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Dr. Huma Khan, a family physician and obstetrician, has joined Franciscan Physician Network as part of its South 31 Family Care practice. She previously practiced at St. Vincent Dunn Hospital in Bedford. Khan earned her medical degree in Pakistan and completed residency training at Marquette General Hospital in Michigan. Khan also received a master’s degree in public health from the University of New Mexico.
Diagnotes LLC, an Indianapolis-based developer of health care software, won the inaugural Hoosier Healthcare Innovation Challenge held by the economic development group Develop Indy. Diagnotes and two other finalists, CreateIT and Freedom Solutions, presented product demonstrations at the annual conference of the Indiana Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Diagnotes’ On Call software, which delivers patient medical records to smartphones of an on-call doctor, won $5,000 for taking first place. Diagnotes also won the business competition that was part of the Indiana Life Sciences Summit, staged by Indianapolis-based BioCrossroads, in October.
In a bid to compete for cancer patients with Indiana University Health and St. Vincent Health, Community Health Network will make its North and East hospitals affiliates of the University of Texas’ MD Anderson Cancer Center. MD Anderson, one of the best-known treatment centers for cancer, will certify the cancer physicians at the two hospitals and give Community access to the evidence-based treatment and follow-up plans developed by MD Anderson. “This is a game changer for our network,” Bryan Mills, CEO of Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, said in a prepared statement. “Professionals in the medical field know the MD Anderson name very well, as it’s the gold standard for cancer care.” Community also plans to seek MD Anderson Cancer Network certification at its hospitals in Anderson, Kokomo and on the south side of Indianapolis.
Advantage Health Solutions Inc. suffered a security breach that potentially affects members of the Franciscan Alliance accountable care organization. The breach occurred Oct. 19 when a subcontractor of Indianapolis-based Advantage mailed generic health questionnaires to 2,575 beneficiaries with individual identification numbers inadvertently displayed. No personal health or financial information was disclosed. Advantage, which provides care management and data services for the Franciscan ACO, said it is offering free credit monitoring to all members of the health plan.
West Lafayette-based Tymora Analytical Operations LLC received $300,000 from the National Institutes of Health to help it develop technology to help researchers develop drugs to treat cancer and diabetes, as well as immune and neurological disorders. The company’s technology, called PolyMAC, is based on research by Andy Tao, a Purdue University professor of biochemistry. Tymora received a $150,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health this year, and has also received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. All the grants are part of the federal government's Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, program.
Indianapolis police are still seeking a reason for a murder-suicide that took place Friday night at a ConAgra Foods plant on West 62nd Street near Guion Road. Anthony Hicks Sr., 45, was fatally shot by a co-worker, 44-year-old Alonzo Laws, who took his own life after the killing. No conversation preceded the killings, which took place in the plant’s break room. Hicks’ wife said her husband knew Laws but had never mentioned having any problems with him.
Vectren utility crews are working to repair a leaking underground gas line in Fishers in an area just south of East 116th Street and Lantern Road. The small underground leak in a 3-inch main was discovered Monday about 12:15 a.m. Crews have closed Lantern Road in the area but said there was no danger to nearby residents.
Police say a man raped a woman after robbing her husband early Sunday morning near the Fountain Square neighborhood. The incident happened in the 1100 block of Laurel Street just before 4 a.m. According to the report, the attacker hit the husband in the head with a stick, “causing a large laceration.” He then took the man’s wallet and hit the wife in the head before raping her. Police are investigating.
According to one Wall Street analyst, the search for a new CEO for Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint Inc. is down to two candidates: former Aetna Inc. CEO Ron Williams and Amerigroup Corp. CEO Jim Carlson.
Stacia Matthews said she is quitting the station to become public relations manager for the Indiana Spine Group. Matthews joined WRTV in 1989.
The Children’s Bureau Inc. on Monday named a president and CEO to replace Ron Carpenter, who left the Indianapolis not-for-profit in August after 16 years as president.
Economic development typically tops the chamber’s agenda, and for the upcoming session the pro-business organization is backing Gov.-elect Mike Pence’s idea for a new state-sponsored research institute.
The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame won’t be the only ones dancing on a pot of gold should the school’s football team make it to the BCS National Championship game Jan. 7 in Miami.
Wheaton Van Lines Inc. plans an expansion to its northeast-side Indianapolis headquarters, a move resulting from its April acquisition of Hillside, Ill.-based Bekins Van Lines.
Other companies are interested in bidding for at least pieces of Hostess because of the high brand recognition and $2.5 billion in annual revenue. Twinkies alone have brought in $68 million in revenue so far this year.
Eli Lilly and Co. said Monday it plans to give $12.4 million to the United Way, the largest single charitable donation in the company’s history.
Indiana lawmakers can add confusion over the federal health insurance law to their already overflowing plate when they return for their 2013 legislative session in January.
Hoosiers still divided on extending the interstate from Crane north to Indianapolis.
Two people were fatally shot in what appears to be a murder-suicide at a ConAgra Foods plant on the northwest side of Indianapolis Friday evening.
Members of United Auto Workers Local 933 must vote in favor of the five-year collective bargaining agreements before they would go into effect.
Firefighters from Hamilton and Boone counties worked for hours to extinguish an overnight blaze north of Indianapolis. The fire, in the 14600 block of Little Eagle Creek Avenue, near West 146th Street and U.S. 421, caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to a home. A homeowner escaped without injuries.
A woman died in a single-car accident about 2:30 a.m. Friday on the southeast side of Indianapolis. The victim, believed to be in her 20s, crashed her Chevrolet Cruz into a tree in the 9500 block of Vandergriff Road, near Interstate 74 and South Post Road. Police are investigating the cause.
