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Community Health Network appointed Ronald Strachan as chief information officer to fill the position left vacant by the retirement last fall of Ed Koschka. Strachan held similar roles at various health care organizations in Minnesota, Georgia, Ohio and Michigan. He has an MBA from Central Michigan University and a bachelor’s degree from Davenport University in Dearborn, Mich.

Dr. John Fleming has been named medical director of the Jane Pauley Community Health Center, a part of Community Health Network. The center, located at East 30th Street and Post Road, opened in 2009. Fleming earned his medical training and doctorate in pharmacology at Indiana University School of Medicine.

Indiana University Health named Betty Stilwell, the longtime chief of the Methodist Health Foundation, to the newly created position of chief philanthropy officer. Stilwell will spearhead philanthropic giving for the entire IU Health system, which now includes 17 hospitals statewide. Stilwell will sit on the IU Health executive team and report to CEO Dan Evans.

Indianapolis-based SonarMed Inc. added James Tyree, president of Abott Biotech Ventures Inc., as an independent director. SonarMed makes breathing tube monitoring equipment for patients on ventilators.

WellPoint Inc. named John Martie president and CEO of its national accounts business. Martie replaces John Langenus, who announced his retirement in April. Martie has been serving as president of WellPoint’s Colorado local group plan. The national accounts business, which serves multi-state employers, covers more than 12 million people.

City seeks bids for $300M sewage tunnel system

City officials are seeking bidders for the first phase of Indianapolis’ largest-ever public works project, an underground tunnel system equipped to store millions of gallons of raw sewage and prevent the excrement from flowing into local waterways.

Company news

Indiana Health Information Exchange Inc., based in Indianapolis, added two more hospitals to its medical-record-swapping network. Logansport Memorial Hospital and Woodlawn Hospital have linked their electronic medical records systems to those of 79 other hospitals, long-term care facilities or health centers via the Exchange’s Indiana Network for Patient Care. The network handles about 3 million secure transactions of clinical data every day, including laboratory test results as well as medication and treatment histories. The goal of the exchange is to help doctors have the fullest information possible to choose the best therapy and to avoid drug interactions that could harm or even kill patients.

Marian University is a step closer to recruiting students for its new medical school after it won pre-accreditation status from the accreditation commission of the American Osteopathic Association. The initial step of approval had been delayed since December, when the commission requested that Marian put money it has raised to fund the school in a different kind of escrow fund format than Marian had done. That setback led Marian to plan to open the school in fall 2013 instead of fall 2012. It now hopes to receive provisional accreditation in September, after which it can begin recruiting students. “We decided that we would get a much higher quantity of the students we wanted to attract,” Dr. Paul Evans, dean of Marian’s college of osteopathic medicine, told IBJ in April. “We felt we would have more time to get the word out.” Because doctors of osteopathy go into primary care at higher rights than doctors of medicine, Marian hopes its new med school—only the second in Indiana—will help address a shortage of primary care doctors estimated to reach 2,000 by 2020.

Profit surged at CNO Financial Group Inc. in the first quarter, topping expectations of Wall Street analysts. The Carmel-based life and health insurer on Monday reported earnings of $54 million, up 59 percent from the same quarter a year earlier. The profit translated to 19 cents per diluted share, compared with 16 cents per share predicted by analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. CNO enjoyed a big boost in profit at its Chicago-based Bankers Life unit because of higher interest-rate spreads on its annuity products, as well as fewer costs on long-term care policies it holds but no longer sells. Those results offset a dip in profits at CNO’s Carmel-based Washington National unit and flat profits at Philadelphia-based Colonial Penn. Revenue totaled $1.05 billion, up 4.7 percent and slightly ahead of analysts’ projections.

Hospitals add even more docs

Recent acquisitions by IU Health and Franciscan Alliance keep up a trend of physicians becoming employees of hospital systems, in preparation for changes under health care reform.

Do-not-call list may expand to cell phone users

Indiana residents who use only their cell phones will be able to add those numbers to the state's do-not-call registry to block unwanted telemarketing calls under a bill awaiting Gov. Mitch Daniels' signature.

Schools weigh options after voters nix tax hikes

School districts across the state continue to struggle in their attempts to win voter approval for operating money or building projects, which a researcher attributes to continued worries about the economy.

News on jobs and broadband

Indiana isn't doing as well as neighboring states in recovering from the recession, and adoption of high-speed Internet varies widely in the Indianapolis area, new studies show.

Scoop: What’s up at the Palladium in 11/12?

Lineup includes Bernadette Peters (with Michael Feinstein), Sandi Patty (with Michael Feinstein), and Marvin Hamlisch (with Michael Feinstein)…plus more acts without Michael Feinstein.

Two wins to bring Lilly modest sales

Finally, some new revenue. Eli Lilly and Co. will enjoy modest new sales later this year after U.S. regulators approved a new diabetes drug developed by a partner company, and another company nears approval on a drug that will produce royalties for the Indianapolis-based drugmaker.

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Robbery suspect surrenders after standoff

Indianapolis police arrested a robbery suspect on the city's southeast side after a SWAT situation Thursday afternoon. SWAT was called to a home near State and Pleasant streets, east of the Fountain Square area, following a robbery at a Church's Chicken restaurant. Neighbors said they saw a young man running through the neighborhood with money flying out of his backpack. Police blocked off part of the neighborhood. About an hour later, the suspect surrendered. He is now in police custody.
 

Teen robbers steal charity cash

Local police are searching for a pair of teenagers who they say stole jars filled with money for charity. The two male suspects robbed the Dollar General store on Keystone Avenue Thursday morning by demanding money from the cashier. Then, as they were leaving, they grabbed two jars that had been placed on the counter by local charities. Surveillance cameras shot footage of the suspects.
 

Car stolen with boy inside

Indianapolis police have found a car that was stolen Thursday night while a 3-year-old boy was inside. The child was uninjured and still strapped in when they found him. The car was stolen at about 10:25 p.m. in the 4800 block of Dawn Drive on the city’s northwest side and located about an hour later several blocks away near 71st Street and Georgetown Road. Police said the child's grandmother left the vehicle running and unlocked when it was taken. Police are looking for a suspect.