The term “pancreatic cancer” gets my attention. That’s because two years ago, my wife and I were shaken to the depths of our souls by the thought that she might have it. A year of her “just not feeling well” led to a battery of diagnostic tests and x-rays that fi nally revealed she did, […]
On the same day last week, Eli Lilly and Co. cleared a big hurdle regarding its bestselling drug Zyprexa and immediately found itself facing another one. Lilly paid dearly – $1.42 billion – for pleading guilty to improperly marketing the antipsychotic Zyprexa between 1999 and 2001 and to settle lawsuits filed by states. But that […]
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s growing market dominance in Indiana is sparking a backlash from doctors who plan to push
a bill this year in the Indiana General Assembly that would allow physicians to reject patients covered by massive health
insurer.
I’m here to plead with all men and the people who love them: Don’t be lazy like I was about getting annual PSA checks
and physical exams.
St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville is seeing higher-than-projected use of a newly added emergency department that has firmed
up its status as a full-service hospital.
OrthoIndy and its Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital will open an outpatient center on the south side in the fall of 2010, they announced today. The 75,000-square-foot building will be similar to a center they opened in Brownsburg in September. It will be east of I-65 and south of County Line Road in Greenwood. The location is […]
When it comes to holiday shopping and charitable giving, act locally.
Dr. Judith Monroe, Dr. Virginia Caine and G. Marie Swanson are three local women who have risen to leadership positions
in the health care community.
Medical Technology Leadership Forum, a not-for-profit think tank focused on medical devices, is relocating to Indianapolis from its home in Minneapolis, the organization announced today. The forum will be headquartered at the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. campus on the downtown canal, and will hold one of its three annual conferences in Indianapolis on […]
Changes will dramatically materialize over the coming months and years as the delivery of health care services takes on a
consumer-driven focus.
As the bedrock of the United State’s health care delivery framework, the nursing profession represents the top need for open
health care positions across Indiana and much of the nation.
St. Vincent Foundation said today that it will use a $1 million donation from retired Herff Jones Inc. CEO A.J. Hackl to set up a permanent endowment for the St. Vincent Joshua Max Simon Primary Care Center. The center, which serves poor and uninsured patients, opened in October 2007 at 8414 Naab Road, across from […]
Dr. Catherine Michael, a part-time emergency physician for Indianapolis-based St. Vincent Health, desperately wants Republican John McCain to be the next president. The 39-year-old mother of three gave McCain’s campaign $500 in May because, she said, he will appoint Supreme Court Justices that are antiabortion. Michael, who attends a conservative Presbyterian church, […]
A person’s DNA may someday determine how doctors diagnose illness and prescribe affordable treatment. That same genetic makeup also might help doctors determine whether a person suffering from cancer might be predisposed to respond or not respond to chemotherapy or another type of innovative or experimental treatment. That future picture of health care delivery, however, is missing a key piece. It doesn’t address what those advancements might mean for health insurance and other related questions about medical coverage. Our current…
A new clinic that is on the cusp of conducting human trials in Indianapolis could distinguish itself as a key player in drug development, not only within the state, but nationally as well. Centurion Clinical Research LLC serves pharmaceutical companies and medical-device makers that need to test their products before they can be approved for widespread use. That first phase, in which healthy people are paid to participate in the overnight studies, is critical in determining the safety and success…
A year of computer snafus boiled over Oct. 13 when the St. Francis system declared WellPoint Inc. in breach of its contract
because of habitually late payments.
Several industry surveys predict health insurance expenses will rise at a slower pace in 2009 than in previous years. Many employers, however, are passing the added burden on to workers. Raising deductibles, copayments or out-of-pocket spending limits are the most common ways companies plan to reduce their increases. The trend of passing more of the responsibility to employees has escalated the past five years, giving rise to cheaper alternatives such as consumer-directed health plans. “The tie that binds is that…
Lilly looks forward with ImClone deal CEO Lechleiter taking bold steps It’s premature to pass judgment on Eli Lilly and Co.’s $6.5 billion plan to acquire biotech firm ImClone Systems Inc., but the giant deal is one more sign that relatively new CEO John Lechleiter isn’t afraid to make bold moves on Lilly’s behalf. The local drugmaker agreed Oct. 6 to pay $70 a share for New York-based ImClone, maker of blockbuster cancer drug Erbitux, outbidding an earlier offer of…
The woman chosen as president and CEO of the city’s Super Bowl host committee isn’t exactly a household name, but those who hired her think she’ll make Indianapolis the best host city ever. Allison Melangton, 46, is the first paid member of the 2012 Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee, and is expected to throw planning and organization into overdrive over the next 30 days.
FAST Diagnostics quickly is becoming one of the more promising companies in Indiana University’s efforts to commercialize its discoveries. Incorporated in November 2006, it is developing a method to measure kidney function faster and more accurately than existing techniques can. While FAST represents speed, the name actually stands for functional assessment and surveillance technology. The fledgling firm so far has attracted more than $4 million from investors, including $2 million from the state’s 21st Century Fund. BioCrossroads, Rose Hulman Ventures…
