County on Monday. A state police officer who pulled the truck over got suspicious after talking with the driver. He brought
in a drug-sniffing dog that helped find the drugs. The 51-year-old driver from North Carolina faces drug charges.

Indiana conservation officers will be on the lookout for drunken boaters this weekend. The Department of Natural Resources
said the state is taking part in Operation Dry Water. Conservation officers will be paid overtime through a grant from the
U.S. Coast Guard. State conservation officers made 15 boating-while-intoxicated arrests during last year's operation.
The DNR made 101 such arrests during the 2009 boating season. The Coast Guard says 17 percent of boating deaths result directly
from alcohol or drug use.

Authorities in Hendricks County are evacuating residents in parts of Avon due to a dam that has failed along White Lick Creek.
Residents living in two mobile home parks were told to head to higher ground. In Plainfield, those living on Crystal Bay East
Drive and Center Street have been asked to evacuate their homes as well due to high waters. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

Short plays selected by the Bloomington Playwrights Project are featured at the dining event “Vintage Scenes,”
June 24 at Oliver Winery. Details here.

Peace Train and the Flower Power Brass bring back music from the late 1960s and 1970s June 24 as part of the Concerts on
the Canal Series at the Indiana History Center. Details here.

Foreigner and Styx play Verizon Wireless Music Center, June 25. Details here.

The Indianapolis Early Music Festival kicks off with a concert by Artek performing the madrigals of Claudio Monteverdi, June
25 at the Indiana History Center. Details here.

Dr. Noize brings his Preschool of Rock concert to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, June 26. Details here.

Brady Rymer and the Little Band that Could performs as part of the Indy Parks Family Fun Concert Series, June 26. Details
here.

The Eiteljorg Museum presents its annual Indian Market and Festival, June 26-27. Details here.

‘Front Porches: Reflecting and Connecting’ is the theme of this year’s Historic Meridian Park 2010 Tour
of Homes, June 26-27. Details here.

Lynyrd Skynyrd returns to Verizon Wireless Music Center, June 27. Details here.

311 performs at The Lawn at White River State Park, June 28. Details here.

Michael Buble takes over Conseco Fieldhouse June 29. Details here.
 
The first part of “White: Part 1 & Part 2,” featuring the work of artist J.T. Kirkland, opens July 1 at Christopher
West Presents. Details here.